He preferred the mabati roofs to the thatch because the mabati is good for rainwater harvesting and it is longer-lasting.

There was one other thing. If the goolie chits didn't prove all that persuasive, we each had a big .45 in a canvas holster around our waist, and Hudd and his man had Stirlings.

During his adolescence he went to the most exclusive of the pseudo-English schools that try to recreate a Harrow or an Eton on the alien American scene.

Many parents also place a variety of talismen or safe (“jujus”) on their babies.