'Toddy Vine's sun-tan came from the inside - that was his trouble. His father was English, but the white in his Australian mother was a long way back, and he was born into the no man's land between two worlds. If Toddy had had more black in him, or if nobody had encouraged his education, he might never have felt the urge to leave home and strive for a place in the whites' world...His time with Werrinalli, the graceful Aborigine girl, and her people was one crucial experience. But it was his love for another woman, the white Ana Perez, which was to sway the balance in the end.' (Source: 1958 edition)
