© Edna Walling Collection, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria

Source: MS 13048 box 3726

Once we were burnt out, fourteen pairs of riding pants went up in smoke. The fifteenth and most patched pair I had on! And in addition to this...a brand new tweed suit was burnt! I don't think I ever disliked paying a bill so much as when this one came in shortly after the fire.

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