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Waldock '' -- she called her husband by his full given name -- `` Waldock is up to some awful trick . '' It was a consolation to know that the woman was not a party to her husband 's wicked scheme . Bessie explained how she had been entrapped ; but Mrs. Vincent declared that she did not even know the vessel was to sail that night . She had retired with her two children at nine o'clock , and got up when she felt the motion of the vessel under way . `` Where is she going ? '' asked Bessie , wiping away the tears that dimmed her eyes . `` We are all going to Australia . ''