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the spoor if she really wished it, but after a hard five 

 miles of really impossible going at right angles from 

 our main camp we quitted the chase for that day 

 arranging to get up with the sun and make a real day 

 of it after rhino. I admit I did all I knew to stifle 

 these sporting longings. It seemed cowardly of me 

 to say " Go alone, if go you must." But I longed to 

 say it. I could never forget the apparition of that 

 rhino going for the Baron, and — I'll whisper it if 

 you'll come nearer — where a rhinoceros is concerned 

 I am a contemptible coward. 



