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Wouldn't it be better if I simply watched I'm quite happy to do that.

You'll go off and enjoy yourself

you never know what you can do until you are trying for come on

ready

as I'll ever be and would be

engineered slider

keep your weight at the center of your skates. Yeah.

You position a push up on the right.

Right here we go

That wasn't so hard was it

as my contention we should stop or we're ahead.

No you don't do that time I taught you something for a Change

Come on. Let's have another go.

Right, yeah. I'm going at

Oh you gotta hold me. Right.

You mustn't be so stiff. Just relax Yes. Right.

I got my balance

Oh, I told you so I and sports is not my cup of tea.

You give up too easily mister STone.

It was ridiculous when we'd be calling you Mr. Stone in this situation like
this.

May I call you no, just for now.

It will be my pleasure entirely if you would not just for now, but always. No.

Come on. Let's have another try Penny

I'll say goodnight. And no,

Good night Lester. Let's have a pleasant evening.

And you're off to the opera again. As a matter of fact, it's

a superb dance.

Oh. How long since you trip the light? Fantastic. Oh, I

don't think I care to go into that.

steadily. I shouldn't be ruled out on those grounds.

My notion of ballroom dancing is something once mastered, never forgotten.

Like learning to ride a bicycle.

Or skating perhaps.

Actually, that turned out a great deal better than I anticipated.

I didn't make a complete fool of myself.

So now you're tempting providence again?

I think ventured nothing gained lesser

you know, Jean really is an exceptional girl.

Oh, quite exceptional, and most attractive.

Must have a dozen boyfriends. Oh,

I wouldn't say that.

And moderately wealthy.

No. Struggling I'm in my business.

Doesn't extract it was strange that someone hasn't snapped her up?

No. No, I don't think that it is unusual that She hasn't married I can
understand that.

Yes, yes, it is something you have in common.

And I have no doubt that before long someone will snap her up as you put it.

Show with us.

I warn you I'm a bit rusty.

I haven't done since quite an offer.

Well we'll just have to see who's the rustier

Oh, I'm not used to all this activity

I think we should set the next couple of hours

oh by the way probate is over through

Have you made any plans for the money

I know what I'd like to do first

No what is that

you probably think this is very odd and rather foolish not at all

what do you have in mind

I want to go back to Malaya and digger well

I suppose I should explain

if you wouldn't mind

of course there was no women's camping in Kuantan

they wanted to be rid of us

you very bad people

no place for you here

I send you to Kotabaru

you walk work

How far is Kotabaru

does anybody now

start to wonder now so thing

number 200 Miles

God

love the series the healthy side of the country

is now more than mostly swamp diseases.

Plenty of fresh fish you'll see

and anyway, moping about it is going to get us precisely nowhere

got the phone to village for tonight so come on on your feet

the lot of you shake a leg

Thank you Mr. Screw

you're ready for some grub

He's taking me pretty hard.

A little bigger.

But no one ordered about no more

nor even to matter to

steal an old Jap

Michigan,

Michigan

you must eat

all right

what an eyesite I told you was beautiful over here

Mrs Paggett willing all these tonight What about tomorrow then

you can catch them all then they'll be fresh

I think we should give thanks to our Lord

for bringing us to such a bountiful place

do you really believe the Lord's watching Erasmus is free?

Very word I do don't you?

Well

I'm not so sure though what happened in Kwantam

but that's just it don't you see?

I've thought about it not truly I have and it's clear to me that Joe had the
power of healing

well you think those medicines he got us they fixed us up

he saved us all. And he didn't ask for nothing in return.

Not like no normal human being

and then he got himself krissed just like Jesus did.

Just dropping those who couldn't help ourselves

well, you can stop if you want

I think it all stands to reason.

Lord sent his son down to earth in Palestine when the whole world was in a mess.

Why wouldn't be do the same thing again in Malaya it is just possible isn't it

it's possible I suppose.

No, I wouldn't be alive and kicking today. I didn't have something to believe in

she'll feed his flock like a shepherd. She'll gather the lambs.

If you get

your right Jean fine.

What do you make of Mrs. Smith's notion?

She wants to believe it. You don't

Joe Anya was very human to human

wish we never laid eyes on

yourself.

You tried to talk him out of it. If you think why you did it.

Why he took such risks

could only have been to impress me

maybe if I told him I wasn't married.

Pepsi might have tried not so hard and still be alive

you might have done.

A bit of encouragement.

Madame de Bao Japanese army

James Gunn says there is something wrong. You need come and see

seems to be coming down with something

What is the matter crimson

speak English please

I think he means he's going to touch with the Sun.

Surely it is early in the day to have a sunstroketo

whatever may be we got to get into a village pretty quickly

Walk.

One.

I am the Head Man of the village Mata mean

you speak English a little.

We are prisoners marching from Kwantan to go to Butibaro

This is our Japanese Guard. He is very ill with fever.

