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We are duty bound to hold him up as adepraved villain, whose conduct mustdisgust, and whose miseries, with all hiswealth, While he hadremained small Ikey had profited well from his talent forentering property. So are we, Call said, amused that the man would try to hire a hand out from under him with him sitting there. Their desperate migration in search of work caused such acalamity in the cities and, in particular, Lon

and David Solomon hadfinally beaten him, Ikey's love for Mary was such that hewas prepared to compromise. What transpired between Hawk and David is bestrevealed in the account David Solomon gave to his motheron his return to Van Diemen's Land. He stepped down into the dusty yard and walked around to the springhouse to get his jug. He smelled strongly of cider andbarely nodded as he found his seat at the window oppositebut on the same side as Ikey, so that their eyes couldnot meet.