Sir H Rider Haggard

Marie Sir H Rider Haggard

The plot begins in Cradock, a District of Cape Colony, a somehow wild place with a handful of white settlers. Fifteen miles from the Mission station where Allan and his father who is a clergy of the church of England live, there lives a Boer called Henry Merais, who has a young daughter named Marie Marais. Allan, together with Marie are given a tutor called Monsieur Leblanc who instructs them in the learning of the French language and other subjects, and this is where and how Allan and Marie meet. What starts as a childhood friendship slowly grows into a fully fledged love and deep affection much to the chagrin of Marie's father who tries everything within his power to separate them. One day, monsieur Leblanc goes to one of his Sunday riding expeditions. Being intoxicated with his Peach brandy, and after sleeping, he wakes up to find his horse missing. Thinking it stolen, he sets out to look for it when he by chance comes across two red Kaffirs leading it away though looking for its owner to restore it back to him. On sighting them, he shoots the eldest son of the chief and he drops dead. When he fires again, he injures the other son on the thigh but he manages to run away to tell the tale.