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Possum gully Australia 1897

Dear fellow countrymen

Just a few lines

To let you know that this story is going to be all about me

So an answer to many requests here is the story of my career

Here is the story of my career

My

Brilliant career I

Make

No apology

For being

Egotistical

As I am I

Have always known

The world

The teacher

And the world

Oh

You

You

You

I

Want to have a talk

You

You're a young woman now and I

Have been thinking about this a great deal

We can't afford to keep you any longer

Do you think you could earn your own living of course and how would you do that?

I'd like to be a pianist. Oh

Bella

That takes years of practice and you know, we can't afford it. You've thought of something already, haven't you?

I've arranged a position a position as a general servant

Won't we have no choice you just want to get rid of me I must do what I feel is right

Oh, I pray to God for guidance. This is what he told you to do

God be damned

It's a wonder God didn't strike her dead at my feet same as all your damn family

illusions of grandeur

To have such a daughter useless and plain and godless

I

Want to do great things good I'll be a servant I

Hate this life

Should never have left the mountains father's fault

You can't blame him for the drought

Katie don't you ever dream there's more to life than this

Don't you want to meet people?

Talk about books and words

have visions

Go to your can't settle for a new dress

Picnic now and then

Living out in the bush for the rest of my life

Might just as well be dead. Don't say things like that. Well, why doesn't mother understand?

Why doesn't anyone I think you're the nicest cleverest girl in the whole entire world. I'm not

I'm mad

Be better if I didn't think at all

It's no use for me I've no training no money. I don't have any time to study or practice

Just two states of existence

Work

Sibylla why do you never answer when I call I want you to fetch your father

I'll do it

Just missed it left with the schoolmaster blind leading the blind

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Had a letter from your grandmother you better read it

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Think she's sorry to hear you're such a source of grief and annoyance. I think she might be in danger of forming ties beneath you here

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Think I believe

That's me

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Hello miss Melvin, yes

with uncle JJ

He's away on business

I'm Frank Horton. What are you a Jagaroo?

Yes

Bye-bye Jack

I've been in the colony well over three months

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Was surprised back there

It all being mrs. Bosley's granddaughter. Really? Yes. I mean, you know, you're not at all like them mrs. Bosley

You seem like a good sword we'll have some fun. Well, I'm glad I meet with your approval. Mr. Horton in even a small degree

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So Billa welcome my dear

The

Gracious bounties we are about to receive may the good Lord make us truly thankful

Oh

Take some more dear

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Will this be sufficient for you Frank? Yes. Thank you

Thank You mrs. Bosley

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Didn't have you seen any patents in the catalog you liked

There were two. Yes. Yes. I thought two lovely ones for Sabina. That's a good idea

What color do you think?

Sky blue or pretty pink and what would you like Sabina?

Lemon

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Thank you dear

Helen you look so beautiful

Don't you recognize your own mother this was her room and she was young

We'll see you in the morning

Sleep well

You

Oh

What's all this about

I

Don't so ugly

Stop all this

I

Do understand you

There's there's any amount of love and good in the world, you know

But it doesn't just come to you you have to search for it

I think misunderstood. It's a trial. We must all be

You have a wildness of spirit which is going to get you into trouble all your life

So you must learn to control it

Try and cultivate a little more feminine. Give it up a plain looks never stopped anyone from being

Intelligent or witty or making friends

Being beautiful is no guarantee of success in anything

But it does help a little I

Have a plan you never make me more than middling ugly. We'll see but first of all no more looking in mirrors

And

No more thinking about yourself

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Oh

Not at all

Oh

Oh

Now you see the consequences of wild and extravagant behavior

Well, you'd have done the same if you hadn't seen decent rain for every year

Well a few days, it'd be able to keep you out of mischief

How he has brought you some apples all the way from five Bob Downs. You remember Harry dear. Oh

podgy

Villa hurry and miss Augusta of the most important people in the district too good for me, then I'm really good for the

