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Recalls a confrontation in the mid 1830s between escaped convicts and a settler's wife and daughter left alone on an island in D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania. The woman pick off the convicts slowly, promising to kill themselves if it looks like they will be captured. Their courage and the return of their menfolk save the day. (PB)
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