"She would devote her life to these creatures"

"She would devote her life to these creatures" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"Slipping out in the dark he would track night-scented flowers in the summer woods"

"Slipping out in the dark he would track night-scented flowers in the summer woods" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"She would not let them see how they had unsettled her"

"She would not let them see how they had unsettled her" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"He had several favourite retreats"

"He had several favourite retreats" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"Such happy memories of earlier days"

"Such happy memories of earlier days" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"It did not occur to her that he might be protecting himself"

"It did not occur to her that he might be protecting himself" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"She was a puzzle to him"

"She was a puzzle to him" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"The country he had broken out of was all unknown to them"

"The country he had broken out of was all unknown to them" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf