Marie

AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE ALLAN QUATERMAIN

by H. Rider Haggard


Contents

[DEDICATION]
[PREFACE]
[EDITOR’S NOTE]
[CHAPTER I. ALLAN LEARNS FRENCH]
[CHAPTER II. THE ATTACK ON MARAISFONTEIN]
[CHAPTER III. THE RESCUE]
[CHAPTER IV. HERNANDO PEREIRA]
[CHAPTER V. THE SHOOTING MATCH]
[CHAPTER VI. THE PARTING]
[CHAPTER VII. ALLAN’S CALL]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE CAMP OF DEATH]
[CHAPTER IX. THE PROMISE]
[CHAPTER X. VROUW PRINSLOO SPEAKS HER MIND]
[CHAPTER XI. THE SHOT IN THE KLOOF]
[CHAPTER XII. DINGAAN’S BET]
[CHAPTER XIII. THE REHEARSAL]
[CHAPTER XIV. THE PLAY]
[CHAPTER XV. RETIEF ASKS A FAVOUR]
[CHAPTER XVI. THE COUNCIL]
[CHAPTER XVII. THE MARRIAGE]
[CHAPTER XVIII. THE TREATY]
[CHAPTER XIX. DEPART IN PEACE]
[CHAPTER XX. THE COURT-MARTIAL]
[CHAPTER XXI. THE INNOCENT BLOOD]

DEDICATION

Ditchingham, 1912.

My dear Sir Henry,—

Nearly thirty-seven years have gone by, more than a generation, since first we saw the shores of Southern Africa rising from the sea. Since then how much has happened: the Annexation of the Transvaal, the Zulu War, the first Boer War, the discovery of the Rand, the taking of Rhodesia, the second Boer War, and many other matters which in these quick-moving times are now reckoned as ancient history.