Now, as she paced up and down the veranda--for she was in a restless mood--her mind went back to that bridal homecoming.

They had not arrived at the head-station till after dusk, but it had been visible from the plain a long way off, and she had examined it with ardent curiosity through her field-glasses in the clear light of sunset.
She had seen a collection of rough buildings backed by the forest, and from different points of view, as they drew nearer, had made out that the three principal ones formed three sides of a square.

Two of these--the side wings--were old and of primitive construction--slab walls, bark roofs, and low verandas, overgrown with creepers.

Colin explained that these were the Old Humpey--as he called the original dwelling house--and the kitchen and store building opposite.

Lately, the New House had been put up at right angles with the old buildings, and fronting the plain.