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  ‘As I have,’ he said strongly, and his arms came around her and he held her close. ‘As I have, Christie, love. So what do you say? Will you marry me? Can you bear to put up with another doctor in the family? And a writer? And a very failed sailor?’

  ‘Hugo…’ But the word wasn’t just a repetition of his name.

  It was a vow.

  He held her away from him, and he looked deep into her eyes.

  ‘Marry me, Christie,’ he said softly. ‘Give me my happyever-after ending that I’ve been looking for all my life. Please…

  ’There was no need for her to answer. She reached up and took his face between her hands, and she kissed him.

  For now—and for ever.

  Behind them, inside the cave, the old Koori woman’s spirit had finally left her, going to her ancestors as generation upon generation of her people had done before her. It had been time for her to die.

  As it was time for this young couple to come together. For their life—and for the lives within them—to start.

  From this day forward.

  ISBN: 978-1-4603-5644-9

  DOCTOR ON LOAN

  First North American Publication 2001

  Copyright © 2001 by Marion Lennox

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