Part Two: Chapters 22 - 24 Summary

When they arrive home from the party, Tom explodes with anger demanding to know how much longer Isabel plans to torment poor Hannah Roennfeldt. Cornered, Isabel turns on Tom, suggesting that he had an affair with Hannah Roennfeldt, which is why he is so keen to send Lucy back, ruining Isabel's life. Tom will not be moved: "You saw what she's become. That's our doing ... I saw things in the war, Izz. Things I've never told you and never will ... I swore I'd never make anyone suffer after that, not if I could help it" (Page 209). Violet, Isabel's mother, interrupts the fight to say that Lucy is missing. Suddenly, all the energy in the room morphs into determination to find Lucy immediately: living on Janus Rock, she is unfamiliar with the dangers of the Australian outback. Everyone...