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Fiona
Cleary
was
delivered
of
another
boy
six
days
before
Meggie
's
ninth
birthday
,
counting
herself
lucky
nothing
but
a
couple
of
miscarriages
had
happened
in
the
interim
.
At
nine
Meggie
was
old
enough
to
be
a
real
help
.
Fee
herself
was
forty
years
old
,
too
old
to
bear
children
without
a
great
deal
of
strength-sapping
pain
.
The
child
,
named
Harold
,
was
a
delicate
baby
;
for
the
first
time
anyone
could
ever
remember
,
the
doctor
came
regularly
to
the
house
.
And
as
troubles
do
,
the
Cleary
troubles
multiplied
.
The
aftermath
of
the
war
was
not
a
boom
,
but
a
rural
depression
.
Work
became
increasingly
harder
to
get
.
Old
Angus
MacWhirter
delivered
a
telegram
to
the
house
one
day
just
as
they
were
finishing
tea
,
and
Paddy
tore
it
open
with
trembling
hands
;
telegrams
never
held
good
news
.
The
boys
gathered
round
,
all
save
Frank
,
who
took
his
cup
of
tea
and
left
the
table
.
Fee
's
eyes
followed
him
,
then
turned
back
as
Paddy
groaned
.
"
What
is
it
?
"
she
asked
.
Paddy
was
staring
at
the
piece
of
paper
as
if
it
held
news
of
a
death
.
"
Archibald
does
n't
want
us
.
"
Bob
pounded
his
fist
on
the
table
savagely
;
he
had
been
so
looking
forward
to
going
with
his
father
as
an
apprentice
shearer
,
and
Archibald
's
was
to
have
been
his
first
pen
.
"
Why
should
he
do
a
dirty
thing
like
this
to
us
,
Daddy
?
We
were
due
to
start
there
tomorrow
.
"
"
He
does
n't
say
why
,
Bob
.
I
suppose
some
scab
contractor
undercut
me
.
"
Oh
,
Paddy
!
"
Fee
sighed
.
Baby
Hal
began
to
cry
from
the
big
bassinet
by
the
stove
,
but
before
Fee
could
move
Meggie
was
up
;
Frank
had
come
back
inside
the
door
and
was
standing
,
tea
in
hand
,
watching
his
father
narrowly
.
