Geese are remarkable birds, but two species especially- the Canada you have here and the barnacle goose we have in the old world. They have all the qualities man admires in fellow men- industry, strength, intelligence and, most pronounced of all, the capacity to fall in love.

Geese mate for life and once pairing has occurred only death can separate them. They have a family life, too.

He stopped, but Kanina wished he would go on. She didn’t know whether it was Rory Macdonald himself or what he was saying about the geese that fascinated her.