23/36 'May as well see a bit of life now we're in it. We'll come back overland when we're tired of strange faces.' 'All right,' says father, 'they won't know where I'm lyin' by for a bit, I'll go bail, and the sooner you clear out of Adelaide the better. One of ye write a line to your mother and tell her where you're off to, or she'll be frettin' herself and the gal too--frettin' over what can't be helped. But I suppose it's the natur' o' some women.' We done our settling-up next day. All the sale money was paid over to Starlight. |