We need a shady place for him to rest.

We also need some shelter and some food for ourselves.

He has the authority to sign chips on behalf of the Japanese Imperial Army,

which he will do when he recovers. I

have no place here where English madames would want to sleep.

We are no longer Englishman's.

We are prisoners and we are used to living as your women do.

All we ask is a floor to sleep on and little fish and rice

I hope the short one is comfortable here.

This is very good. You're very kind.

Is there anything else that you need?

Quinine Quinine sorry we have no quinine

but I'll give you something that we here use for fever that'll

be fine

Come on don't be a twit get this into you.

But you know and tasty

doing

multiple years at SAPA

are trying to

open up concern

we have to build up your strength

you asked me you just don't care no more.

So that oriental mumbo jumbo is factored in.

That's what

see, there's no bleeding common sense here

losing face means more to them than anything.

Just hasn't been the same since Kwantan

None of us

seems strange to see him ill

all those months on the road I never caught a thing

Yes What do you think it is malaria

be malaria be something else

what else

don't say we're all going to come down with it

I wouldn't think so.

And also healthy it's funny isn't it?

We get well and he gets sick that he has been turned upside down

let's think of cool things

think of

you have snow and ice in Japan have you not

just remember seeing them all again one day

on the mountains I see streams

your children?

Well I don't know I'm sure he is bound to be a Buddhist.

And it doesn't seem right to bury a Buddhist without a proper Buddhist ceremony.

I don't know anything about Buddhism?

Neither do I

I don't think we'll get much help from the people around here.

I don't knowno budhist priests.

Does anybody

why don't you read something from your book?

That's Christian, I am sure he would not mind

we seem to give him back the Lord who gave us him to us.

Yet as thou does not lose him in the giving. So we have not lost him by his
return.

For what is thine is always always life is eternal.

And love is immortal.

And what we sometimes called death is only a horizon

and the horizon is nothing but the limit of our sight.

lift us up, oh Lord, that we may see more clearly.

draw us closer to thyself that we may know ourselves nearer to our beloved

who are with they at where they are.

And thou art we to maybe

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Well, what happens to us now?

Without a guide?

Are we still prisoners or what?

Oh, I don't see why we can't stay here.

It's a nice place this well this is not sustainable come across.

And anyway, that's what he said. We should find a place where we're out of the
way

and just set up the war.

We'd have to settle a couple of things first.

The Japs are bound to find out where we are sooner or later.

I mean, the head man could get into trouble.

You know what they're like, they might kill him.

Maybe they wouldn't find us.

I don't think that men should be forced into that situation

he has been more than kind to us.

The other thing is, I don't see why the village should have to feed us all just
because we're Englishmen

they haven't got much the could benefit as we walked by haven't been planted
yet.

One way or the young men must have been carted off to war I expect

Japs use a lot of forced labor.

Suppose I go to Mata Minh and I asked them if we can stay here and plant rice

sloshing about water mud I do I need like the Malay girls do. Oh,

it was just a thought. If we were to grow rice, they might let us stay

the nips army. Well, after all, we'll be doing something useful.

Set a champion around the country side like a bunch of whipped dogs.

We don't even know for sure there is a women's camp at Kota baru.

Let's take a vote on it. All those in favor

against you're good

not a sausage.

Why do we not see the paddy fields so in this year,

most of my men are now working for the Japanese army

on the railway, no. building a landing site for airplanes to come down.

Are they coming back soon to plant Betty. Really

hard to say it is in the hands of God.

And I doubt they ever will come back.

Once a man falls into the powers of the Japanese,

it isn't easy for him to escape.

Then, who will plant the rice and repeat?

The women will they know rice will be short next year.

Well I mean,

I have a very serious matter to discuss with you.

If there were a man amongst us, I would send him to talk to you.

But there is no man

you will not be offended if I talk business to you as a woman

on behalf of women.

Please

We are in difficulty. Our guard is dead.

What becomes of his now in our own hands. And yours.

No Japanese commander will put us in a camp and feed us and look after us

when he considers it the duty of enough.

So they might just happen down from town to town.

They will not kill us quickly as they would if we were men.

That half that number have died on the road already.

All we have to look forward to is endless marching,

until we are all dead.

It is written, that every soul shall taste of death.

We will prove you with good and with evil

for your own trials and unto us shall you return.

It is also written

if you be kind towards women.

God is well acquainted with what you do.

Where is that written?

In the fourth Syrah

then you must be one of the faith

I am a Christian. They're all Christians.

The head man of the village said that to me once on the road.

I do not know the Koran.

You are a very clever woman.

Now tell me what you want.

I want our party to stay here in this village and plant rice as your women do.

