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The ____________________ tall girls ____________________ along the busy ____________________ street : the fair one , Leonie , with ____________________ natural ____________________ , looking neither to right nor ____________________ ; the dark - haired girl , ____________________ , self - consciously in her first pair of high - heeled ____________________ . She turned now and then , when ____________________ , to look at Leonie , but Leonie's head never ____________________ . The straightness of her ____________________ , the elegance of her ____________________ , seemed almost ____________________ to Janie . Janie was ____________________ and a half , and had been at work in an ____________________ for exactly one ____________________ . This evening , saying ? miracle of miracles' , instead of going straight ____________________ to tell her ____________________ of the intricacies of the ____________________ and ____________________ - making , she was going out with ____________________ Leonie , sophisticated and ____________________ - and - a - ____________________ and well - made - ____________________ Leonie . It was Janie's coming out into Sydney ____________________ ; it was her growing ____________________ . This is the first time I've ____________________ through the main streets at ____________________ , she thought . ? I never knew the city had so many ____________________ , ? she said to Leonie , who ____________________ . Australian writer Elizabeth Harrower at her home in Cremorne , Sydney . Elizabeth Harrower : Australia's buried literary treasure is unearthed Read more They passed an air - conditioned ____________________ , and the coolness cut a swathe through the ____________________ night . The strong sweet ____________________ of frangipani ____________________ was fanned through a ____________________ doorway and hung ____________________ , a subtle ____________________ . Janie sniffed ____________________ . She caught the tang of fresh - ground ____________________ , too , and felt hungry . ? We're nearly ____________________ , ? Leonie said in the round drawling accent she had acquired since leaving ____________________ , the ____________________ for her self - consciousness . ? That's good , ? Janie ____________________ , dazzled by the ____________________ and the crowds of young people who looked as if they knew ____________________ they were ____________________ , and what they would do when they ____________________ ; dazzled by their ____________________ , and doubtful for the first time about her new blue ____________________ . Sophistication and ____________________ everywhere : it was a ____________________ to be inside at last , at a ____________________ for ____________________ with ____________________ , and the waitress ready with her ____________________ , gazing at herself in the ____________________ while they studied the ____________________ . Until they had decided on ____________________ and sundaes , and the waitress left , their manner was cold , ____________________ , blasé . Then they were alone , ____________________ , the eyes of the other ____________________ and uncomfortably ____________________ across the small ____________________ . Leonie's hands were smooth and creamy , the ____________________ long and polished . She broke her ____________________ and buttered a piece . ____________________ looked in her bag for a handkerchief , and blew her ____________________ , although it didn't need it . ? I think it's ? ? ? How did you ? ? They laughed ____________________ and pressed one another to speak first . ? I was just going to ask if you'd ____________________ your ____________________ day , ? ____________________ said at last . ? Well , it was all so ____________________ ? ? Janie's voice trailed off ; remembering that she had met ____________________ in the office , she added , ? But I think I'll ____________________ it very much . ' ? I ____________________ it , ? Leonie said calmly . ? The other girls don't ____________________ me and I don't like them . Did you see that ____________________ ? ? Her straightforward manner made Janie feel ____________________ and enchanted and partisan . ? Yes , I thought something was wrong , ? she said . Elizabeth Harrower author The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower ? review Read more ____________________ had mentally declared ____________________ on Leonie's ____________________ even before her incredible ____________________ to go out after ____________________ : partly because the odds were three against one , partly because the other girls had ____________________ hair and ____________________ manners . Janie stared ____________________ at her ____________________ , where a chop , a ring of ____________________ , green peas , and Saratoga ____________________ waited , while her ____________________ brought forth a ____________________ . ? It's just that you're different , ' she said , ____________________ to feel embarrassed . ? That's why it's like that at work . ' She was about to go on when Leonie cut in . ? They told you I am ____________________ ? ? ? Yes , but that isn't what I mean . ? Her ____________________ mind ____________________ to define the ____________________ she had felt . It was ____________________ more subtle , more ____________________ than Leonie's ____________________ , her cultivated accent , her ____________________ birth ; something more ____________________ . Leonie was pleased and ____________________ . ? What do you mean ? ? Janie ____________________ . ? I don't know , ? she said ____________________ , ? but I know I'm right . ? ? Are you different , too ? ? ____________________ asked without malice . ? Yes , I suppose I am , ? she said , picking up her ____________________ and fork . ? That makes two of us then , ? Leonie smiled , a wide ____________________ smile , showing even white teeth . Janie ____________________ back and felt immensely ____________________ . Leonie was so ____________________ . She seemed really to ____________________ her . She must , or she wouldn't have asked her to ____________________ out . And , now that they were ____________________ , she was ____________________ than ____________________ . Leonie buttered another piece of ____________________ , and asked , ? Have you always lived in ____________________ ? ' The ____________________ question had come ; the first step in the ritual of making a friendship , as when children say , half boldly , half shyly , ? What's your name ? ____________________ your house ? What ____________________ do you go to ? ? ? No , ? Janie said . ? I came from the ____________________ when I was thirteen . We've been living in Manly ever since . When did you come here ? ? she asked , ____________________ in Leonie's foreign ____________________ , but doubtful about mentioning it . She ____________________ how it must feel to be ____________________ . Love letter found in a second hand copy of Herman Hesse's Narziss and Goldmund in Cairo by Australian writer Raphael Solarsh . A half - told love story emerges from the pages of an old book Read more ? When I was one , ? ____________________ said , ? so I don't know much about my own ____________________ . I can hardly speak the language . ? ____________________ listened as she ate , and ____________________ the fact that Leonie wasn't shy about her nationality , so it was all right to talk about it sometimes . They were both suddenly excited and eager , ____________________ to know , wanting to ____________________ , but remembering still to tread ____________________ , and trying to hide it . The ____________________ cleared away their plates , and Leonie's manner changed . She seemed almost bored . ? I suppose you know a lot of girls in Manly if you've been there for a few years , ? she said , raising her finely arched ____________________ . What's happened ? Janie thought , chilled by the difference . What have I done ? She hesitated before answering . It made her miserable . People hate people who haven't got friends , she thought . She won't want to come out with me again . The return of the waitress with their ____________________ sundaes gave her time to cover her ____________________ to some extent . When the waitress had gone Janie said with a laugh , ? Well , no , I don't know many . ? Leonie just said , ? Oh ? ? on a note that demanded more ____________________ . ? I was sent to school at ____________________ , you know it , miles out of Manly , and there weren't any other girls from my district there . ? Her voice rose ____________________ , and she laughed again . Afraid of a ____________________ , she went on , ? I just didn't seem to meet any until I went to ____________________ college a little while ago . ? Leonie was relentless . ? So you're ____________________ with the girls from college now ? ' she said ____________________ , digging her ____________________ into her caramel sauce . ____________________ pricked Janie's eyes , and she looked ____________________ at her ice - cream . She ____________________ lie ; she'd never been able to . Even at a moment like this , the weak , dull , sickly truth had to come . ? Well , I saw some of them on the ____________________ this morning ? ? She ____________________ silently until a latent flame of ____________________ made her ask , ? I suppose you have lots of ____________________ ? ? It had been intended to sound careless , ____________________ . She would go down fighting , she thought . But her ____________________ was all wrong . She glanced up at ____________________ . A calm mask had replaced her bored ____________________ . She said in a level tone , ? No , I haven't any ____________________ . I didn't like many of the girls I knew at school , and my best ____________________ went away to Queensland with her family three years ago . ? ____________________ , wonderful Leonie ! How can she admit it like that ? Because there are two of us ? Or because she doesn't care ? Or is it just the way she ____________________ when she does care and doesn't want ____________________ to know ? ( top left ) Joan london ( top middle ) Christine Kenneally ( top right ) Emily Bitto ( bottom left ) Sophie Laguna ( bottom middle ) Maxine Beneba Clarke ( bottom right ) Ellen van - Neerven Stella prize 2015 : the shortlisted authors on the stories behind their books Read more Janie allowed herself to relax a little . ? My best ____________________ lives way out in the ____________________ , too . I hardly ever see her . ? The ____________________ brought a tall ____________________ coffee pot to their table , gave them a check and took the dishes . ? Do you like this restaurant , Janie ? ? Leonie asked as she poured the coffee . Her blue eyes had a new expression , ____________________ and ____________________ . ? Oh , yes , I do . We must come here often , ? she said , recklessly showing her hand in turn . For no reason that they could have ____________________ , they both started to laugh , and they looked round at the other diners hoping that they would notice the two attractive girls ____________________ together , the two friends enjoying each other's ____________________ , the two lonely ____________________ meeting ____________________ on ____________________ . The strange silent world of adolescence had ____________________ , the ____________________ walls had collapsed , proclaiming , You are not ____________________ . Eyes alight , cheeks flushed , voices bubbling : the questions and answers flew . ? Do you like ____________________ best ? ? ? I do ! ? ? I like nice ____________________ . I like to ____________________ . I like to see ____________________ . ? ? The very things that I like . ? ? What do you think of ____________________ - ups ? ? A sigh , a ____________________ . ? I know . I think so , ____________________ ! ? No family secrets barred , no ____________________ back from one ____________________ close , they thought , and ____________________ and talked , each the ____________________ friend of the ____________________ .