Marcus Clarke

“ He ought to be out of the river by this time." "Maurice, I have a strange feeling about that man."
"Eh?" said Maurice.
"I seem to fear him, as if I knew some story about him, and yet didn't know it."
"That's not very clear," said Maurice, forcing a laugh, "but don't let's talk about him any more. We'll soon be far from Port Arthur and everybody in it."
"Maurice," said she, caressingly, "I love you, dear. You'll always protect me against these men, won't you?" ”

“ Almost at the same moment, the pair, raising their eyes, saw the schooner which bore Rufus Dawes back to bondage glide past the opening of the trees and disappear. When they looked again for the strange relic of the desperado of Port Arthur, it also had vanished. ”

“ Chapter XI: A Relic of Macquarie Harbour "You must try and save him from further punishment," said Sylvia next day to Frere. "I did not mean to betray the poor creature, but I had made myself nervous by reading that convict's story."
"You shouldn't read such rubbish," said Frere. "What's the use? I don't suppose a word of it's true."
"It must be true. I am sure it's true. Oh, Maurice, these are dreadful men. I thought I knew all about convicts, but I had no idea that such men as these were among them."
"Thank God, you know very little," said Maurice. ”