This drawing was published in the Bulletin as an illustration to Will Jarratt's poem of the same name, which describes an estrangement between a man and a woman:

A word in anger, and no more we meet, What time the mopoke wakens with a start; Cold looks for Love, and for his hunted feet A thorn laid on the threshold of the heart.

A tear, a sigh, the while he’s riding past, And I half-wishing that he’d heard and seen; But not for long will this estrangement last, With but a set of blue-gum rails between.

Lambert created a balanced composition, using rhythmical lines and strong billowing forms, and elongating the figure of the woman to achieve an elegance.