"Archaic?" It is," conceded Lucas with a half-smile. "But if there is one aspect of human behaviour which remains the same through the passage of centuries, it is the act of love. And Donne, I should say, is a master. I'm sure a girl as beautiful as you are is no stranger to the attentions of romantic men." But I don't understand what he's saying," Mia protested, flushing slightly at the compliment. "I've taken the poem apart and I've researched every reference, but it doesn't... it doesn't work." I see. Don't be alarmed, it's not an uncommon problem faced by students for whom English is a second language. We can dissect and analyse, but the poem wields a subtle magic that must be experienced more than it is understood. Consider," he added, warming to his subject, "the opening lines." Come, madam, come, all rest my powers defy; Until I labour, I in labour lie," quoted Mia without hesitation."Indeed," said Lucas with a small nod. "And considered rationally, critically, those words. Actually, unpleasant to us: spiders, ticks, scorpions, a large variety of insects, and lots of snakes, lizards, and things we brought from afar.”“I hadn’t noticed it.”“You wouldn’t, unless your foot went too near and it felt threatened. And then it would bite you. Just look before you step. Around here, I would have thought bulldogs would be more dangerous.”“Bulldogs?”“Bulldog ants. There are nearly 100 species around the Australian coastal areas. Their bites are quite painful and, if you’re allergic to the venom, fatal.”“Fatal? An ant bite?”“Oh, yes. Not often. It think there have been only half a dozen fatalities in the last sixty years. But nasty. And they’re big. Up to 40 mm long.” We loaded everything into the rear seat.“OK,” I said. “Next stop Brunswick Heads.”“You said there are Aborigines living near your family?”“Not near. Right on our land. Some work for my dad. Men riding fences and herding, women to tend the kitchen garden and do laundry.”“Amazing.”“Not at all. My oldest.
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