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"
Then
that
's
us
,
the
two
who
can
be
spared
,
"
said
Jims
,
smiling
.
"
No
,
it
's
Hughie
and
I
,
"
said
Jack
quickly
.
"
By
rights
it
ought
to
be
Jims
and
Patsy
,
"
Bob
said
slowly
.
"
You
're
the
youngest
and
least
experienced
as
stockmen
,
where
as
soldiers
we
'd
all
be
equally
inexperienced
.
But
you
're
only
sixteen
now
,
chaps
.
"
"
By
the
time
things
get
worse
we
'll
be
seventeen
,
"
offered
Jims
.
"
We
'll
look
older
than
we
are
,
so
we
wo
n't
have
any
trouble
enlisting
if
we
've
got
a
letter
from
you
witnessed
by
Harry
Gough
.
"
"
Well
,
right
at
the
moment
no
one
is
going
.
Let
's
see
if
we
ca
n't
bring
Drogheda
up
to
higher
production
,
even
with
the
drought
and
the
bunnies
.
"
Meggie
left
the
room
quietly
,
went
upstairs
to
the
nursery
.
Dane
and
Justine
were
asleep
,
each
in
a
white-painted
cot
.
She
passed
her
daughter
by
,
and
stood
over
her
son
,
looking
down
at
him
for
a
long
time
.
"
Thank
God
you
're
only
a
baby
,
"
she
said
.
*
*
*
It
was
almost
a
year
before
the
war
intruded
upon
the
little
Drogheda
universe
,
a
year
during
which
one
by
one
the
stockmen
left
,
the
rabbits
continued
to
multiply
,
and
Bob
battled
valiantly
to
keep
the
station
books
looking
worthy
of
a
wartime
effort
.
But
at
the
beginning
of
June
1940
came
the
news
that
the
British
Expeditionary
Force
had
been
evacuated
from
the
European
mainland
at
Dunkirk
;
volunteers
for
the
second
Australian
Imperial
Force
poured
in
thousands
into
the
recruiting
centers
,
Jims
and
Patsy
among
them
.
Four
years
of
riding
the
paddocks
in
all
weathers
had
passed
the
twins
'
faces
and
bodies
beyond
youth
,
to
that
ageless
calm
of
creases
at
the
outer
corners
of
the
eyes
,
lines
down
the
nose
to
the
mouth
.
They
presented
their
letters
and
were
accepted
without
comment
.
Bushmen
were
popular
.
They
could
usually
shoot
well
,
knew
the
value
of
obeying
an
order
,
and
they
were
tough
.
