First in the Field: A Story of New South Wales - George Manville Fenn

“Besides, Mr Mayne, it was worth it all, sure,” said Lady O’Hara banteringly at the wedding. “Now don’t you think so, Nic?”

“Of course I do?”

“Then that’s right,” cried the lady. “But tell me, Nic, how long is it since I brought you out?”

“I don’t know,” said Nic.

“Too busy; but about three years. Look at that now, and him grown quite a man.”

“Yes,” said the doctor, “farmer, cattle raiser, squatter.”

“Yes,” said Mayne, laying his hand on his brother-in-law’s shoulder. “One of the first in the field, and my true friend.”