Local boy who has pimples and stinks. I

Shall make quite sure my granddaughter will never marry a man unworthy of her. Don't worry

I'm gonna have a career a

Career what in

Literature music art maybe the opera. I've not made up mind yet

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Fear Helen we underestimated her mother's problem. I wish Julius were here. She needs a man's hand

Take this to the kitchen, please

Today

My pig is on the wall Maggie pig is going to fall

Maggie pig is very tall Maggie pig and dancing Maggie pig inside the cool

Brown white within the blue

Open the gates and let him through

Maggie pig in

Do you need a hand no, thank you

You're a

New here, aren't you? Do you work in the kitchen?

I'll be obliged to you sir. If you'd take yourself out of the way unless you want me foot in your big fat face

Oh

How about a reward let me go

You should be ashamed a gentleman like yourself people in pride are innocent girls

You have me sucked you in

What's your name

Oh

It's a picture, yeah, I look now

What do you think Biddy? Well, um, I don't think the glass will break

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Hope you can say something to your uncle Julius uncle JJ. He's not here

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Do what you're a good-looking young lady

You've changed no doubt about that you haven't your kisses still smell of whiskey and cigars that's what makes them irresistible

Hello Harry, I'm delighted you could join us this evening

Oh

For goodness sake Frank get him a drink

So Billa, this is our dear friend Harry Beecham Harry you remember my granddaughter

Yes, miss Melvin I never would have recognized you no, no, I'm mr. Beecham I

Believe I have to thank you for the apples you sent to me when I was ill

and

Frank's very good at giving me flowers. Aren't you Frank?

Yes

The drought up country's not broken you and Harry so a lot of unfortunate fellows on the road had himself

Yes, we've noticed more calling in here for food recently

I'm very bad

Yes, I was approached by one of them today a very ill-mannered sort while I was picking blossom

Goodness dear. He was very forward

He wanted to kiss me

You should have called me. I'll have taken care of him. I'm sure you would

But I can look after myself Frank good girl

That's the sort we want. Hey Harry

Absolutely

Thank you. Well, I fear mr. Sick is decided that now is an appropriate time to have her baby. I promise to help

Excuse me

Enjoy yourselves. Good night. Good night mother tonight

And would you like some more heaven, yes, thank you. Hey help yourself

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Boom

You're dead for a song Harry

I

Don't know

Why I can give you a song

Where three drunken maidens lived on the Isle of Wight they drunk from Sunday morning not stop till Saturday night

Then Saturday night to come around the girls

They wouldn't go home then those three drunken maidens push the jug about your honor that you learn that in a pub, of course

Then where are you

Close so rich and fine. They've all been swallowed up boys and tankards all good wine

And where are you made in head?

She's a villa appears to have hidden talents

Do you any trouble is you don't know what you'll do next I seem to recall she was always

From

What I hear Julius last night was a little short of a bacchanalian debauch

Who told you that mother?

She has one of her sick headaches

So Bella morning grandma morning uncle JJ

I gather your behavior last night young lady left a lot to be desired. I would have said Harry enjoyed himself

That's not what I heard

Excuse me

Anyway sib solved one problem last night indeed the future she should be an actress

Are you suggesting my granddaughter should be an actress? She has a talent for it. I could introduce it go on the stage

I'd rather see her with her hair shown off and shut up in a convent

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Enjoyed myself last night. I thought we got on jolly well together didn't you?

Miss Mel

Sibylla

I've been thinking well looks aren't everything and um come to the point Frank

Well now this fellow Harry has gone

You should pay some heed to my attention. Do you mean your attentions or your intentions?

At the conclusion of the coming year. I will be returning to England and I expect you to return with me as my wife

Well, what do you say

Not until I have your answers

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Well there is this in your favor

You don't say you were sorry when you're not why should I pretend about a person like Frank Horton?

