My dear fellow, be sensible, take my advice.

I have really a strong interest in you, and I advise you, entirely for your own welfare, to forget all about it.

Very soon you will have something much more important to do than lingering around the world you have left.

If your wife comes amongst us I am sure you will be glad to welcome her, and to teach her the things that you will have already found out of your new life.

If she does not appear, then you will know that, even from the old-world standpoint, things have gone what you would call 'all right.' Let these trivial matters go, and attend to the vastly more important concerns that will soon engage your attention here." Ferris talked earnestly, and it was evident, even to Brenton, that he meant what he said.