02018cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500280014626400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032450000310036050800470039152011450043853400450158365300280162885600430165699900170169932916UtSlPG20260610133742.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aMitford, Bertram,d1855-191412aA Secret of the Lebombo 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2010-06-20  aProduced by Nick Hodson of London, England  a“A Secret of the Lebombo” by Bertram Mitford is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book begins with the main character, Wyvern, discovering two individuals engaged in butchering one of his sheep. This act of sheep-stealing leads him into a dangerous situation where he must navigate both the threat from the sheep thieves and his own moral dilemmas regarding forgiveness and justice.   At the start of the narrative, the serene landscape contrasts sharply with the tension that Wyvern faces when he spots two men—one of his own herders and an unfamiliar accomplice—caught in the act of slaughtering his livestock. As he contemplates how to confront them without being armed, chaos ensues, leading to a violent struggle that escalates when one of the thieves is bitten by a snake. The opening sets the stage for themes of survival, responsibility, and the complex relationship between fear and compassion as Wyvern wrestles with what to do with his captured herder, Sixpence, and reflects on the impending loss of his farm, which symbolizes his dwindling fortunes and future.  (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aSouth Africa -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32916  c73762d73762