The pain in his belly was growing stronger and soon it would defeat him. But he took another pill, determined to reach the distant place in the bush known only to the Aborigines. There would be no marker above his final resting place, and the dust of his earthly body would be carried on the wind to become as one with the great open plains that he loved so well.

John Blake lost track of time, but as the rain began to fall again and the darkness closed in, he felt strengthened by the knowledge that he’d achieved what he’d set out to do – that Amy and his son George were happy – and that he could now die in peace.

THE END

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