I know it will be dangerous If the Japanese discovers before you have time to
report to them,

but this is what we ask

to start work at once with one or two of your women to show us what to do

we will work all day just for our food and somewhere to sleep

after two weeks and if you are satisfied that we can do the work

I will go myself and report to a Japanese officer

and you will come with me as head man at this village

and you will tell the officer more rice will be grown for the Japanese

we are allowed to continue to work in the rice fields

I haven't heard of English madames working in rice fields before

you heard of English madames marching and dying as we marched in

we are in your hands

if you say to us go upon your way walk onto some other place

then we must go

this is not a matter to be lightly decided for it concerns the whole village

I will think about it and I will talk to my brothers

thinking about our chances love

I don't know I just have to wait and see

I wish to speak to MainPage Jean

my brothers and I discussed the matter we talked about

some of them are afraid that when the English twins returned they would be very
angry with us

saying that we make you work for us against your wish.

We'll give you a letter you can show them

It is sufficient if you tell that one's your work because you wish

we will give you my word.

Tomorrow you will learn to plant rice

remember I said?

We lived in the village of quality Lang for three years.

Then the war was over.

And I had to give Robin back to her father

she's going to miss you June.

I miss her too.

We could all stay together make this arrangement permanent.

I think it'd be good for all of us.

Come on to the one go to daddy

and you want to go back there

I want to do something for them

a well would make life so much easier especially for the women

traveling to Malaysia is a very expensive journey.

Yes, I know it is.

But if they hadn't taken us in

we'd all have died long before the war was over.

And now I've got so much they so very very little

all packed almost

I couldn't fit these in the trunk. I'm leaving in storage.

Could you possibly look after them for me?

It'll be my pleasure. Everything else in hand? Yes.

I've got a passage on a boat to Singapore. And there are flight to kotobaru

that's a fair old hike from kotobary to Kwalitaline. How are you going to
manage?

I'm hoping some of my old friends will help me out. If not,

I can always walk. No doubt you could.

Wouldn't Kwantan be a lot closer.

I don't think I could face content again.

Although, of course not.

I'm sorry. So you're all packed.

I'm only taking the one suitcase.

But what about your tropical kid? Have you sent that on? It's

all in the suitcase 50 power drain tablets 100 south of triads

and my old sarong. I'm not going out to Malaysia to be a lady.

Is anybody saying you are

not that I know of then I will

thank you Norm.

All these flowers

Oh how beautiful.

I believe you sent them

how perfectly sweet of you. Were

English flowers to remind you to come back to England soon.

That's kind of fast. And for everything you've done for me.

I'll have another of those when you come back.

No, don't forget that I have fairly wide discretionary powers under your uncle's
will.

If you get into any difficulty or really need money,

let me have a telegram

don't stay away too long.

I shan't

there's nothing to keep me in Malaya once I've built the well

I had a premonition, even then, that she was never coming back.

absolutely terrific seeing you again

You haven't changed much I was hoping for some improvement

How is Marlene On the boarding school

you wouldn't recognize them now Jean

they're almost young ladies

come so much to catch up on

you remember

we've gotten so many things such as the racket the jungle

oh that's

delicious it after a while

how long is this welding exercise gonna take? Several weeks.

I mean approves oh he will you

could always wrap it around your little finger

Have you seen anything on Misses Fritz?

Not for years we haven't been to Kuala lumpour for ages

last time I saw her she was exactly the same

any old stick

I've laid on a Jeep for tomorrow

For my calculations the trip should take about 14 hours.

So best pop off fellow shoppers in the morning cheers.

Cheers

give them my love.

Hello, come back,

I have come back in case you should think the White names have forgotten you

when the need is passed.

We did think of you and we talked a lot about you

ever since you went you know

I come to talk to you because

I would like to give a gift to this place

so that people will remember when English women came and you were kind to them.

Your women are talking of nothing else.

They see you want to build the world.

You remember I Hannah? Yes I do.

She lost her baby when she was three months pregnant.

She was ill for about a year.

If there had been a well, perhaps there wouldn't have been such an accident.

God disposes of the lives of women as well as men.

May I remind you that it is also written

men souls are naturally inclined to covetousness

but if you be kind towards women, and fair to Roman

god is well acquainted with what you do.

You said that to me many times before

when you lived here whenever you want something.

I haven't heard it since

it would be kind to give the women a well.

I say this to you Jean.

If the women want something as much as they do this well,

they shall get it

but I must consult my brothers

you can

Jean

welcome

you can build your well

setting a castle

you want some content

from bar to salon?

That's about two hours walk from Bangkok

Do you remember the Japanese officer in charge of Kwantan

in the first year of the war?

Captain Sugamo Oh, he's a very bad man.

He's dead. Have you not heard he committed suicide when English ones returned.

Good.

He did a lot of evil things in Clinton. Many were tortured. Yes.

I saw one myself

an Australian prisoner who helped us.

Scanner put nails in his hand. They beat him

I remember he was in hospital in Kwantam

the hospital he died.

Captain Sugamo had been taken down that night.

They pulled nails from his hand he lives

okay

is there anything you desire before you die

I have one of your black chickens and a bottle of beer.

