closely in silence for a moment and then he raised her
gently and they walked back to the tent, hand in hand.
Nearly a year later Mr. and Mrs. Done were in Melbourne together when the
Petral sailed for England. Amongst the ship's passengers were Mrs. Donald
Macdougal, her two children, and Lucy Woodrow. Mrs. Macdougal, a wealthy
and attractive widow, had sold Boobyalla, and intended to make her home
in England. Lucy was still her companion, and, bidding them farewell, Jim
was glad to know that the girl was well and not unhappy.
Jim and Aurora followed the rushes for some years after their marriage,
and when they settled down in a substantial house at Ballarat, Done long
regretted the canvas walls and the stir and gaiety of the tented fields.
By this time Ballarat was a prim town of many churches and strong
Wesleyan proclivities, and Eureka had been justified by the concession of
nearly all that the diggers fought for. One-armed Peter Lalor was a staid
Parliamentarian and a stout Constitutionalist now, and the grave in which
Micah Burton and the other rebels lay buried was an honoured spot. But by
this time, too, new interests had been born into Done's life, new
existences had been incorporated with his own, and he had a quaint
fellowship with the youngsters, for in his heart remained a sneaking
delight in the folly that is the scorn of fools. There were people who
called Joy a hoyden at forty, but she retained the invincible soul of the
woman who laughs.
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