This extract fromThe devious being, the third volume of Roland's autobiography, deals with her leaving the artists' commune at Montsalvat. It also contains her plans to leave Australia after her play Granite peak was overlooked for a Commonwealth Government prize, in favour of Kylie Tennant's play Tether the dragon. The other volumes of Roland's autobiography are, An improbable life (1989) and Caviar for breakfast (1989).