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Updated: May 18, 2025

And of an evening when talk languished, she would beg her husband to read to them from the BALLARAT STAR, until, as often as not, Mrs. Beamish fell asleep. Frequently, too, she persuaded him to go out and take a hand in a newlyformed whist club, or discuss politics with a neighbour. Mahony went willingly enough; his home was less home than ever since the big woman's intrusion.

Henry Handel Richardson - Australia Felix