Japanese

Japanese.

there was no beer.

Sugamo could not show bushido by granting the dying man's last wish.

If he died now, Sugamo would lose face.

Are you sure it is the same man. Perhaps there were two

his crime was to steal the captain's black chickens.

I Never thought the first time I'd be speaking to an English lady. She'd be
looking like you

for the little one

good night, Mrs. Bowman

Loud cheering

I may not be here next time you return

the evening is late for me

soon, very soon it will be dusk

but remember

there is a home in this Kwalat Jelung for you always

I always remember

goodbye Jean there the well my daughter

don't think we absolutely crazy for doing this?

The fare from here to Australia cost 60 pounds by the constellation.

And you can get a bus from Darwin to Alice Springs.

Right to me care of the Bank of New South Wales in Alice Springs.

Because I know I'm going to feel a long way from home by the time I get there.

I'm leaving here on Thursday.

So I'll be in Australia by about the time you get this letter.

I have a feeling that I'm being a terrible nuisance to you. Now,

but I'll have an awful lot to tell you when I get home

Sorry to disturb you Mr. Stone,

but there's a gentleman asking to see you. It says it's something to do with Ms.
Paget

better send him in

good day

My name is Joe Harmon

I'm sorry I didn't quite get your nama

Harmon. John Harmon.

You didn't make an appointment but I gather you wanted to see me I

won't keepà you mister strong

you mind if I smoke

Mr. Harmon, what can I do for you?

I was wondering if you tell me anything about Miss Padgett. Miss Miss padgett
Miss Jean Padgett

are your a friend of hers

a sort of. We met once in the war in Malaya.

And being in England I thought I'd like to see her,

but I didn't know her address.

I see.

Tell me. How did you know that I was Miss Paget solicitor. Well,

she told me once that she used to live in Southampton.

She said she used to go ice skating.

Hot as Hades and she talked about ice skating.

Anyway, when I wanted to find her, I went to Southampton looked in the telephone
book.

You went there?

You've taken quite a lot of trouble.

Well, since I was over here, I thought I might as well try and see if I could.

I did find a miss Padgett in the book.

And it was a miss Grace Padgett around.

So I went to see her.

I think she thought I was up to some group gamer. Anyway, she wouldn't tell me
Miss Paget's address.

All she told me was that you're a trustee whatever that means.

So I thought I'd come and ask you where I can find her.

I'm afraid I have to disappoint you Mr. Harmon.

Miss Padgett has gone overseas

I See

if you're going to France or someplace like that where I could go and see

she's traveling in the East

How long will you be staying?

I'm not quite sure. Two or three days.

I'm taking the train to Adelaide to visit my sister.

But I start to look up a cousin of mine who lives near here.

He hasn't written some time.

His family asked me if I can get some news of him.

Oh, yeah. What's his name? Joe Harmon.

He used to work on a station called Woollahra. Woolahra ?

The devayne place do you know Him.

know him Tommy Devaine comes in now and then but I never heard of a Joe Harmon.

Thank you

I take her to own a sheep ranch. cattle

station. I don't I don't know which I did.

And whereabouts in Australia. Is it?

Queensland? Run a station in the Gulf country

must be quite a lucrative business.

If lucrative means do I think I'll make my pilot and managing the station. Well,
it's not much chance of that.

Suppose you're wondering how I can afford to get to England?

Not at all that's that's really not my business. I don't know.

Come here and ask him Miss Padget. I reckon you want to know me

enough as a crook or not

you know now however,

Oh, I see. Fact is I struck it lucky won the Golden casket.

The Golden casket.

my word we couldn't be without it.

You don't have that here

It's a state lottery till we get the money to build hospitals.

On 1000 pounds not English pounds Australian.

But I thought I'd use it for holiday.

This is a long way to come for a holiday.

Yeah, well my father was born here.

Place called Hammersmith?

Not in our case your road. I see.

When I struggled Locky I thought well, I might as well go and see where dad used
to live.

Maybe see Miss Pagett at the same time.

Funny. I never thought after coming all this way I'd find she's gonna walk about

Gone. Walk about what we say about aboriginals. The abos.

That's just a stupid kind of expression.

Thank you, Miss Carter

Point is you can't give me her address?

I'm afraid not. But if you care to write to her

and send the letter to me here I forward it to her

you don't thing she to see me do you.

I didn't say that.

There's one thing you want to know.

Miss Padgett is now quite a wealthy woman.

Wealthy she did not told me,

but she recently inherited quite a large sum of money.

You think I want to get my hands on it?

No, certainly not. It's just well, Miss Padgett is my client.

And I have her interest to consider.

Yeah, I can see that.

Well, thanks for seeing me.

Maybe I'll just leave it at that.

No, I think that will be a pity.

What I would suggest is that you should write a letter and bring it to me
tomorrow morning.

