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With his ticket-of-leave, or conditional pardon, bearing Governor Macquarie's signature, safe in his breast pocket, Mr. Edward O'Shaughnessy, free citizen of New South Wales--but not of any other part of the British Empire--took a leisurely walk through the town on a bright and sunny morning a week after the momentous happening chronicled in our last chapter.
It was with a light step and a jaunty mien that the young Irishman, tremendously pleased with himself and the world in general, approached the shores of Sydney Cove. The sense of freedom that possessed him was extraordinary and exhilarating, and he felt that he had every good reason for the muttered remark that escaped his lips as he passed down the east side of Lower George Street, beside the verandahed house and store of that notable lady, Mrs. Mary Reibey.