Or if she would rather go home, I'll go with her till she feels able to come to us, and do anything I can think of for her.

I will try to be a daughter till you come back, Maggie; only don't be long, or Frank and I shall break our hearts." Maggie waited till her mother had ended her long clasping embrace of Edward, who was subdued enough this morning; and then, with something like Esau's craving for a blessing, she came to bid her mother good-bye, and received the warm caress she had longed for for years.

In another moment the coach was away; and before half an hour had elapsed, Combehurst church-spire had been lost in a turn of the road.
Edward and Mr.Buxton did not speak to each other, and Maggie was nearly silent.

They reached Liverpool in the afternoon; and Mr.Buxton, who had been there once or twice before, took them directly to some quiet hotel.

He was far more anxious that Edward should not expose himself to any chance of recognition than Edward himself.