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* Contents derived from the St Lucia,Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,Brisbane - North West,Brisbane,Queensland,:Corella Press,2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Opening with the murder of a young girl on the Victorian goldfields, the tale return to Melbourne and Mabel Ireton's employment as companion to Mrs Banforth (Dora) whose marriage is mysteriously awry. The story continues in both these locations, connected through Mabel whose father and lover are at the diggings - with good character sketches of social activities there and in Melbourne. A resurrected husband, family honour and bushranging all contribute to the development of the tale, which concludes with a return to Ireland. (PB)
Editor's note: The editors seek to honour Mary Helena Fortune and her work by helping twenty-first-century eyes and ears engage with her nineteenth-century words and voice. To this end, inconsistent punctuation has been regulated, spelling discrepancies have been amended to meet contemporary Australian standards, archaic and obscure terms have been explained in a glossary, and language with the potential to offend has been removed.
