“No; they are not. The old people died about five years ago; the sons are in Queensland, I think; and both the girls are married and in Sydney.”
“Ah, well!... I see you’ve got the railway here now.”
“Oh, yes! Six years.”
“Times is changed a lot.”
“They are.”
“I s’pose—I s’pose you can tell me where I’ll find old Jimmy Nowlett?”
“Jimmy Nowlett? Jimmy Nowlett? I never heard of the name. What was he?”
“Oh, he was a bullock-driver. Used to carry from the mountains before the railway was made.”
“Before my time, perhaps. There’s no one of that name round here now.”
“Ah, well!... I don’t suppose you knew the Duggans?”