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I was in the habit of parking well down the road and arriving at my sister’s place at around five thirty in the evening. My day would have begun well before dawn, with my usual round of our enterprises. The drive down to Sydney gave me time to think, and the opportunity to see what conditions were like up and down the Hunter Valley.
Her own business was now so well-established that she was forced to stand back and manage it, and with Heather’s guidance, she did very well. I told her I was extremely proud of what she had achieved, and that I hoped my cloistered life would not come between us. It was after 5.35 p.m. when she would have heard me coming up the steps. She made me a cup of tea. I said that I had a good trip down; she apologized that she had a function and had to go. She loo
