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Four other fugitives joined them, and this complement of eleven were prepared to live or die as acci- dents and hard work determined. Rhodes had several million pounds to support his objectives, and Saltwood had none, so it was the former's views that prevailed. ' 706 'But will you support us with armsT 'Good heavens, no!' He did locate three young Afrikaners who offered to voluntee assignments, those in charge looked at De Groot with pained tolerance: 'What can you do, Paulus, with so few?'
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