Even whenthe blond stranger spoke sharply, he could not catch the words, whilehis mother's voice was low and husky and inaudible. For likewild dogs they would have turned and savaged him at the first sign ofweakness. It lay beneath the hillock. Starving menare dangerous men, Ou Baas.
He escaped with relief, Smuts's admonitionfollowing him. Smuts wassilent for a moment, and then he roused himself. When Manfred entered the imposing administrator'soffice, he was reminded how wide was the influence of their secretorganization. They chatted idly, agreeing that times were hard and would get harder,that they needed rain and that the Government was to blame for it all.
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