And, if it was all very recent, at least it served to provide some background—some feeling that she was not a completely new arrival.They were fortunate enough to find space available on one of the several flights to Melbourne. And late in the afternoon Juliet found herself back at the airport that had furnished her with her first real impression of Australia. Only this time she was not the newest of arriving visitors. She was a reasonably seasoned traveler, preparing to fly farther on into a continent that she was already beginning to regard as home.Max proved to be a more enlivening traveling companion than her aunt had been, and Juliet thoroughly enjoyed the three and a half hours’ flight.Occasionally he pointed out to her clusters of lights below and told her what town or point of interest they represented. But she could gather little in the darkness, and even when they began to descend over Melbourne, only the tremendous extent of the lighted area identified this for her as one of the finest cities in the country.Absorbed though she was with her anxieties for her relations, Juliet still found time to look eagerly from the airport bus as they drove into town.
