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A year ago, I think I dreamed of one of Bob and Ray’s characters: Tabitha Wurley, an older woman summoned by “This Is Your Life,” the television program that surprised guests by bringing out people from their long-ago pasts.

But Tabitha Wurley and her brother, who emerged from the wings to greet a woman he hadn’t seen or spoken with for seventy years, were unthrilled.

For a moment he faced the white man, swaying unsteadily, then he turned and went away to his wurley, leaving the drover victor on the field where he had so nearly met his death.

He looked up at the visitors, half in and half out of the wurley, and on his hands and knees just like an animal.

In case of a man having two wives, the elder is always regarded as the mistress of the hut or wurley.