'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War
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Mitford Bertram. 'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War
Chapter One. The Episode of the White Dog
Chapter Two “You have Struck a Chief.”
Chapter Three. Eanswyth
Chapter Four “Love Settling Unawares.”
Chapter Five. The War-Dance at Nteya’s Kraal
Chapter Six. Hlangani, The Herald
Chapter Seven. In the Lion’s Den
Chapter Eight “On the Rock they Scorch, like a Drop of Fire.”
Chapter Nine. A Startling Surprise
Chapter Ten. A Mutual Warning
Chapter Eleven “The Tail Wags the Dog.”
Chapter Twelve “Ah, Love, but a Day!”
Chapter Thirteen ”…And the World is Changed.”
Chapter Fourteen. A Curtain Secret
Chapter Fifteen “But I am thy Love.”
Chapter Sixteen “A Madness of Farewells.”
Chapter Seventeen. In the Enemy’s Country
Chapter Eighteen. The Tables Turned
Chapter Nineteen. The Last Cartridge
Chapter Twenty. The Tables Turned Again
Chapter Twenty One. Under Orders for Home
Chapter Twenty Two “We are Four Fools.”
Chapter Twenty Three “Onward they ply – in Dreadful Race.”
Chapter Twenty Four. A Dark Rumour in Komgha
Chapter Twenty Five “The Curse has come upon me…”
Chapter Twenty Six “And the Summer’s Night is a Winter’s Day.”
Chapter Twenty Seven. The Shield of her Love
Chapter Twenty Eight. The Silver Box
Chapter Twenty Nine. The Paramount Chief
Chapter Thirty. The Witch-Doctress
Chapter Thirty One. The “Smelling Out.”
Chapter Thirty Two. A Strange Duel
Chapter Thirty Three “I walk in Shadow.”
Chapter Thirty Four. From Death and – to Death
Chapter Thirty Five. Eustace becomes Unpopular
Chapter Thirty Six. A Row in the Camp
Chapter Thirty Seven “It is the Voice of an Oracle.”
Chapter Thirty Eight. At Swaanepoel’s Hoek
Chapter Thirty Nine. From the Dead!
Chapter Forty. A Letter from Hoste
Chapter Forty One. Xalasa’s Revelation
Chapter Forty Two. The Search Party
Chapter Forty Three “Kwa ’Zinyoka.”
Chapter Forty Four. Inferno
Chapter Forty Five. A Fearful Discovery
Chapter Forty Six. The End of the Witch-Doctress
Chapter Forty Seven. Into Space
Chapter Forty Eight. Envoi
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“Baléka (Run), you dogs!” cried Carhayes, who had taken the opportunity of slipping a couple of fresh cartridges into his gun. “Baléka, or I’ll shoot the lot of you.”
He looked as if he meant it, too. The Kafirs, deeming discretion the better part of valour, judged it expedient to temporise.
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“Confess, Eanswyth, that you are very glad I didn’t take you at your word and go after Tom,” said Eustace, as they were sitting cosily at table.
“Perhaps I am. I have been getting so dreadfully nervous and low spirited of late – so different to the strong-minded creature I used to be,” she said with a rueful smile. “I am becoming quite frightened to be left alone.”
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