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"
And
me
,
"
said
Hughie
eagerly
.
"
And
us
,
"
said
Jims
on
behalf
of
himself
and
the
inarticulate
Patsy
.
But
they
all
looked
at
Bob
,
who
was
the
boss
.
"
We
've
got
to
be
sensible
,
'
he
said
.
"
Wool
is
a
staple
of
war
,
and
not
only
for
clothes
.
It
's
used
as
packing
in
ammunition
and
explosives
,
for
all
sorts
of
funny
things
we
do
n't
hear
of
,
I
'm
sure
.
Plus
we
have
beef
cattle
for
food
,
and
the
old
wethers
and
ewes
go
for
hides
,
glue
,
tallow
,
lanolin
--
all
war
staples
.
"
So
we
ca
n't
go
off
and
leave
Drogheda
to
run
itself
,
no
matter
what
we
might
want
to
do
.
With
a
war
on
it
's
going
to
be
mighty
hard
to
replace
the
stockmen
we
're
bound
to
lose
.
The
drought
's
in
its
third
year
,
we
're
scrub-cutting
,
and
the
bunnies
are
driving
us
silly
.
For
the
moment
our
job
's
here
on
Drogheda
;
not
very
exciting
compared
to
getting
into
action
,
but
just
as
necessary
.
We
'll
be
doing
our
best
bit
here
.
"
The
male
faces
had
fallen
,
the
female
ones
lightened
.
"
What
if
it
goes
on
longer
than
old
Pig
Iron
Bob
thinks
it
will
?
"
asked
Hughie
,
giving
the
Prime
Minister
his
national
nickname
.
Bob
thought
hard
,
his
weatherbeaten
visage
full
of
frowning
lines
.
"
If
things
get
worse
and
it
goes
on
for
a
long
time
,
then
I
reckon
as
long
as
we
've
got
two
stockmen
we
can
spare
two
Clearys
,
but
only
if
Meggie
's
willing
to
get
back
into
proper
harness
and
work
the
inside
paddocks
.
It
would
be
awfully
hard
and
in
good
times
we
would
n't
stand
a
chance
,
but
in
this
drought
I
reckon
five
men
and
Meggie
working
seven
days
a
week
could
run
Drogheda
.
Yet
that
's
asking
a
lot
of
Meggie
,
with
two
little
babies
.
"
"
If
it
has
to
be
done
,
Bob
,
it
has
to
be
done
,
"
said
Meggie
.
"
Mrs.
Smith
wo
n't
mind
doing
her
bit
by
taking
charge
of
Justine
and
Dane
.
When
you
give
the
word
that
I
'm
needed
to
keep
Drogheda
up
to
full
production
,
I
'll
start
riding
the
inside
paddocks
.
"
