Captive Wife, the (2005)
“The main street runs from Government House — the second Government House, but much grander than the one in Sydney — to the Parramatta River. Another ends in a plaza containing the newly built town hall. Shops and churches fill the other streets.
‘So orderly, so pretty,’ Adie Malcolm says. Her eyes sweep Government House with longing. The Parramatta residence stands in a park, with a lodge at its gates and, though the oak trees within its domain have been planted less than half a century, al...ready they provide shade on the green lawns. Adie’s hand rests on a wrought iron gate.
‘Well,’ she says, ‘I don’t suppose I’ll be going to the Governor’s residence again, here or in Sydney.’ ‘I’m sorry, Adie,’ Betty says. ‘I’ve brought a lot of troubles on you.’ Betty has never been to Government House in either place, though an invitation did come after her return from the New Zealand expedition. ‘I was afraid of being stared at,’ she tells Adie, ‘although I would like to have gone.’ The two women have slept as if drugged, which perhaps they were, for the cook had placed a carafe of wine on their tray the night before.MoreLess
‘So orderly, so pretty,’ Adie Malcolm says. Her eyes sweep Government House with longing. The Parramatta residence stands in a park, with a lodge at its gates and, though the oak trees within its domain have been planted less than half a century, al...ready they provide shade on the green lawns. Adie’s hand rests on a wrought iron gate.
‘Well,’ she says, ‘I don’t suppose I’ll be going to the Governor’s residence again, here or in Sydney.’ ‘I’m sorry, Adie,’ Betty says. ‘I’ve brought a lot of troubles on you.’ Betty has never been to Government House in either place, though an invitation did come after her return from the New Zealand expedition. ‘I was afraid of being stared at,’ she tells Adie, ‘although I would like to have gone.’ The two women have slept as if drugged, which perhaps they were, for the cook had placed a carafe of wine on their tray the night before.MoreLess
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