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And thus they parted . She knew her way now even across the open veldt , for she dared not go by the road . There was , however , a bridle path that ran over the hill at the back of Mooifontein , and for this she shaped her course . It was five o'clock by now , and both she and her horse were in a condition of great exhaustion , enhanced in her own case by want of food and trouble of mind . But she was a strong woman , with a will like iron , and she held on when most girls would have died . Jess meant to get to Mooifontein somehow , and she knew that she would get there . If only she could reach the place and find help to send to her lover , she did not greatly care what happened to her afterwards .