THUS have I told in long and tedious strains how George Fielding went to
Australia to make a thousand pounds, and how by industry, sobriety, and
cattle, he did not make a thousand pounds, and how, aided with the help
of a converted thief, this honest fellow did by gold digging, industry
and sobriety, make several thousand pounds, and take them safe away
home, spite of many wicked devices and wicked men.
Thus have I told how Mr. Meadows flung out his left hand into Australia
to keep George from coming back to Susan with a thousand pounds, and
how, spite of one stroke of success, his left hand eventually failed,
and failed completely.
But his right?