Oddly disjointed mystery/romance of the Victorian bush. James Grover mill-owner, forbids his daughter Mary to see Robert Cook the man she loves, while he is secretly possessed by his love for Teresa, Robert's sister - who herself is engaged to a mysteriously fatherless man known only as George. George turns out to be James Grover's son by his first wife; Teresa a woman once nearly hung for murder and involved with Robert in a local secret society (probably Irish). Insanity, two drownings, and refuge in the USA for Robert and Mary end the tale. (PB)