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Thus Charlotte, who was returning to Bool Bool in order to be at hand to defend her brother from calumny, did not arrive until after he was the hero of the colony.
The senior Mazeres had been in a fever of expectation about Philip and Charlotte's arrival for weeks. They had once gone all the way to Gundagai to meet them and, disappointed by their nonappearance, possessed themselves with what patience they could muster to await the wanderers at home.