Gordon.
He won’t come back! (He looks up suddenly, and seems to gather strength.) He won’t come back! He has done his job for the Empire! That frees me! Now I’ll do mine! I’ve nothing to keep me here.
1st Shep.
Why! the sheep do, Boss.
Gordon.
Robert charged me to keep the station going for him till he came back. Now he’ll never come back; I’m done with the station! Other men must raise the sheep.
Loveday.
(Her eyes sparkling.) You’ll go to London?
Gordon.
Yes. We have often said I’d have to go to London some day to get my job put through.