His duty was done, and though he was getting old, he went back to the North.

Well, I have told you part of his story, and you know the rest." "It is a moving tale," said Thirlwell, with quiet sympathy.
He thought she felt it was necessary to defend her father, and she had done so.

Indeed, he admitted that one must respect the man who had, with uncomplaining patience, for years carried on his disliked task for his wife and children's sake.

Longing for the woods and the silent trail, Strange must have found it irksome to count dollar bills and weigh groceries in the store; but he had done his duty, and borne hardship and failure when at last freedom came.

Still the girl must not know what he had become.
Agatha asked him a number of questions and then got up.