But you're not prepared to apologize. Oh

You're not and I thought that you liked him liked him. He appears to be extremely fond of you

Now listen to me Sibylla

In a few years, he'll come into quite a large fortune in England

He comes of a very good family and I'll make someone an excellent husband. Well, it won't be me

Do be realistic child. I am

To begin with I don't love him. That is not the point. Well, it is to me

Sibylla, do you want to be a burden on your family forever with no status in decent society or a home of your own?

I will not be married off to someone I detest by you or anybody

And

Times I fear for you my girl you are rude to your elders and betters and often like old gentility

Very well

Now you may not be prepared to apologize to Frank I expect you to apologize to me

when you have regained your

humor and

your manners

You

Must learn not to shout at your grandmother Sibylla. I didn't mean to

It just surges up in me when she starts on about marriage

She just doesn't seem to understand sit down here next to me

Come on

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Believe me Sibylla the best kind of marriage

Is not love marriage, but friendship marriage friendship. Yes

You see

Your mother married for love

And I

Too

Married for love

My husband isn't dead

He he left me for someone else

Left me to live the rest of my life with the

The shame of being neither wife nor widow

nor maid

But why should you be ashamed

Marriage gives us respectability dear as you'll learn. No, that is just what men want us to believe

Stupid idiots like like Frank Horton. Well, I won't be caught up in it not by him or anyone

Aunt Helen, please. Please stop trying to marry me off

Well, I suppose I should

Tear up this invitation then from miss Augusta be to stay a few days at five pop

Shall I no

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Hear you've made a lot of changes at five for mr. Beecham. Oh, yes we have

Must have been hard for you when your father died

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Drive

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Dear Lucy's daughter

There's little resemblance

No, I'm sorry

A pity

Well come in

Come along child, I'm not going to eat you

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Think I'll turn in

Early start tomorrow

He always seems so quiet and composed you don't have to live with him

I

Must be the most beautiful house in the world too big too many corners to dust

Fancy living in it. Do you know get lost?

Wouldn't know what to do with all those servants. I wouldn't even know what groceries to order I

I

Think another glass of port won't harm us

The fortune

I

Don't have to look for water and dried-up Creek

Like all our countrymen forced on the road to beg perhaps they're meant to counterbalance the ugly things of life

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You know, I think ugly girls should be strangled at birth by their parents

It's bad enough being born a girl but being born ugly and clever

Never are you well, I hope so I'm done for if I'm not has to be something I'm good at

They're sure to be

I

Mark how the dark green gum trees match

bright blue vault of the sky

We wouldn't be out of place on the Thames in England. I

Haven't done this for years

I

I

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Stay long at the river

Washed your hair that will never dry by dinner

Perhaps I should cut it all off

No, dear to be a pity to lose your finest asset

Must be contagious sir

washing one's hair

Or did you by chance have an accident at the river? No, no

I don't wish to hear the details

Well as you both seem able to entertain yourselves I'll see to dinner I

Was worried when I couldn't see you when I came to the surface I

Thought you might have drowned

What a terrible loss to the world

Yes, it would have been

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Like this

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Thank you coffee

Coffee

She was a precocious child, there's an improvement but not much still skinny

She's very young Hattie and spirited

Take care

Don't rush anything

How long will you wait Oh quite a few weeks

I've got to go to the Quinson property first line up to the sharing of the reverie now

I

Come here and see you as soon as I get back

Thank you Gussie

I

Stood in old Jerusalem

Beside I

Heard the children

And

They sang he thought the voice of angels from heaven

Lift up your voice and sing

Must have been pretty quiet for you at five

You

Oh

There's so many nice ones

I'll have to watch her hand. She'll give away half of catechet to those fellows

You see she's carved up the place of muddle and send me on the wall of it

Frank

And make sure Butler gives you the right gauge wire this time. Hmm, of course

There's our acceptance for the ball and make sure you give it to Harry Harry Harry Beecham. He's back

Oh, yes has been for a couple of weeks that's all the mail unless you have anything to add can I take it?

