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First published by Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, 2003

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Copyright © Lloyd Chapman, 2003

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Cover photographs: Truby King and 'Madeline'at Melrose (front) and the Melrose garden (back).

Alexander Turnbull Library, F3311 and F437 1/4

ISBN 0 14 301879 5

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