Mrs. Herring lives alone on the Hawkesbury River with only a few chickens. She smokes a pipe and is the closest thing to a doctor on the river. Though the natives steal from her, she turns a blind eye. She insists that she has enough and doesn't need to make a show of asserting her dominance.
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Part 3: A Clearing in the Forest
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And between the words, unspoken, Thornhill heard the real reason: Sal was only the wife of an emancipist.
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Mrs. Herring Quotes in The Secret River
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Part 3: A Clearing in the Forest
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And between the words, unspoken, Thornhill heard the real reason: Sal was only the wife of an emancipist.
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