realized what was happening. Her sensations were indescribable.
The water splashed high around them, and every bone in her body
seemed to suffer a separate knock or jar. If Ranger had not
previously impressed her with his level-headedness she would have
thought him mad. But her confidence in him remained unshaken, and
in a very few seconds it proved to be justified. They were through
the spruit and halfway up the further side before she drew breath.
Then she found that they were slackening pace.

She turned to Ranger with kindling eyes. "Oh, you are a
sportsman!" she said. "How I should love to be able to drive like
that!"

He smiled without turning his head. "I'm afraid this last is a
man's job. So you are awake now, are you? I was afraid you were
going to tumble out."

She laughed. "The heat makes one drowsy. I shall get used to it."

He was pulling in the horses. "There's some shade round the
corner. We'll rest for an hour or two."

"I shall like that," said Sylvia.

A group of small larch-trees grew among the stones at the top of
the slope, and by these he stopped. Sylvia looked around her with
appreciation as she alighted.

"I am going to like South Africa," she said,