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It
was
not
long
after
this
that
Meggie
got
a
letter
from
Luke
,
the
second
since
she
had
left
him
.
"
Not
long
now
,
I
reckon
,
"
he
said
.
"
A
few
more
years
in
the
sugar
should
see
me
through
.
The
old
back
's
a
bit
sore
these
days
,
but
I
can
still
cut
with
the
best
of
them
,
eight
or
nine
tons
a
day
.
Arne
and
I
have
twelve
other
gangs
cutting
for
us
,
all
good
blokes
.
Money
's
getting
very
loose
,
Europe
wants
sugar
as
fast
as
we
can
produce
it
.
I
'm
making
over
five
thousand
quid
a
year
,
saving
almost
all
of
it
.
Wo
n't
be
long
now
,
Meg
,
before
I
'm
out
around
Kynuna
.
Maybe
when
I
get
things
together
you
might
want
to
come
back
to
me
.
Did
I
give
you
the
kid
you
wanted
?
Funny
,
how
women
get
their
hearts
set
on
kids
.
I
reckon
that
's
what
really
broke
us
up
,
eh
?
Let
me
know
how
you
're
getting
on
,
and
how
Drogheda
weathered
the
drought
.
Yours
,
Luke
.
"
Fee
came
out
onto
the
veranda
,
where
Meggie
sat
with
the
letter
in
her
hand
,
staring
absently
out
across
the
brilliant
green
of
the
homestead
lawns
.
"
How
's
Luke
?
"
"
The
same
as
ever
,
Mum
.
Not
a
bit
changed
.
Still
on
about
a
little
while
longer
in
the
damned
sugar
,
the
place
he
's
going
to
have
one
day
out
around
Kynuna
.
"
"
Do
you
think
he
'll
ever
actually
do
it
?
"
"
I
suppose
so
,
one
day
.
"
"
Would
you
go
to
join
him
,
Meggie
?
"
"
Not
in
a
million
years
.
"
Fee
sat
down
in
a
cane
chair
beside
her
daughter
,
pulling
it
round
so
she
could
see
Meggie
properly
.
In
the
distance
men
were
shouting
,
hammers
pounded
;
at
long
last
the
verandas
and
the
upper-story
windows
of
the
homestead
were
being
enclosed
by
fine
wire
mesh
to
screen
out
the
flies
.
For
years
Fee
had
held
out
,
obdurate
.
No
matter
how
many
flies
there
were
,
the
lines
of
the
house
would
never
be
spoiled
by
ugly
netting
.
But
the
longer
the
drought
dragged
on
the
worse
the
flies
became
,
until
two
weeks
before
it
ended
Fee
had
given
in
and
hired
a
contractor
to
enclose
every
building
on
the
station
,
not
only
the
homestead
itself
but
all
the
staff
houses
and
barracks
as
well
.
