Not that I mind isolation: I am used to it.

But it limits my field of usefulness.

I have no trustworthy means of informing myself when and where I may do good.
I have already, I am glad to say, met a man to-day, your vicar, who appears to be thoroughly unselfish and trustworthy.

He shall be one of my channels of communication with the outer world.

Might I ask you whether you would be willing to become another ?" "With the greatest pleasure," said Robert eagerly.
The proposition filled his heart with joy, for it seemed to give him an almost official connection with this paradise of a house.