condensed master

Will Bonner
equipment.
Taking the initiative, Dorothy walked there the following day to ask whether
they had any vacancies. The result of her enquiry was an interview and Will started
work almost immediately.
From the very first day, he settled into an atmosphere that was tailored to
rectify his failing mental condition. The pace was easy, nobody rushed, and the
work was interesting. Things could have been better financially, but it was sufficient
to get things at home back on an even keel.
The factory employed no more than fifty people and consisted of a machine
shop, electrical production department, test room, and a research and
development section. Raw materials came into one end of the factory and the
finished product out the other.
Within the month he was beginning to feel his old self again and a move into
the test room with more money even made things better, added to that was the
reassurance that he was close to home with Dorothy getting nearer to her time.
It all started to happen late one Saturday morning, and Will took Dorothy to
the Royal Victoria Hospital, in the Melbourne city centre, in the early afternoon.
He would not be visiting until the following lunch time.
There was plenty of time to reflect on what was happening when he got back
to an empty house. The end bedroom next to their own had been equipped as a
nursery. Will had made a large cot with end cupboards and drawers to house a
bath, with both storage and hanging space for clothes.
He stood, trying to imagine what the next few days would be like. Looking out
of the window the trees were losing their leaves - it was autumn. As with the
weather, he had no control over what was happening, and all he could hope for
was that everything would go well.
On Sunday morning, just before lunch time, Will walked up the five floors to
see Dorothy. He could see by the look on her face that it had happened.
Louise Anne had been born in the early hours of the morning around 6 a.m.
It was the 6th of May 1956, the year of the Olympic games in Melbourne, and
television was being launched simultaneously to show the events.
The year went by without incident. The organization had not made
contact. He had watched Louise go through the stages of growing into a toddler,
always with the niggling thought in the back of his mind that he could suddenly find
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