The Opal Desert
“Filled with water, it tumbled the dirt from the stones so that any colour in them was more noticeable. While a lot of the stones were just potch, worthless colour with no gem-quality opal, Shirley still found it fascinating to turn each one over and examine it closely.
The two of them were so deeply involved in what they were doing, the sun warm on their backs, birdsong in the distance, that they didn’t hear Bosko coming across a mullock heap until he greeted them. Shirley dropped a cloth over ...the top of the bucket to cover the roughs. Even after five years she still didn’t like the loud Yugoslav and remained suspicious of him.
‘Where have you sprung from?’ she asked.
‘Just doing the rounds. Greetings, Stefan.’ ‘Hello, Bosko. How’re things?’ Stefan stood up and stretched, reaching for a cigarette pack in his pocket.
‘Depends on what you mean,’ he answered. ‘Here or there.’ He turned away from Shirley and said briskly, ‘I want to talk to you, Stefan.’ Shirley shrugged.MoreLess
The two of them were so deeply involved in what they were doing, the sun warm on their backs, birdsong in the distance, that they didn’t hear Bosko coming across a mullock heap until he greeted them. Shirley dropped a cloth over ...the top of the bucket to cover the roughs. Even after five years she still didn’t like the loud Yugoslav and remained suspicious of him.
‘Where have you sprung from?’ she asked.
‘Just doing the rounds. Greetings, Stefan.’ ‘Hello, Bosko. How’re things?’ Stefan stood up and stretched, reaching for a cigarette pack in his pocket.
‘Depends on what you mean,’ he answered. ‘Here or there.’ He turned away from Shirley and said briskly, ‘I want to talk to you, Stefan.’ Shirley shrugged.MoreLess
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