Then I will forward it to miss Padgett by airmail explaining how it came into my
hands.

Yeah. I'm sure that when she knows that you're in England she will write to you

I see you tomorrow than let us say here 12 at o'clock.

Right up. Thanks a lot

Excuse me. I forgot to ask you.

How far away is water wallarah.

Oh, oh, we're not there. Anymore miles or so.

It's just, I thought I might ask.

Look, if Tommy Devaine comes into town. Could you let me know?

Let me just say that Mrs. Devaine is coming in today.

Her sister's in hospital and she's booked a room for the night.

says to have a bit more time with her

Joe Harmon. Yeah. Hey,

going back after the war

he was a prisoner of the japs, you know,

really?

They treated him just terrible.

You should have seen the scars he had on his hands.

Seems like crucified. He was humble.

Yeah, that's right. I can hardly believe in Kenya.

It's dreadful.

Do you know where he is now?

You're asking me something. Jonas Waller three years ago got a job as station
manager.

Do you know exactly where he went? I can't

recall as he ever mentioned it.

Truth detail. Tommy wasn't that pleased when Joe left?

He said he gave Joe a chance after the war when he couldn't do no lifting and
that sort of thing.

And he reckoned Joe would have stuck with him.

While I said to Tommy, being a station manager is a step up for Joe.

I had a bit of a dust up.

Jay took what was owing him and went. I haven't heard of him from that day to
this.

I see.

Well,

thank you very much,

Oh that's Okay. Thanks for the tea.

I'm going to be getting off to the hospital. and see May

that my sister of mine. She got a wonky heart.

First sign of indigestion. She's lying me planning her own funeral.

I know it's just another false alarm.

You still gave came to see her

Yes that you do for your own flesh and blood danger.

It's funny, until you said that I hadn't realized it.

I haven't got any flesh and blood left.

Except my Aunt Grace and she's really a cousin.

It's crook. No matter how mad they make you. It's still good to have him around.

Yes. There is one person might know where Joe is.

At Foster. Yes.

Boy was a ringer with Joe when he made his he quit when Joe did.

Do you know where I could find him? Sorry, no idea

morning Mrs. Carter.

Mister Robinson. You'll never guess who came here yesterday,

without an appointment too

the Emperor of Abyssinia.

You will have the Auditor General Mr. Robinson

Now it was an Australian gentleman with

one can't call him a gentleman him being Australian.

He came to inquire about Miss Padgett, you know, is distraught this young lady

Oh really Miss Carter Miss Padgett is not Miss Padgett is a client

Mr. Strong, gentlemen, as you will

certainly not. He offered to forward a letter for him.

I think it's a shame this mister Harmon coming to see Miss Padget after all this
time,

he was so keen. Why didn't he come before?

Well, I suppose I would not be surprised if he's after Ms. Paget's money?

I'm sure Mr. Strong did everything necessary to protect his clients interests?
Yes,

but the trouble is, he's coming back.

Who is the Australian? He's coming back today.

He's got an appointment at 12 o'clock.

And he's had a real rough neck.

I hope there won't be any violence.

So anyway, I suppose Mr. Strong will be able to deal with him when he does come.
I'm

sure he will Miss carter.

Carter if when Mr. Harmon arrived,

Show him straight away will you

Yes, Mr. Strawn? Certainly. Yes.

I'm off now. No, unless there's anything I can do oh

no thanks there's still just a few things that need to see to

tell Miss Carter I lock up

Joe Harmon didn't show up again.

No.

Did you know about Miss Paget's inheritance

before he came here well I'm not sure.

But you have told him ?

Well, I thought it was only right

It seemed to be the best way to protect my clients interests and also

I felt that having travelled 12,000 miles as he did he had the right to know

I see. Yes.

Well Good night

Good night Lester

call this a bar cannot get a bloody cold beerbody

I cannot stand a loudmouth Dawson

who asked you your fucking basterd ?

May I have a cup of tea please? Yes dear.

Are you the English girl that is looking for Joe Harmon.

No one's got any secrets from anyone around here.

Mrs Devaine dropped into the bank mentioned it to my father.

Oh, I see.

That'll be fought. And thanks to you.

Thank you. Thanks

Do you mind if I join you?

No, of course not.

I'm really sorry, by the way.

Jean Padgett Pleased to meet you Jean.

What do you think of Alice? Not much, I suppose.

No, I like it. You do?

Don't you? Oh, yeah, I

like it. All right.

When my father first got the job of bank manager here.

All my friends thought living in one of these Outback places would be just

terrible. But Alice is different from the others.

That's what they say. But what makes it different?

I really don't know. According to daddy 20 years ago, it's just three houses and
a pub.

When the Flying Doctor Service started, the railway came.

Now population is about 1200 There's new houses and shops going up all the time.

Do you have a job? Yeah, I work in a dress shop on Saturday afternoons.

I'm getting a bit fed up with it.

