So there’s shuffling, like, and a bit o’ coughing and spitting, and someone else says: ‘She’ll be right, mate. She’s on her way if you’ll hang on a tick. You’re at the party.’
“You’ll have to start mixing with the others at some point, you know.”
“It’s not just that, I got homework to do. Gotta catch up.”
2010, Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest, page 77,
In a whisper, I suggested to Ian that we reattach the winch cable to a tree in the clearing, but of course his reply was, “Naaahh, she’ll be right, mate.”