Fitzroy, 1864
Fitzroy, 1864Margaret sat down on the end of her bed to read her mail. She’d received two letters today, one from her eldest daughter, Sarah, and one from her sister, Sadie. Sarah hadn’t been back to Melbourne since she left for New South Wales with her husband not long after her first child, Isabella was born. Margaret had seen none of Sarah’s other children, nor Isabella since she was a baby. It saddened her to think how she’d grown up in Hobart Town and New Norfolk, close to her Grandmama Elizabeth, and her step-grandparents, Sarah and James Blay. They had always been a part of each other’s lives. Her mother’s sisters and their husbands were on hand to help when needed, and her mother had assisted or delivered, Aunt Sophia’s and Aunt Betsy’s babies. Now she was alienated