Well, I don't suppose Frank wouldn't mind a passenger. Oh, I'd like to go myself not on your life

Sib not with those horses

Strange that Harry's not been over

Can't have much time for you

Excuse me through the gate

You will soon realize you can't do better than me

I'd love to see the looks at home. You'd certainly surprise those English girls, you know

Yes

Wait damn it wait damn you stop

I

Was two weeks ago

Pleased to hear that

You promised to come to Cadigat as soon as you got back

Busy

Promised

We haven't got that muscle and mrs. Bossy you wanted it'll be here next week. Yes. Thanks mrs. Butter. I'll tell her

Frank Horton, yeah, that's everything miss Melvin. See you next time

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I'm sorry. So you should be

I thought we were mates

I'll see you at the ball

And do you mean to say that Frank had to walk four miles back here

Tight boots, it's no joking matter Julius

That girl must learn to behave I've sent her to our room

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Did did you see Harriet doctor? Yes

You know, I I think you might be in love with Harry Beachum

They're friends that's all nothing else

Be careful how you treat him. What do you mean?

Oh, you know what? They say heed the spark or you may dread the fire

Sake Sibylla. He is a man of the world

He has quite a reputation with the ladies in Melvin. I bet he has

and

It's always been taken for granted that he'd marry into one of the best families

Well aunt Gussie will make sure of that. Look aunt Helen

You don't have to worry. I

Know he can marry anyone. I know

And I know he wouldn't want to marry me

Even if I wanted to get married, which I don't he'd never asked me in a million years

So so long as you know

In the box, there's a surprise for you a lovely new dress for the ball

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Excuse me dinner is served

Would you come into dinner everyone

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See the furloughs bought himself a very fine bull make a few cows happy

Arthur tell me

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Of course almost family

I'm afraid she's a bit of a handful. I do hope she behaved herself while she was with you. Why not charming girl

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Didn't you like me dancing the peasants

I'm not gonna make a big thing of this

Disgraced you didn't I I had to go away for a few days

Oh more shooting somewhere else and I must be told as it yes or no. What's the question? I'd be woman. I

thought I

Thought we should get married

What a handsome proposal, how could anyone say no

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Thought it was stupid of me

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Should really get back to my guests

Oh

The boy's an idiot you did lead him on

Because he loves you

And I think you love him

And you make all the other missus who've been through here look like so many pale insipid

Nobody's which they undoubtedly are but why does it always have to come down to marriage?

Don't be foolish child. It's natural to want someone as part of you part of your life. I don't want to be part of anyone

Do you imagine you're the only female on earth to have such notions

Loneliness is a terrible price to pay for independence

Don't throw away reality for some impossible dream. It's not impossible. It's not

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Silly sip

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Got to leave all this sir, they're closing their house

I'm going north to see to the other properties. Why what's happened?

The bank wants its money and I haven't got it they couldn't take everything they could

I love you, man

Quite a while

Why didn't you tell me

I'm sorry. I should have I

Was afraid of losing you as well

I'm sorry

You

Now, you know

There's no need to feel tired I

Mean I shouldn't have asked you I'd I had no right

I'll be a poor man

But we'll be friends

And mates

Of course, do you think I cared for you just because you were rich

There's something I must say I

I wish I could help you

Could you

Can you give me a bit of time maybe two years

You see, I'm just not ready yet last night I

Don't know I think I was trying to hurt you

Make you let go do something

Give me a chance to find out what's wrong with the world and with me who I am everything

Then I'll marry you if you need me and I can help

You do understand

I knew you would

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Don't know what you've been up to now, but mrs. Fossey wants to see you well be I've just got to finish

She wants you now. They're all waiting. Mr. Julius and mrs. Bell

Come in dear and sit down

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Come straight to the point Sabilla, it seems your father has got himself into difficulties again money

Of course, he borrowed 500 pounds from a chap called McSwatt and put the farm up as security

4% interest

That's 20 pounds a year very fair

What's this got to do with me?

