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Dangerous weapon, said the overseer. Your mother's, Gerhard Fourie! she hissed back at him. There are fifty thousand lonely men at Goldi far from their wives, allof them hungry for sweet young flesh. There had been no wind since the previous day, so the lion's tracks werestill clearly etched and uneroded, even in that loose soil.

He spoke quietly but persuasively, and hesensed the mood swing in his favour. Shasa started to drown. She swayed on her feet and might have toppledforward onto the hot stove, but Aunt Trudi caught her and steered her toa kitchen chair. Hendrick and Manie will be atthe river by dawn tomorrow.