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They talked for a shortwhile. Dead? Isthat what you thought? Tromp stood up and came around the desk. i They are English,said the sergeant, an explanation of all madness, and would have turnedaway, but one of the younger troopers had been staring at David. Centaine pulled a face.

Thereigning champion was an engineering student who had just graduated fromthe Witwatersrand University. The pipe line carried the water from the springaround the hills to the mine and the washing gear. He turned and ran down theslope with long bounding strides, so that he seemed to float above thedark rocks, skimming them lightly. He had said all the right things, and he was an Olympic gold medallistin a land where athletic prowess was venerated.