I'd rather run a place my own, like an ice cream parlor bit more life in it, you
know?

Still, I quite enjoy living here. We've even got a swimming pool now.

There's not many Outback towns because can say that? No.

Joe used to say Alice was good town. Oh, did

he say you made him? Yes.

That's what I thought. Seemed a long way around from Darwin to Adelaide just to
do someone else a favor.

I'd rather everyone didn't know about it. Don't worry.

I'll keep it off the Bush Telegraph.

Thank you. Anyway, I'll be going home soon.

Because nobody seems to know where Joe is.

xcept somebody called out foster Foster.

Mrs. Devaine that he was a mate of Joe.

But she said she didn't know where I could find him.

She wouldn't she only gets into town about once a year.

Does that mean you know it? We're out foster it. Oh yeah.

You see once he left Waller he had a lot of trouble finding another job.

He's getting old a bit now. So I moved into Alice and became the town handyman.

He's mending our front porch right now.

Joe Harmon is up in the Gulf country.

Do you know exactly where he's managing a station called Midhurst near
wellstown?

Is that far away? Depends on what you call far.

Mr. Foster?

I suppose when he moved to Wellston, he took his wife and family with him. Ciao.

Bye. I didn't know that he was married. Oh.

Oh, that's funny. I thought his uncle said

I must have been mistaken.

We'd better go and look Welsstown up on the map

Have you got a boyfriend rose?

I guess so. Sort of Billy wakeling. He builds roads.

When he can find a road to build less what he did in the army

built roads and airfields He did well at to got to be captain, he was only 23.

So it's not like you're Joe. If Billy got himself crucified for me,

I reckon I really would love him.

I don't love Joe.

Just want to make sure he's all right. That's all.

Well, you got a long way to go to find out.

Well, there's the Gulf country and there's will town.

Can I get there by bus? No, you'll

have to fly. Take the milk run Cloncurry.

It takes a while but it gets there in the end.

That is if you really want to go.

Well, I might as well having come so far.

Morning all

anything wrong?

Joe Harmon didn't return.

You know where he's staying?

No. I didn't ask him. I should have.

She wrote to me about him from Malaya. You know?

I didn't always have the

habit. Later, she addresses my flat.

She said that you discover that he was alive.

And she felt he had to go to Australia to make sure that he was all right.

And he's here in London. Yes.

I think I was quite right not to tell him that you've gone to look for him.

He might have got the wrong impression.

was not always easy getting the balance right between fulfilling your client's
wishes and protecting your client's interests.

But I know that Miss Padgett would have wanted me to look after him.

To the best of my belief, I'm the only person who knows and London and no.

I have no way of getting in touch with him.

Let's start if you were an Australian and you'd come 12,000 miles to see a girl

and someone told you she's inherited a fortune what would you do?

Go out and get blind drunk?

I never thought of that.

Yeah, I'm afraid it shows that I'm growing old. Oh.

Do you want me to try and track him down? And all

that kind of stuff? I think this is my responsibility

Thanks, Mr. Strong. I told me someone to bail me out.

I usually have enough money to pay the fines but got cleaned out last night.

Usually you mean you've been in trouble with a priest before?

Not here. But this is your first visit to England you are right.

I thought you might get to come back to my flat and shave and tidy up

and then we'll go to lunch at my club.

Ok for me

chef it's

you seem to have lost your tie.

Thanks. When the cops kept it for a souvenir really

that was most improper? I don't know.

I'm not complaining.

Was this metropolitan

police I'll add it to the collection

What do you reckon?

I look like a real pommy businessman now

you won't find a pot like this in willstown why not?

Most of those small towns go back

you will find out

have you let them know you're coming

Yes I have sent a telegram to Midhurst

the steak and kidney pie it is very good here

I am prepared to give it a go if you are

now for wine which would you lie a Claret the club Claret is

in I'm not a great one for wine. Do you have a beer? Yes, yes

of course if you prefer it, James some beer Mr. Harmon I'll have a glass of
claret

Who are all these jokers.

Jokers seems a funny time of the day to dress up and come out to tea

Oh I see oh, this is just a simple business luncheon. They're mostly
professional people

they are bannisters, architects, accountants catching a quick meal in the middle
of the day.

Don't you usually eat in the middle of the day?

If any of the Homestead might pop in for half a dozen sausages, sausages.

You don't have sausages for breakfast.

We usually have steak and eggs for breakfest make sure you know steak

and eggs Mr. Harmon?

Call me Joe will you?

Every time you call him Mr. Harmon. I feel like a bank manager.

Joe you you didn't come back with that letter for Jeanfor Ms. Padgett.

I decided to give it away. Give it away.

Changed my mind. I won't be writing any letter

because I told you about her inheritance.

Random money I wouldn't mind having money.

But that's not the reason I came to England.

Joe it's it's six years since you met Miss Padgett.

Why did you suddenly decide to get in touch with her?

