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Emma and Gursey were surprised to see Cabell reappear at the homestead a few hours later apparently as calm as when he left it. They had both heard Ludmilla say that her overseer and men were waiting for him at Fig Tree and had expected the shock of meeting McGovern to overwhelm him. That the two had met and had talked with each other in private for some time Emma learnt from one of the Fig Tree shepherds who came in with Cabell.
The news excited Gursey. "Was it me they were talking about?"