Dougless stood by and watched in awe as Lady Margaret went over every problem, talked and listened to every complaint. 'The only attention she allows herself,' the traveler wrote, 'comes at dusk when, with her brood about her, she holds court as her two Hottentot women servants bathe her feet. “Elizabeth, you do say the funniest things. o the fort, and informed Van Riebeeck that Jack was demanding a guarantee given personally by the commander.
When Dougless had said she’d like to attend with him, Robert had said, “But time alone is what you two need. Against his will deep groans escaped, and when he tried to move to a new position, the awful weights on his legs pulled him back. ” As he strode out of the tea room, the unfinished scone was testimony to how upset he was. For generations this alliance would maintain, fortified sometimes by bloodlines when lonely men needed com- panion
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