hief of the _Amapolise_ that the one
question is as easy to answer as the other. A great _isanusi_ such as
Ukozi does not send men before him crying aloud his movements."

"That we shall see," said the inspector. "Meanwhile Ivondwe, you are
arrested and must go with us."

"Have I not searched the depths of yonder pool?" was Ivondwe's
unconcerned remark. "Ask these."

"Well, you are a prisoner, and if you make any attempt to escape you
will be shot without challenge." Then turning to me. "Now I think we
had better continue our search down to the river bank. I need hardly
tell you, Mr Glanton, how I sympathise with you, but we must not lose
hope yet. People do strange and unaccountable things at times--
generally the last people in the world who would be likely to do them.
We shall find Miss Sewin yet."

"Have you found Hensley yet?" I said bitterly.

He looked grave. The cases were too startlingly akin.

"The old gentleman had better be persuaded to go home," he said, with a
pitying glance at the Major, who was sitting in a state of utter
collapse. Kendrew volunteered to effect this. He could join us
afterwards, he said.

For the remaining hours of daylight we searched, leaving not a square
yard of ground uninvestigated for a radius of miles. But--we found
nothing--not even the remotest trace or clue.

I suppose, if I lived to be a thousand I should never forget the agony
of that day. Mile after mile of our patient and exhaustive search, and
still--nothing. The sickening blank as we returned, obliged to give it
up for that day, only to renew our efforts with the first glimmer of
returning light!

The moon rose, flooding down over the dim veldt. I recalled that last
time when we two had wandered so happily over this very same ground. No
presentiment had we then, no warning of mysterious danger hanging over
us. How happy we had been--how secure in each other's love--and now!
Oh God! it was too much.

"Look here," I burst forth roughly. "What's the good of you people?
Yes, what the devil's the good of you? What do you draw your pay for
anyway? If you had unearthed the secret of Hensley's disappearance this
one would never have come about. Your whole force isn't worth a
tinker's twopenny damn and the sooner it's disbanded and sent about its
silly business the better."

The police inspector was a thoroughly good fellow, and a gentleman. He
didn't take any offence at this, for he knew and re