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Meggie
had
put
Hal
back
in
the
bassinet
,
and
gone
to
stand
beside
her
mother
.
There
was
another
one
wasted
.
The
same
proud
,
sensitive
profile
;
something
of
Fiona
about
her
hands
,
her
child
's
body
.
She
would
be
very
like
her
mother
when
she
,
too
,
was
a
woman
.
And
who
would
marry
her
?
Another
oafish
Irish
shearer
,
or
a
clodhopping
yokel
from
some
Wahine
dairy
farm
?
She
was
worth
more
,
but
she
was
not
born
to
more
.
There
was
no
way
out
,
that
was
what
everyone
said
,
and
every
year
longer
that
he
lived
seemed
to
bear
it
out
.
Suddenly
conscious
of
his
fixed
regard
,
Fee
and
Meggie
turned
together
,
smiling
at
him
with
the
peculiar
tenderness
women
save
for
the
most
beloved
men
in
their
lives
.
Frank
put
his
cup
on
the
table
and
went
out
to
feed
the
dogs
,
wishing
he
could
weep
,
or
commit
murder
.
Anything
which
might
banish
the
pain
.
*
*
*
Three
days
after
Paddy
lost
the
Archibald
shed
,
Mary
Carson
's
letter
came
.
He
had
opened
it
in
the
Wahine
post
office
the
moment
he
collected
his
mail
,
and
came
back
to
the
house
skipping
like
a
child
.
"
We
're
going
to
Australia
!
"
he
yelled
,
waving
the
expensive
vellum
pages
under
his
family
's
stunned
noses
.
There
was
silence
,
all
eyes
riveted
on
him
.
Fee
's
were
shocked
,
so
were
Meggie
's
,
but
every
male
pair
had
lit
with
joy
.
Frank
's
blazed
.
"
But
,
Paddy
,
why
should
she
think
of
you
so
suddenly
after
all
these
years
?
"
Fee
asked
after
she
had
read
the
letter
.
"
Her
money
's
not
new
to
her
,
nor
is
her
isolation
.
I
never
remember
her
offering
to
help
us
before
.
"
"
It
seems
she
's
frightened
of
dying
alone
,
"
he
said
,
as
much
to
reassure
himself
as
Fee
.
"
You
saw
what
she
wrote
:
'
I
am
not
young
,
and
you
and
your
boys
are
my
heirs
.
I
think
we
ought
to
see
each
other
before
I
die
,
and
it
's
time
you
learned
how
to
run
your
inheritance
.
I
have
the
intention
of
making
you
my
head
stockman
--
it
will
be
excellent
training
,
and
those
of
your
boys
who
are
old
enough
to
work
may
have
employment
as
stockmen
also
.
Drogheda
will
become
a
family
concern
,
run
by
the
family
without
help
from
outsiders
.
'
"
"
Does
she
say
anything
about
sending
us
the
money
to
get
to
Australia
?
"
Fee
asked
.
