One common entity that connects Carney and Adair is the convict named Dolan. Dolan was also one of the reasons why Adair decided to pay visit to Carney; he wanted to make sure whether the rumours about Dolan being in fact his foster brother Fergus Connellan, were true. Fergus in fact did become a bushranger and was a leader of a gang which consisted of Irish revolutionarists. Fergus and Adair were from the very beginning two very opposed characters since Fergus was the wild oneand “he wasn´t like the human child. /…/ Only Adair felt free to give the child his unguarded affection.” And once he grew, he “was a kind of composite creature, half boy, half horse.” He coud in a way be treated as a Robin Hood character since his goal in life was to
