Sleeping in his childhood bed, when he has been so used to sleeping in a swag or bunk (page 71), adds to his restlessness and frustration. Jack has been working for his uncle amongst ‘horses and sheep’ (page 71) and life in the family home above their furniture shop in Swan Street feels stifling in comparison. Just as Kip and Stanzi do in the first two chapters, Jack tells his own story and Jack’s connection to Kip’s story is revealed incrementally, reminiscent of Stanzi’s chapter. The chapter focuses primarily on Jack Husting as he struggles to adjust to life back in inner city Richmond, having worked for ‘eighteen’ months on a station (page 77).
Chapter Three takes the reader back to Richmond before the beginning of World War II.
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