“They would not be so likely to notice your wagons going through their lines.”
“Oh?” said the Boer.
“We think it would be a good chance for you.”
“Does your general say so?”
“No; our colonel does not know that we have come.”
“So! Yes, I see,” said the Boer softly.
“We think you ought to take advantage of their disorder and get through to-night.”
“Hah! Yes.”
“You have only to go and see what the colonel says.”
“Why don’t you go?” said the Boer suspiciously.