A few days more and theyll die of
foot-rot.
Well, hed need all the money he could suck out
ofold Darvall to pay Denniss interest. He seized Cabells arm andlooked at him
anxiously.
He seized Cabells arm andlooked at him
anxiously.
Jacobs going to build a housewith five rooms and a
veranda ALL round. I wouldnt know what to do in a house so big. One night he sat on
the veranda listening to Emma and Rosa in thesitting-room.
Her wrinkled forehead admitted disquiet and
indecision here atleast.
The Colonel winced now, choked up a laugh, and
licked his lips. If Id gone on scraping mychin as I started Id still be changed. I
no longerunderstand an Englishman when I see one. I used to be reckoned like that
cove David. He comes in at night,she was saying between snuffles and sobs, and
always asks the sameold thing. Then his eyes reopened to the crudity of the
Australian scene. Everybody says the gold cant last for ever, and therell be a
rushfor land.
You said you liked oranges, so Rosas giving me some
of the plantsJacob brought up. The age of the shepherds waspassing away. In fact,
the harder he struggled the deeper hewas entangled by possessions, interests,
habits. Knock downthe first cut-throat who looks at them. One night he sat on the
veranda listening to Emma and Rosa in thesitting-room. Let me tellyou, Colonel, were
ALL here because Englands chucked us out. I wont lift a finger againto help him, I
can tell you. You dont come over here so often when Dirks away,
Inotice.
But, as with Cabell, a day was sure to come when
her lipsdisappeared in a colourless line again. His trials seemed to have a place in
a pattern, to be notwholly without meaning.
One night he sat on the veranda listening to Emma
and Rosa in thesitting-room. Then his eyes reopened to the crudity of the Australian
scene.
Impulsive acts of generosity sprang from the
samesource. He repeated the encouraging words moreloudly. In amoment all his
elaborate plans were exposed as insubstantial dreamstuff.
He hid himself in the thick scrub by theriver,
needing greater privacy for his thoughts.
Come, these are fine fellows, let me tellyou,
Colonel!