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The
boys
gasped
,
but
forgot
it
at
the
blossoming
of
a
fairyland
of
lights
outside
;
everyone
clustered
at
the
windows
and
watched
while
the
first
miles
flew
by
and
still
the
houses
did
not
diminish
.
The
speed
increased
,
the
lights
grew
scattered
and
finally
went
out
,
replaced
by
a
constant
flurry
of
sparks
streaming
past
in
a
howling
wind
.
When
Paddy
took
the
boys
outside
so
Fee
could
feed
Hal
,
Meggie
gazed
after
them
longingly
.
These
days
it
seemed
she
was
not
to
be
included
as
one
of
the
boys
,
not
since
the
baby
had
disrupted
her
life
and
chained
her
to
the
house
as
firmly
as
her
mother
was
.
Not
that
she
really
minded
,
she
told
herself
loyally
.
He
was
such
a
dear
little
fellow
,
the
chief
delight
of
her
life
,
and
it
was
nice
to
have
Mum
treat
her
as
another
grown-up
lady
.
What
caused
Mum
to
grow
babies
she
had
no
idea
,
but
the
result
was
lovely
.
She
gave
Hal
to
Fee
;
the
train
stopped
not
long
after
,
creaking
and
squealing
,
and
seemed
to
stand
hours
panting
for
breath
.
She
was
dying
to
open
the
window
and
look
out
,
but
the
compartment
was
growing
very
cold
in
spite
of
the
hot
ashes
on
the
floor
.
Paddy
came
in
from
the
corridor
with
a
steaming
cup
of
tea
for
Fee
,
who
put
Hal
back
on
the
seat
,
glutted
and
sleepy
.
"
What
is
it
?
"
she
asked
.
"
A
place
called
Valley
Heights
.
We
take
on
another
engine
here
for
the
climb
to
Lithgow
,
the
girl
in
the
refreshment
room
said
.
"
"
How
long
have
I
got
to
drink
this
?
"
"
Fifteen
minutes
.
Frank
's
getting
you
some
sandwiches
and
I
'll
see
the
boys
are
fed
.
Our
next
refreshment
stop
is
a
placed
called
Blayney
,
much
later
in
the
night
.
"
Meggie
shared
her
mother
's
cup
of
hot
,
sugary
tea
,
suddenly
unbearably
excited
,
and
gobbled
her
sandwich
when
Frank
brought
it
.
He
settled
her
on
the
long
seat
below
baby
Hal
,
tucked
a
rug
firmly
around
her
,
and
then
did
the
same
for
Fee
,
stretched
out
full
length
on
the
seat
opposite
.
Stuart
and
Hughie
were
bedded
down
on
the
floor
between
the
seats
,
but
Paddy
told
Fee
that
he
was
taking
Bob
,
Frank
and
Jack
several
compartments
down
to
talk
to
some
shearers
,
and
would
spend
the
night
there
.
It
was
much
nicer
than
the
ship
,
clicking
along
to
the
rhythmic
huff-a-huff
of
the
two
engines
,
listening
to
the
wind
in
the
telegraph
wires
,
the
occasional
flurry
of
furious
huffs
as
steel
wheels
slipped
on
sloping
steel
rails
,
frantically
sought
traction
;
Meggie
went
to
sleep
.
In
the
morning
they
stared
,
awed
and
dismayed
,
at
a
landscape
so
alien
they
had
not
dreamed
anything
like
it
existed
on
the
same
planet
as
New
Zealand
.
The
rolling
hills
were
there
certainly
,
but
absolutely
nothing
else
reminiscent
of
home
.
It
was
all
brown
and
grey
,
even
the
trees
!
The
winter
wheat
was
already
turned
a
fawnish
silver
by
the
glaring
sun
,
miles
upon
miles
of
it
rippling
and
bending
in
the
wind
,
broken
only
by
stands
of
thin
,
spinding
,
blue-leafed
trees
and
dusty
clumps
of
tired
grey
bushes
.
Fee
's
stoical
eyes
surveyed
the
scene
without
changing
expression
,
but
poor
Meggie
's
were
full
of
tears
.
It
was
horrible
,
fenceless
and
vast
,
without
a
trace
of
green
.
