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Rachel wrote home that she hated Maneroo in the winter; the biting winds and frosts gave her chilblains and made it impossible to grow things which flourished at Three Rivers. She also complained bitterly of homesickness and upbraided her dear Papa that he had not come to stay with her.
Mazere and Emily thereupon decided to pay a visit to Eueurunda, their visit to tie in with the New Year festivities which Maneroo had long been planning. Numerous young people from Bool Bool had been issued with invitations, for Maneroo had its heart set upon a gay New Year. On the 29th December, after spending Christmas with their respective families, the Bool Boolians set out for Maneroo. Mrs Mazere, not feeling equal to the journey, decided to stay at home.