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My story was soon told, and as briefly as possible; this they attributed to my condition through having received such a shock to my nerves through the death of my acquaintance. It was a lamentable accident, people said, but there was no help for it. The quicksands on that beach were well known to local residents, and the newspapers said notices should be erected warning strangers of the danger.
My mission north was accomplished, I had hunted De Vere to his death; so I returned at once to Sydney to continue my quest for Violet and my child.