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"
No
,
I
'd
free
you
!
"
he
countered
wildly
,
hopefully
.
"
Frank
,
I
can
never
be
free
,
and
I
do
n't
want
to
be
free
.
I
wish
I
knew
where
your
blindness
comes
from
,
but
I
do
n't
.
It
is
n't
mine
,
nor
is
it
your
father
's
.
I
know
you
're
not
happy
,
but
must
you
take
it
out
on
me
,
and
on
Daddy
?
Why
do
you
insist
upon
making
everything
so
hard
?
Why
?
"
She
looked
down
at
her
hands
,
looked
up
at
him
.
"
I
do
n't
want
to
say
this
,
but
I
think
I
have
to
It
's
time
you
found
yourself
a
girl
,
Frank
,
got
married
and
had
a
family
of
your
own
.
There
's
room
on
Drogheda
.
I
've
never
been
worried
about
the
other
boys
in
that
respect
;
they
do
n't
seem
to
have
your
nature
at
all
.
But
you
need
a
wife
,
Frank
.
If
you
had
one
,
you
would
n't
have
time
to
think
about
me
.
"
He
had
turned
his
back
upon
her
,
and
would
n't
turn
around
.
For
perhaps
five
minutes
she
sat
on
the
bed
hoping
he
would
say
something
,
then
she
sighed
,
got
up
and
left
.
After
the
shearers
had
gone
and
the
district
had
settled
into
the
semi-inertia
of
winter
came
the
annual
Gillanbone
Show
and
Picnic
Races
.
It
was
the
most
important
event
in
the
social
calendar
,
and
went
on
for
two
days
.
Fee
did
n't
feel
well
enough
to
go
,
so
Paddy
drove
Mary
Carson
into
town
in
her
Rolls-Royce
without
his
wife
to
support
him
or
keep
Mary
's
tongue
in
its
silent
position
.
He
had
noticed
that
for
some
mysterious
reason
Fee
's
very
presence
quelled
his
sister
,
put
her
at
a
disadvantage
.
Everyone
else
was
going
.
Under
threat
of
death
to
behave
themselves
,
the
boys
rode
in
with
Beerbarrel
Pete
,
Jim
,
Tom
,
Mrs.
Smith
and
the
maids
in
the
truck
,
but
Frank
left
early
on
his
own
in
the
model-T
Ford
.
The
adults
of
the
party
were
all
staying
over
for
the
second
day
's
race
meeting
;
for
reasons
known
best
to
herself
,
Mary
Carson
declined
Father
Ralph
's
offer
of
accommodation
at
the
presbytery
,
but
urged
Paddy
to
accept
it
for
himself
and
Frank
.
Where
the
two
stockmen
and
Tom
,
the
garden
rouseabout
,
stayed
no
one
knew
,
but
Mrs.
Smith
,
Minnie
and
Cat
had
friends
in
Gilly
who
put
them
up
.
It
was
ten
in
the
morning
when
Paddy
deposited
his
sister
in
the
best
room
the
Hotel
Imperial
had
to
offer
;
he
made
his
way
down
to
the
bar
and
found
Frank
standing
at
it
,
a
schooner
of
beer
in
his
hand
.
"
Let
me
buy
the
next
one
,
old
man
,
"
Paddy
said
genially
to
his
son
.
"
I
've
got
to
take
Auntie
Mary
to
the
Picnic
Races
luncheon
,
and
I
need
moral
sustenance
if
I
'm
going
to
get
through
the
ordeal
without
Mum
.
"
Habit
and
awe
are
harder
to
overcome
than
people
realize
until
they
actually
try
to
circumvent
the
conduct
of
years
;
Frank
found
he
could
not
do
what
he
longed
to
do
,
he
could
not
throw
the
contents
of
his
glass
in
his
father
's
face
,
not
in
front
of
a
bar
crowd
.
So
he
downed
what
was
left
of
his
beer
at
a
gulp
,
smiled
a
little
sickly
and
said
,
"
Sorry
,
Daddy
,
I
've
promised
to
meet
some
blokes
down
at
the
showground
.
"
"
Well
,
off
you
go
,
then
.
But
here
,
take
this
and
spend
it
on
yourself
.
Have
a
good
time
,
and
if
you
get
drunk
do
n't
let
your
mother
find
out
.
"