Well, your mother says she's tried but there is no way they can pay it and this McSwatt chaps made a very generous offer

He'd be worth a few bob. I'd say Julius

So it's been arranged that instead of the interest he will accept your services as governess to his children

Arranged

Don't I have a say I

Won't go I won't

Hmm

Life around here will certainly be uneventful when she's gone

You're the world of good

Make her think of other people

instead of herself

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This is my name miss Melvin

I have no more impertinence. Thank you

Now sit up straight and attend

James fetch the textbooks, please ain't got none rats got him path as you can teach out of your head

Miss killin couldn't she's as mad as a tree full of glass

And then off in the bush and we never saw her again

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Says there

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Told you before would you use a fork to put the food into your mouth?

We'll use your fingers

I'm a richer man today

Well your pie doesn't talk with his mouth full

Hmm I see you've received another one of these two really how can she expect us to believe all this nonsense?

Ah

Gertie Frank just in time for tea

Did you have a good game?

And who won I did I think Frank is being rather galette

Today I want to show you another very important letter the letter

Follows the letter we learned yesterday

good

Ah

Sibylla we cannot interfere with your mother's wishes the time will soon pass

You would hardly recognize your little sister. She has blossomed into quite a young lady

Try and do good where you are dear

You cannot always get what we would like in this world

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When stooping or a thirsty rose she murmured Frederick fetch my hose

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The devil is dead there is no hell devil is dead in all his world

and I

The one that have loved him the best

Have grown to be past Karen

I've grown

to be past

Karen

past

Waiting and past wearing I

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Suppose I should thank God for one agreeable daughter if Gertie marries Harry Beauchamp, it will be a blessing

Your grandmother says he's come back and has managed to regain possession of five Bob Downs

He seems to spend most of his time with Gertie who must enjoy his company

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Who's that me

Start

What are you doing out here? Just thinking really been over to see Susie again

Yeah, third time this week

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We want to have a serious talk with you lovely

Now

well you see

We want you to know that we like you

And that you've been a good girl

It'd be different if you had some property

You see now Peter. He's almost as sure as made it was Susie Duffy

Well, we've seen you

Going out at night

Can't say we blame you

He's a good-looking man, but you don't have any property

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Told you be too much of a shock for

No, I never really died of a broken heart you see girl things being as they are

We gotta send you home

I've brought a bit of a letter for you just to tell you ma

And

They don't have to worry about the money not until things look up

Take it so hard. There's plenty of other nice fellas in the world

Stanley

Could you see it amazing when you finish separating the milk

Oh

You

Do you need a hand

It's peeping and prying again, are you?

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It's good to see you again, sir. We heard from grandmother that you might be coming down

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I'm glad you say five Bob. No, I was lucky. That's all

Did you find the answers to all those questions, I mean what was wrong with the world? Oh, yes partly me

Oh

Well

Here I am

Yes, I don't suppose you thought it would be like this

Aunt Cassie sends her love. She's very keen on me getting married

Yes

Yes, I think it's a good idea too. Oh

So do you yes good. He's just right for you. She's everything. I'm not

Father's down the paddock

It's not dirty

It's you

It's you I want to marry

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You promised if I needed you I do see it I

Love you. I want to marry you

Trust me zip. It's me. I don't trust can't you see?

The last thing I want is is to be a wife out in the bush

Having a baby every year you can have anything you want

We can go to the city as much as you like

Maybe I'm ambitious

Selfish

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Can't lose myself in somebody else's life when I haven't lived my own yet I

Want to be a writer

At least I'm going to try

But I've got to do it now

Please try and understand

I thought you loved me

And she loved me even a little

I'm so near loving you

But I destroy you and I can't do that

You

So now I've written it all down

Why?

To try and make sense of it

It may come out sounding like a couple of nails in a rusty tin pot

My ineffectual life may be trodden the same round of toil

But I want to tell everyone about my own people

How I love them and pity them

Pity all of us

Sun is shining another day and hope is whispering in my ear

With love and good wishes to all

Good night. Goodbye

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