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Emma Haythorne met the paddle steamer with the family guests who were heading for Melbourne on the way home from England. They only planned to stay until the next steamer came up the Murray River – a couple of days – as Emma’s friend Bea Macdonald’s mother was confined to bed and couldn’t take too much in the way of interruption to her days.
But on the second night there was a commotion in the stables and to their horror, one of the guests, who happened to be George Macdonald’s half-brother, was ...more
But on the second night there was a commotion in the stables and to their horror, one of the guests, who happened to be George Macdonald’s half-brother, was ...more
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“Bea kept everyone busy in the kitchen, deciding to keep the rest of the mutton stew for lunch next day. Dinner that evening consisted of cottage pie with fresh greens, followed by apple crumble and Tillie’s custard. Outside there was a lamp alight at every corner of the homestead, dispelling the shadows, beyond which Emma imagined the patrolling men. She wasn’t sure if hiding in the darkness was the better option to being surrounded with light, like a target.”
There’s been a murder at the home ...more
“Bea kept everyone busy in the kitchen, deciding to keep the rest of the mutton stew for lunch next day. Dinner that evening consisted of cottage pie with fresh greens, followed by apple crumble and Tillie’s custard. Outside there was a lamp alight at every corner of the homestead, dispelling the shadows, beyond which Emma imagined the patrolling men. She wasn’t sure if hiding in the darkness was the better option to being surrounded with light, like a target.”
There’s been a murder at the home ...more
