ABSTRACT

The light was stronger now. You could see the red roofs and the spires of churches and the grey skyline of the city. You could see the dome of the Zoo on the opposite hillcrest, and the great, ghostly arc of the bridge…You were one of the red roofs, and all about you, on this shore and on the opposite shore, from Balgowlah to Parramatta, were your neighbours, the other red roofs…