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Whereafter he was buried in a quiet spot near the hedge of blue aloes , from which he had collected so many rare specimens of poisonous reptiles and insects . On the third day , one of the kloofs on the farm gave up a wig of golden hair , all muddy and weed-entangled . The natives hung it on a bush to dry , and there was much gossip among them that day , hastily hushed when any European person came by . At nine o'clock the same evening , Roddy was found peacefully sleeping in the bed with Meekie carefully adjusting the mosquito-curtains over him as though he had never been missing . In the morning , he told Christine he had had an awfully funny dream . `` I dreamed I was with my old ` nannie ' again -- you know -- Sophy . She was all covered up , and I could only see her eyes looking through holes in a white thing .