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So
Fee
promised
not
to
say
a
word
in
her
letters
;
she
seemed
not
to
care
one
way
or
the
other
,
nor
did
she
seem
interested
in
Meggie
's
choice
of
a
husband
.
Keeping
the
books
of
a
station
as
large
as
Drogheda
was
a
full-time
job
.
Fee
's
records
would
have
served
a
historian
with
a
perfect
description
of
life
on
a
sheep
station
,
for
they
did
n't
simply
consist
of
figures
and
ledgers
.
Every
movement
of
every
mob
of
sheep
was
rigidly
described
,
the
changes
of
the
seasons
,
the
weather
each
day
,
even
what
Mrs.
Smith
served
for
dinner
.
The
entry
in
the
log
book
for
Sunday
,
July
22
,
1934
,
said
:
Sky
clear
,
no
cloud
,
temperature
at
dawn
34
degrees
.
No
Mass
today
.
Bob
in
,
Jack
out
at
Murrimbah
with
2
stockmen
,
Hughie
out
at
West
Dam
with
1
stockman
,
Beerbarrel
droving
3-year
wethers
from
Budgin
to
Winnemurra
.
Temperature
high
at
3
o'clock
,
85
degrees
.
Barometer
steady
,
30.6
inches
.
Wind
due
west
Dinner
menu
corned
beef
,
boiled
potatoes
,
carrots
and
cabbage
,
then
plum
duff
.
Meghann
Cleary
is
to
marry
Mr.
Luke
O'Neill
,
stockman
,
on
Saturday
August
25
at
the
Holy
Cross
Church
,
Gillanbone
.
Entered
9
o'clock
evening
,
temperature
45
degrees
,
moon
last
quarter
.
Luke
bought
Meggie
a
diamond
engagement
ring
,
modest
but
quite
pretty
,
its
twin
quarter-carat
stones
set
in
a
pair
of
platinum
hearts
.
The
banns
were
called
for
noon
on
Saturday
,
August
25th
,
in
the
Holy
Cross
Church
.
This
would
be
followed
by
a
family
dinner
at
the
Hotel
Imperial
,
to
which
Mrs.
Smith
,
Minnie
and
Cat
were
naturally
invited
,
though
Jims
and
Patsy
had
been
left
in
Sydney
after
Meggie
said
firmly
that
she
could
n't
see
the
point
in
bringing
them
six
hundred
miles
to
witness
a
ceremony
they
did
n't
really
understand
.
She
had
received
their
letters
of
congratulations
;
Jims
's
long
,
rambling
and
childlike
,
Patsy
's
consisting
of
three
words
,
"
Lots
of
luck
.
"
They
knew
Luke
,
of
course
,
having
ridden
the
Drogheda
paddocks
with
him
during
their
vacations
.
Mrs.
Smith
was
grieved
at
Meggie
's
insistence
on
as
small
an
affair
as
possible
;
she
had
hoped
to
see
the
only
girl
married
on
Drogheda
with
flags
flying
and
cymbals
clashing
,
days
of
celebration
.
But
Meggie
was
so
against
a
fuss
she
even
refused
to
wear
bridal
regalia
;
she
would
be
married
in
a
day
dress
and
an
ordinary
hat
,
which
could
double
afterwards
as
her
traveling
outfit
.
"
Darling
,
I
've
decided
where
to
take
you
for
our
honeymoon
,
"
Luke
said
,
slipping
into
a
chair
opposite
hers
the
Sunday
after
they
had
made
their
wedding
plans
.
"
Where
?
"
"
North
Queensland
.
While
you
were
at
the
dressmaker
I
got
talking
to
some
chaps
in
the
Imperial
bar
,
and
they
were
telling
me
there
's
money
to
be
made
up
in
cane
country
,
if
a
man
's
strong
and
not
afraid
of
hard
work
.
"
"
But
Luke
,
you
already
have
a
good
job
here
!
"
"
A
man
does
n't
feel
right
,
battening
on
his
in-laws
.
I
want
to
get
us
the
money
to
buy
a
place
out
in
Western
Queensland
,
and
I
want
it
before
I
'm
too
old
to
work
it
.
A
man
with
no
education
finds
it
hard
to
get
high-paying
work
in
this
Depression
,
but
there
's
a
shortage
of
men
in
North
Queensland
,
and
the
money
's
at
least
ten
times
what
I
earn
as
a
stockman
on
Drogheda
.
"
"
Doing
what
?
"
