giant in Tales of the Dandenongs First Series
day so that ye can see her!” * * * * * * * Four years prior to the conversation just recorded Donald McIvor, the baker, had asked Nellie Moir, the waitress at the hotel, to marry him. They had been friends from the day she came to Healesville, and he had courted her in his own diffident way. On the…
- Record ID
- 2,334
- Year
- 1,925
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2334
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- Tales of the Dandenongs; Hume Cook
- Published
- 1925
- Narrative type
- Giant and Ogre Narratives
- Public-text label
- giant
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Dandenong Ranges, VIC (VIC): B
- State or territory
- VIC
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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day so that ye can see her!” * * * * * * * Four years prior to the conversation just recorded Donald McIvor, the baker, had asked Nellie Moir, the waitress at the hotel, to marry him. They had been friends from the day she came to Healesville, and he had courted her in his own diffident way. On the occasion indicated — out walking — they had paused beside a giant gum, and there, beneath the shadow of its branches—whilst round about them all the world seemed silvered into stillness by the magic of the moon—Donald put his question. “No, Don!” she had replied, “I canna be your wife! I like you well. You are ma best friend! But I’m in.
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