Bowditch recalls a bemusing early-morning encounter with Miss Pink in which she rang his doorbell, clouted him with her umbrella and quickly stormed off with the words 'How dare you?' ringing in his ears. Though he never did find out what it was he had dared to do, Bowditch did discover that he was not the only person to have been on the painful receiving end of Miss Pink's wrath. However, Bowditch shows that any affront caused by her temperamental nature was easily overwhelmed by recognition of her passionate advocacy for Aboriginal rights.