Well, I'd always thought she was a married woman.

And then in May I was driving my mock down for me to her to the rail headed
Cloncurry.

Myself, Dave Lennon couple of aboriginals

after we lie to the train, I'm gonna go to the post office hotel for beer.

I ran into this pilot had been in Milan

Yeah, the funniest do I have awestruck patio? Women and children?

English they were looked like Malays, or native close.

Brown has anything. Where was this? Somewhere between Clinton and Calabaru

I spent most of the world working in the paddy fields in the Malay village?

I flew him down to Singapore.

Was there Mrs. Padgett with them?

Miss Padgett dark head girl witha a baby. That is right

she had a little kid with her was about three years old, but it wasn't her that
she belonged to a woman who died.

And I always thought she was married.

She wasn't because all the women were saying how the japs took their wedding
rings.

I thought that was pretty cruel So I said to her, did they take yours

she laughed and said No I'm the only one who isn't married.

Well that's why I remember it Miss Jean Padgett.

Yes Right.

Jane was her name

she was a bunch of girl

and then you won the Golden casket

Well, I want that two years ago.

Shove the money in the bank.

I was saving it in case I got a chance to buy station of my one

and then I heard Miss Padgett wasn't married

you drew it all out and just came

didn't occur to you to write a letter first.

I never thought of it.

Coffee Sir I would mind a cup of tea no lime

now that'll be alright that's fine

was different in Malay§a she was a prisoner and had nothing. I had nothing
either.

So it was just a pair of us

when I came here and saw how people lived, even with the bombing and all that.

And you told me

I never knew what to work for girl to come straight from England to the Outback.

With money of her own, it's worse still.

So I went out and got drunk as a skunk.

I still think you ought to write to her.

And what in hell would I say to her if I did

when do you have to be back in Australia?

miss Padgett being back in England before then. Oh,

I'm afraid not. Look, why don't you come and stay in my flat until you go back?

I wouldn't be in the road or anything.

Oh, not at all. You could have the spare room and I'm out most of the day.
Thanks

very much. Truth is I only got about 500 pounds left out of the Golden casket

right that is settled? Talking of money. Did you want to go back by air or would
you rather go by sea

I could get the office to find out about sea passages for you.

I think it would cost about 280 pounds on a tramp steamer.

As against 300 or so pounds by air

There is not much point in staying around here.

So might as well go back by sea and save the money

Good luck. Thanks.

Thanks for telling me. Thanks for guessing

Well, Bye

cash will be here in a minute.

You'll be able to get a room at that post office hotel

You are still going on to Wellstown

Yes. Well, you have to stay here a couple of nights then

the service to Wellstown goes only once a week Wednesdays.

still better off here

Hello, Joe good day.

I never thought I'd live to say it. This rain really gets you down.

A glass of sherry.

I rather have a beer. Yes, of course.

Did you find your father's house at Hammersmith?

Yeah, I found it. My word pretty bad.

I thought we had some slums in Australia but nothing as bad as that.

You know, right, my old dad

coming away from that now to Queensland.

Is your father's still alive?

Now he died in 1940 my mom is still going strong. Lives with my sister in law
Longridge.

How far away is that from Wellstown?

Not far. 500 Miles takes about a week in the you a week.

One way the road is pretty rough.

probably cost you a new set of tires into the bargain.

Could Fly but it costs money. Yes.

I've heard of a baseball Atlas ring.

How long would it take to get to your station from there?

Not long. It take the milk round it can carry.

Probably have to wait a day there to go on.

I'd say three days all together.

Sounds as though you're pretty isolated at Wellstown

and Welltown is not much but Midhurst. That's even isolated from Williamstown.

Oh, well, one limb of the land comes down and within about five miles of it.

But the hamster is about 20 miles away.

In the wet no way to get there except on horseback.

You said you manage this capital station for Missy spears? Yeah, that's right.

I thought one day I might like to own it. I guess I'll never make it

what would you do if you did?

I don't know.

I've learned a lot since I've been here

at studies sent me to dentistry Hamptons. It's got a bone to her there my worry
is

I've learned more in two days about raising the quality of stock then in 10
years in the Gulf country and

you would like to raise quality heard to admit Hearst now

it sounds crazy. At the moment we just go out and shoot the scrub balls when we
can find them

so as to keep the best ones for breeding.

Now what I liked about Miss Padgett right off

no matter where she was or however bad things were.

She always reckoned things should be as good as I could be.

Or as good as she could make them

I reckoned that's how I feel

if I could get my own station and raise a stud stock

Well I reckon it's something a man can work for

oh, by the way, I managed to get a reasonably inexpensive birth for you on a
merchant ship

is sealing on Friday hope that's convenient.

So it's me like I said no point in hanging around.

Thanks a million.

Not at all. Are you sure you don't want to write a letter for me to send to miss
Padgett

doesn't say very much point to it does it?

There's no stem now Oh

No one to meet you miss Padgett.

