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Kyall, the McQueens have always been involved in politics,” his uncle pointed out jovially. “It’s time for you to do your share. After all, you’ve been promoting a whole raft of ideas.”
    â€œWith which I agree absolutely,” said the senator with a little nod of his snow-white handsome head. “If you decide to go in, I can tell you, we’ll be right behind you. The party needs young men like you.”
    â€œAnd who exactly would run Wunnamurra?” Kyall had asked laconically, eyeing his uncle, who occasionally spent time relaxing at the family station.
    â€œDidn’t you tell me you’d found an excellent overseer? What’s his name?”
    â€œDave Sinclair. Who will be excellent eventually. Right now he still needs a little help.”
    â€œBut what about Ruth? Enid and Max, for that matter?” his uncle had persisted.
    Kyall had answered patiently, “Gran doesn’t play the dominant role she once did. You know that, Raoul. Maybe she’s still a powerhouse, but she’s seventy-five years old.”
    â€œYou can work it out,” his uncle had said then, pluckingat his mustache. “After all, Malcolm Fraser was a sheep farmer before he became prime minister.”
    â€œFraser was a big guy.”
    â€œSo are you,” his uncle had returned, smiling. “You have a wonderful combination of assets. Financial and political expertise, brains, daring, imagination. A great sense of mission.”
    Kyall had had to laugh. “All of which could get me into trouble, if not destroy me. Those qualities aren’t admired in some circles.”
    â€œThey are in ours.” The senator had met his eyes directly. “All we’re asking is that you think about it, Kyall. There’s no one I’d like to recruit more. It’s no disadvantage to be a McQueen, either. The McQueens have had a sense of obligation to their country right from colonial days.”
    â€œPeople put their trust in you,” his uncle had put in. “You can talk to anyone about anything—a whole cross-section of people—with equal charm and ease. It’s a talent most politicians would give their eyeteeth for. You have a natural aura of authority, but you’re not in the least arrogant. You have very real leadership skills. Lord, didn’t they say that about you all through school and university? Not only that, you really care about people. God knows how many owe their livelihood to the McQueens. All we’re asking you to do is think about it, Kyall. In my view and Graham’s, you have the potential to rise to the highest office.”
    â€œPraise indeed!” Kyall had answered casually. “But wasn’t I raised thinking my future was Wunnamurra? You know that, Raoul.”
    â€œThere’s a great deal more to it—to you—than that. As we’ve already seen. I’ve heard you debate political issues with a passion. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t like to be on the front lines solving the nation’s problems. Think aboutit, Kyall. You’ve got the brains and the guts to make a difference. This nation is really on the move. You can be part of it.”
    For a while their enthusiasm had swept him along. Of course, he’d always been interested in politics. He’d grown up talking politics. His family had always been vitally interested in a fair deal for the man on the land. A number of McQueens had played a role in public life, all of them members of the Country Party, then the National Party now in coalition with the Liberal Party currently in power.
    Just as they were parting—the senator had gone off to another meeting—his uncle had asked him about his “love life.”
    â€œIs Ruth still pushing the Claydon girl at you?” This with a long, steady look.
    â€œSometimes it’s very hard to get through to Gran.”
    â€œEver hear from that little one, Sarah? Her father was