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Sarah and her brother William leave their village in England to make their fortune on the Australian diggings. William dies within sight of Melbourne and Sarah takes a position as governess. All is not as it seems, however, and in escaping 'the fate worse than death' she stumbles across her faithful lover who had followed her from England ... (PB)