t a foot's pace. Verna was leading the way, and
the other was admiring with all his might the poise of her splendid
figure, sitting her horse so perfectly and gracefully; and though the
surrounding bush was teeming with all sorts of strange life, dear to the
naturalist, this one, for once, forgot to notice it, so engrossed was he
in the contemplation of his guide.

"This is where I wanted to bring you," said the latter at last. "We'll
hitch up the horses here and walk the rest of the path."

They had emerged upon an open gully, high up on the range. A short
climb, and they gained a great natural window in a tooth-shaped rock
which overlooked a vast, tumbled mass of crag and valley and crater.
Forest and open country lay spread out beneath, extending away in
billowy roll for miles upon miles into dim, misty distance.

"By Jove! but it's splendid!" cried Denham, as he gazed out over this.
"I vote we sit here a bit and look at it."

"I thought you'd like it," she answered. "Yes, let's have a rest."

They sat down within the great rock-window, drinking in the splendid
air, the world, as it were, at their feet. But somehow, and all of a
sudden, a constraint, a silence, seemed to have fallen between them. It
was perfectly unaccountable on any ground whatever, still it was there
all the same. Could it be that by some mysterious phase of telepathy
both were thinking the same thing? and that each knew that the other
knew it? For there existed a tremendous mutual "draw" between these
two, and yet they had only known each other a few days.

Then by some equally sudden and unaccountable phase of telepathy the
constraint was mutually broken. The same idea had come into both their
minds. It would never do to let this sort of thing take a hold on them
thus early. Verna began to point out various landmarks, near and far.

"Look," she said, turning from the open view, and pointing to a
particularly tumbled and bushy range of hills about six miles off.
"That's where Sapazani's kraal is. We'll ride over some day and pay him
a visit. How would you like that?"

"Very much indeed. I'd like to study these fellows a bit. They seem
interesting. By the way, do you know what I've done, Miss Halse?"

"What?"

"Why, I've buried myself. I mean that I've put myself clean out of
communication with the old country, except on the part of one
confidential man in my business, and even he can't communicate beyond
Durban. How's