Cirrus@Austlit

A fourteen year old boy, Victor Kennion, is wandering through the bush near Warburton in the Dandenongs looking for lyre birds, when he bumps into a girl with red hair whom he dubs 'Sunset'. They chat and he offers to show her the lyre birds the following day.

The following day, 'Sunset' and Victor meet, and Victor explains that he does not want to work in the mill like his father, but rather wishes to become a doctor or a lawyer. At their next meeting, however, a timber trolley breaks its coupling and injures 'Sunset' and Victor, who tries to protect her. Victor is injured severely but is glad he has saved 'Sunset' and manages to farewell her before he succumbs to his injuries.

Forty years later, 'Sunset', who had remained unmarried, is dying as a result of the injuries sustained so long ago. She finds herself glad to go, and on the moment of death, believes she sees Victor waiting for her in heaven.