Chapter 32 FROM THE BEGINNING

"Our brown folk have lost their heads for the time being," said Blair to his wife, as they all stood round the huts. "They have gone off to the hills. It is not very surprising. They will come back all right in time. Captain Cathie, I want you to make a raft and take the ladies and the sick-in fact, all but Gregor and Irvine-to the Happy Valley for