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1 The Gallant Lady Verna Dunstan , 1929 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 17 December vol. 6 no. 4 1929; (p. 6, 50 - 51)
Raoul is bitter after he is disabled in a car accident. He rejects Peggy, the woman who still loves him, but she refuses to abandon him. One night Captain Jimmy tells them a tale about a woman who refuses to leave the drunken beachcomber with whom she has fallen in love. The story leads Raoul to finally accept his true feelings.
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