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“For your information, ‘Dougless’ was a woman’s name in the sixteenth century, and I can assure you that Lord Nicholas Stafford wasnota little”—she glared at him— “‘you know. “No, really,” Dougless said. He used his knife to cut the bacon while holding it in place with his fingers, but he never once touched his fork. So maybe she wasn’t in a good position to argue about this.

' 'I think so too,' Dikkop said. Then, without 1 preparation, he spoke loudly but in a gentle voice, and when the two blacks turne “All right,” Dougless said, rising, then handing him her umbrella and raising her hand for him to help her onto his horse. The Battle of Spion Kop is faithfully summarized, as are the principal events of the Great Trek.