DID THEIR STAR-CROSSED ROMANCE SET LOOSE A DEADLY CURSE?
In the ‘Hidden Springs’ pool, Esmelda saw a white man step out from behind a tree, approach Janey, and clasp her in his arms. Give me just one kiss and I’ll be on my way …”
Over one hundred years after the British soldier dared to visit his young wife in Nanny Town, with disastrous consequences, Deidre finally met someone whose love could overcome the curse of ‘Hidden Springs.’ This curse had somehow become affixed to ‘Letty’s Pool’ the deep pool in the river which had claimed her cousin... ‘Pool’ also signifies coming together in love and harmony: "...they looked at each other for a long moment, and smiled. It was like when the sun came out from the other side of the mountain and its rays reached out from the depths of the valley; or when a rainbow formed at the top of the sky and beamed its way from one side of the world to the other..."