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lly glorious news reached them: 'Jan Christian Smuts has lost even his own seat at Standerton. Always the enticing avenue, always the sheer cliff. here was some kind of governmental meeting, for within a few minutes the new prime minister came bustling in. Johanna had agonized for some days over what to wear, and her efforts had proved most successful: she had donned a l

ore or less assured him that once this mission w accomplished, the land grant would be quickly arranged durin Retief's next visit. ny would win, but conced- ing that her victory would not mean much constructively to South Africa, which would face a new set of problems. Thy messenger said that Lukas de Groot was collecting Boers to the north and would meet Tjaart halfway to form a substantial commando for assistance to Grahamstown. Those he had found proved that somewhere in this vicinit3 there had been a source of diamonds, and in time he, or someon( like him, would uncover it.