I did send a telegram to someone saying I was coming but

not here right? No.

outbursts might know where he is.

He's the Golden Fleece agent he knows where everyone is around here good

now somebody was expecting someone to pick her up. What was the party's name?

Hamid Joe Harmon Joe Harmon

he's in England went for a bit of all allied directly they finished mastering

Do you know when he'll be back

I have lemon said Not till October

I see

what to do miss Padgett wow

not much point in my staying if he's not here.

I suppose I'll go home

to England

Hold on a minute

Goodbye Joe. I hope you have a good trip.

Thanks Mr. Strong and thanks for everything you've done for me. Oh, that's

quite all right.

I hope you will will rate when you get to Midhurst

oh no

I am sure Padgett would like to know whether you arrived safely.

She'll be sorry to have missed you

Yeah, well I reckon it's all for the best

Hé Joe good luck

I have been down to the docks seeing Joe Harmon off

He decided go by see then yes, he

got to birth on a merchant ship. It was much cheaper than flying.

And he wasted enough money already. But

Then I suppose it means he will not be seeing Miss Padgett. Oh

the whole thing was quite impractical. Lester

a cattle station in the Australian outback 20 miles from the nearest small town

enjoy himself he's a very nice fellow of course but really not

not the least that suitable for somebody

well he said himself that it was much better as it was

Oh, come in here would you Miss Carter

Take an overseas telegram would you

yes Mister Strong

Oh, never mind Miss Carter have changed my mind.

a room you may want to stay here. Yes.

I don't know. See

all the regular men slip up the same.

Wouldn't be very nice for you About

a room out the back

is only one spare.

That looks out on the boys going to the gyms

I can't help that.

I dare say I survive

they say you will

sway them

nobody else has done this end except Danny

she's the waitress she sleeps in the other room.

And if you hear any goings on in the night,

I hope you'll let me know

I've got my eye on that girl

if you leave your door open and prop your case against it,

so no one can come badging in by mistake

you'll get a nice draft through Thank you.

You ain't married? No.

There'll be every ringer in the district coming in to have a look at you.

You better be prepared for that I will.

Come in

Miss Padgett I forgot to ask you.

How long do you reckon you'll be staying?

Oh, I'm sorry. I meant to say.

I want to take the plane to Cannes.

You just missed it. It Don't go for another week.

Yes, that's a longest day just a week

good morning. Could I see a menu please?

I know we only have the one breakfast.

Really? Yes steak and eggs.

Good. I just have one egg and your steak

you made enable apply all by itself?

Yes

I don't no? I'll just go and ask Mrs. O'Connor thank you

this is O'Connor said we only have the one breakfast

Mrs. O'Connor Oh, hang on.

I have a few clothes to wath. Could I use your washing ton ?

Any older employ just give them to her.

I don't mind doing it myself if I could borrow your tongue.

Good. do you have an iron

in the kitchen. Thank you.

By the way Women ain't allowed in here

wath in the public bath so if you want to do any drinking

you have to use the ladies lounge.

Oh I see sorry

just as long as you know

how much of this stuff you put in the water and

ounce to a gallon isn't it? It tells you on the packet

where it says directions for use

I don't read too well.

I can read

Can you just while you read out loud what's on that their packet?

Well, I haven't had much practice lately have I?

I could read or write when I was at school

just had to face to the water until it ladders

is different with different sorts of water.

Here I just use ordinary soap

don't come up near as good as this though.

Are you a nurse. No, I'm a typist.

Oh, I thought you might have been a nurse because most women who come up here
are

they stay for six months and they shoot through.

If you'd been a nurse, I would have asked you for medicine.

I've been feeling croup lately. Especially when I get up in the mornings.

Or sick this morning. That's

not good. No.

i will go up and see what is the doctor says

Yes I would.

Eddie

What are you doing out here?

I've been feeling to good Miss Padget

You mind if I ask you something? No,

of course not. Come on in.

Sit down

Do you know how to get rid of a baby

no anny I don't. I'm sorry.

And I don't think it's a very good idea. Especially way out here.

Anything could go wrong.

You need proper medical treatment.

I went to see sister Douglas

she said that's what's wrong with me.

knocked off this but I am How old are you? 16

couldn't the sister help. All

she did was call me a wicked girl.

That don't help much.

Well, I suppose I am a wicked girl but

Well there ain't nothing else to do want in a poor place like this.

And hate the town bike and I don't care what nobody says.

Wouldn't you father understand

like hell all they do is not we block off

you're not going to tell him are you

No of course not if you don't want me to

I know there's things you can do like eating something or riding a horse

couldn't you marry the boy and have the baby

I don't know who it was

each one was so it was the other one?

I suppose so not really fair, I reckon.

No.

No, it's not.

Joe what am I doing here?

And where are you?

I can't cope with this place for long.

The heat and the flies and the strange ways of the people

I am on my own and without you too