knew well, the little foot of Suzanne.

"How long is it since they left here?" asked Sihamba, not as one who
does not know, but rather as though she desired to be certified in her
judgment.

"When the sun stood there," answered Zinti, pointing to a certain height
in the heavens.

"Yes," she answered, "three hours. Bull-Head has travelled quicker than
I thought."

"No," said Zinti, "but I think that he knew a path through the big
_vlei_, whereas we rode round it, two hours' ride, fearing lest we
should be bogged. Here by this spring they stayed till sunset, for it
was needful that the horses should feed and rest, since they would save
their strength in them.

"Lady," went on Zinti presently, "beyond the neck of the hill yonder
lies the secret kraal of Bull-Head. Say, now, what is your plan when you
reach it?"

"I do not know," she answered, "but tell me again of the hidden krantz
where the women built the new hut, and of the way to it."

He told her and she listened, saying nothing.

"Good," she said, when he had done. "Now lead me to this place, and then
perhaps I will tell my plan if I have one."