V--2nd, chap 9, waiting for Robin w time's winged chariot at the door

[Mark Kohut]

P. 229. Mondaugen arrived at "a white outpost"...

White, see GR and AtD, of course, and whitewash.
"They" are White in South Africa, of course...

But an outpost in also a chess 
word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outpost_(chess)
This is an example of a WHITE KNIGHT outpost.................

a "the great game" subtext? 


Kalkfontein, South Africa, has a dam and now, at least an hotel to be found 
online.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkfontein_Dam