Cirrus@Austlit

When his first love marries another, Francis Saville comes to Australia for adventure. He works as a gold escort and a mounted trooper on the diggings. In Australia, he is reunited with another 'black sheep': Mrs. Drummond and her family. Her husband is the goldfield’s warden. On his return to the UK, Francis is 'killed' and buried at sea. His murderer cannot escape the guilt and eventually throws himself overboard (on another journey). Saville, in fact, has not been killed and returns to his family in England, but he rejects his English title and land. He returns to Australia to marry Mrs. Drummond’s daughter Marguerite who has blossomed into a beauty. They remain in Australia.