'There was never any woman in the world like you....

To think of your caring about just a sheet of bark!' 'You made me my first johnny-cakes upon it....

And to-night is the beginning of our married life--and oh, Colin, it is the first time I have felt really married to you, and I want a bit of the bush to remember it by.' He kissed her again....

The miracle was accomplished.

He seemed to have no words in which to say all that filled his heart.
The night sounds of the bush stirred the vast silence.