The Yield: A Novel

August returns to Prosperous from Eddie’s, still upset. Her Aunt Missy is there, sorting through Poppy’s trophies for fishing and gardening. August tells her about the Falstaff family selling cultural artifacts and shows her the box of papers she grabbed as she ran out. They look through the papers, and Missy says that finding the things that the Falstaffs sold could stop the mine. Missy asks if August is really going to go back to England, and August says she isn’t going to. They head to the library and meet Julie, the librarian who was helping Poppy with his research. She gives them the books he found the most helpful, a dictionary compiled by Ferdinand Greenleaf, and a PDF document of Greenleaf’s letter.

Excited, the two resolve to go to the museum the next day to track down the artifacts to hopefully get a Native Title and save the land the Prosperous mission is on. Back at the house, a woman from the mining company arrives to make sure Elsie will be leaving at the end of the week. Missy makes the woman leave, and August tells Elsie she isn’t leaving Prosperous again. Later, Alena Dimitri comes by.