AustLit

A telephonist receives a letter from her long-absent lover saying he will ring her at eight o'clock, but an accident means she is unable to be at the switchboard at the time he is to ring.

A girl races to separate her own sheep from a mob travelling on the stock route through her family's property. The drover tells her he forgot to report that he would be travelling on the route and apologises. He turns out to be the new neighbours' son, but she remains hostile towards him.

Discusses Dalziel's work and provides some biographical detail.

Deamer describes the 12th century Courts of Love of England, France and Holland. The courts were presided over by a prominent woman, one being Eleanor, the wife of England's Henry II. Judgements were called for in issues such as the quality of love between lovers, as opposed to that between married couples, the length of time a lover could absent him or herself, and matters of gentlemanly discretion.