You make me say things I don't want to say. I thought McKeith would have broken the shock. He came on, he said, to do so. She died under the anaesthetic. Sir Luke got the news by cable the day before I left Leichardt's Town.
Life can be very cruel. . . .
I myself have had cause for gratitude to Death, the great Simplifier. And Luke did care for his wife. She stood gazing out upon the plain, on which the mist was gathering. From across the gully sounded the cattle being driven home. Colin will show you your room.