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`` I 'll now go to the Tasmanian Company 's offices and hear all about the rescue . '' There he learnt the captain 's report , that he picked up Wyckliffe and four men off a raft , about six hours from Hobart . The rescued reported they had been capsized while trying to fetch Maria Island . At twelve o'clock the _ Buninyong _ , with a full passenger list including the boys , sailed for Brisbane . Had Reg and Hal not been in such a great hurry when they landed at Sydney , they might have noticed a young lady not unlike May standing on the wharf scanning the passengers very closely . When she caught sight of the Goodchilds , she jumped on board and embraced both May and her father . `` I have had your wires , May , and all arrangements are made , '' she said , with an air of decision .