1903
1903By a strange twist of fate, my sister-in-law Annie and I are expecting babies at the same time. It’s been ten years since Annie’s last child, Constance May was born. If not for my brother’s extended absences travelling for business to London, New Zealand, and back to Melbourne, tongues would wag about Annie’s inability to fall pregnant, or of problems with their marriage.
My brother is an ambitious and successful businessman. As a partner in Makower, McBeath & Co, he has grown the company to New Zealand, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane. Like our father, he doesn’t rest on current achievements; he is always planning future endeavours. Now he is building a mansion in Toorak while also an elected councillor and soon to be mayor of Boroondara Shire. Annie and I can’t vote for him in t
