I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker.

“Some girl had made a fool of him,” said Connie with great contempt. “The Dutch set him a honey trap, my dear, and he barged in with his eyes wide shut.”

Macquarie University academic Anthony Lambert explained the essence of Australia's troubled fascination with the case and with the island of Bali and Indonesia overall: Schapelle occupies the place of the mythical Australian beach girl ,,, now trapped in a 'strange' land, in non-white hands, and at the mercy of foreign systems and institutions.

I still hear you sayin', Dear one, hold me fast