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But
is
n't
it
nice
to
think
we
'll
never
have
to
worry
about
money
again
?
"
He
cleared
his
throat
.
"
Now
it
seems
to
me
that
Mum
and
Meggie
in
particular
are
going
to
be
at
a
bit
of
a
loose
end
,
"
he
went
on
.
"
I
was
never
much
good
at
figures
,
but
Mum
can
add
and
subtract
and
divide
and
multiply
like
an
arithmetic
teacher
.
So
Mum
is
going
to
be
the
Drogheda
bookkeeper
,
instead
of
Harry
Gough
's
office
.
I
never
realized
it
,
but
Harry
has
employed
one
chap
just
to
deal
with
Drogheda
's
accounts
,
and
at
the
moment
he
's
a
man
short
,
so
he
does
n't
mind
passing
it
back
to
us
at
all
.
In
fact
,
he
was
the
one
who
suggested
Mum
might
make
a
good
bookkeeper
.
He
's
going
to
send
someone
out
from
Gilly
to
teach
you
properly
,
Mum
.
It
's
quite
complicated
,
apparently
.
You
've
got
to
balance
the
ledgers
,
the
cash
books
,
the
journals
,
record
everything
in
the
log
book
,
and
so
on
.
Enough
to
keep
you
pretty
busy
,
only
it
wo
n't
take
the
starch
out
of
you
the
way
cooking
and
washing
did
,
will
it
?
"
It
was
on
the
tip
of
Meggi
's
tongue
to
shout
:
What
about
me
?
I
did
just
as
much
washing
and
cooking
as
Mum
!
Fee
was
actually
smiling
,
for
the
first
time
since
the
news
about
Frank
.
"
I
'll
enjoy
the
job
,
Paddy
,
really
I
will
.
It
will
make
me
feel
like
a
part
of
Drogheda
.
"
"
Bob
is
going
to
teach
you
how
to
drive
the
new
Rolls
,
because
you
're
going
to
have
to
be
the
one
to
go
into
Gilly
to
the
bank
and
see
Harry
.
Besides
,
it
will
do
you
good
to
know
you
can
drive
anywhere
you
want
without
depending
on
one
of
us
being
around
.
We
're
too
isolated
out
here
.
I
've
always
meant
to
teach
you
girls
how
to
drive
,
but
there
's
never
been
the
time
before
.
All
right
,
Fee
?
"
"
All
right
,
Paddy
,
"
she
said
happily
.
"
Now
,
Meggie
,
we
've
got
to
deal
with
you
.
"
Meggie
laid
her
sock
and
needle
down
,
looked
up
at
her
father
in
a
mixture
of
inquiry
and
resentment
,
sure
she
knew
what
he
was
going
to
say
:
her
mother
would
be
busy
with
the
books
,
so
it
would
be
her
job
to
supervise
the
house
and
its
environs
.
"
I
'd
hate
to
see
you
turn
into
an
idle
,
snobby
miss
like
some
of
the
graziers
'
daughters
we
know
,
"
Paddy
said
with
a
smile
which
robbed
his
words
of
any
contempt
.
"
So
I
'm
going
to
put
you
to
work
at
a
full-time
job
,
too
,
wee
Meggie
.
You
're
going
to
look
after
the
inside
paddocks
for
us
--
Borehead
,
Creek
,
Carson
,
Winnemurra
and
North
Tank
.
You
're
also
going
to
look
after
the
Home
Paddock
.
You
'll
be
responsible
for
the
stock
horses
,
which
ones
are
working
and
which
ones
are
being
spelled
.
During
musters
and
lambing
we
'll
all
pitch
in
together
,
of
course
,
but
otherwise
you
'll
manage
on
your
own
,
I
reckon
.
Jack
can
teach
you
to
work
the
dogs
and
use
a
stock
whip
.
You
're
a
terrible
tomboy
still
,
so
I
thought
you
might
like
to
work
in
the
paddocks
more
than
lie
around
the
house
,
"
he
finished
,
smiling
more
broadly
than
ever
.
Resentment
and
discontent
had
flown
out
the
window
while
he
talked
;
he
was
once
more
Daddy
,
who
loved
her
and
thought
of
her
.
