He became a free lance, and fought in whatever cause he thought just; he had no ties, no chains.

They went back to Boston with the heroic will to do what was most distasteful; they would have returned to their own house if they had not rented it again; but, any rate, Mrs.March helped out by taking boarders, or perhaps only letting rooms to lodgers.

They had some hard struggles, but they succeeded.
"The great thing," she said, "is to be right.

I'm ten times as happy as if you had come home and told me that you had consented to do what Dryfoos asked and he had doubled your salary." "I don't think that would have happened in any event," said March, dryly.
"Well, no matter.

I just used it for an example." They both experienced a buoyant relief, such as seems to come to people who begin life anew on whatever terms.