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E him with the offer of all his share of the treasure, if it were
found, and when that failed, of his property

in the Transvaal. But Jacob only told him roughly not to be a fool,
as they had to see the thing through together. Then he would go again
and brood by himself, and Benita noticed that he always took his
rifle or a pistol with him. Evidently he feared

lest her father should catch him unprepared, and take the law into
his own hands by means of a sudden bullet. One comfort she had,
however: although he watched her closely, the Jew never tried to
molest her in any way, not even with more of his enigmatic and
amorous speeches. By degrees, indeed,
she came to believe that all this was gone from his mind, or that he
had abandoned his advances as hopeless. A week passed since the
Matabele attack, and nothing had happened. The Makalanga took no
notice of them, and so far as she was aware
the old Molimo never attempted to climb the blocked wall or otherwise
to

communicate with them, a thing so strange that, knowing his affection
for her, Benita came to the conclusion that he mu