Catherine was relieved James had to spend some time in Hobart with his father’s solicitor. There had been many glimpses of his previous behaviours appearing in the weeks since the family patriarch had died.
It wasn’t apparent to Catherine until after her father-in-law’s death, just how much of a contribution he had made to the New Norfolk community. A hundred people or more attended his funeral. He had been well respected. It saddened her that all the accomplishments of his life in Van Diemen’s Land were now to be dissected and disposed of.
James Blay Sr hadn’t left a will. This puzzled Catherine, because he’d told James Jr that he was executor. Now Letters of Administration had to be obtained.
While her husband occupied himself with the organisation required to manage his father’s esta
