Why all the sugar? Burke denied that he had brought it, and so did Wills, but there it was, sacks of it, weighing down the camels. "Who brought this?" they asked the rest of the team. Everyone shrugged. Who knew? They argued about sugar all the way across Australia and back again until one man put up his hand.
"It was me."
"Who are you?"
"Timothy Jones."
"There is no Timothy Jones." Burke checked the list of names. "We didn't bring a Timothy Jones."
"That's right," Timothy said. "You didn't."
The terrible naked desert whispered on all sides.
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