wind and torrential rain thrash the Bradley home. The pitter-patter of the first drops to fall has been quickly replaced with a pelting that hits the windows so hard they risk smashing. Wagadhaany shivers with fear as a bitterly cold draught comes through a gap in the door frame.
‘We need to sandbag,’ Henry Bradley says forcefully, his role as patriarch of the family never more tested than now. ‘Others have already done it. We’re going to lose everything if we don’t take action now!’
It’s an announcement and an order in one, his four sons jumping to attention instantly, as does Wagadhaany, waiting for her instructions as their servant.
‘No!’ Mr Bradley’s wife, Elizabeth, has never raised her voice in their home and her challenge to her husband comes…
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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2021