Betty Wayside

Excerpt

THE waterside suburbs of Sydney, hugging the southern shores of its famous harbour, are the pick of the city. The three Points, rocky tongues projecting into the harbour waters, and dropping in gentle slopes to the rocks and the seaweed, are the preserves of the rich, but behind them, and one degree removed, like second cousins, lie the eastern suburbs, packed with houses, lined with shops, and clamorous with the traffic that supplies the needs of the multitude.