His eyes were starlike.
"I'm so glad father told me what to do," he breathed.

"It'll be easier now." Receiving no answer from the somewhat awkwardly silent men, he went on, as if in explanation:-- "You know he's waiting for me--in the far country, I mean.

He said he was.

And when you've got somebody waiting, you don't mind staying behind yourself for a little while.

Besides, I've GOT to stay to find out about the beautiful world, you know, so I can tell him, when _I_ go.