She had evidently been staying a good deal, he thought, with the Withers, and she kept him fully informed about them, although she did not mention when she went there or when she had returned.
She frequently spoke about the missing will, and of her hopes it would some day be recovered; and had mentioned that the search for it was still being maintained, and that she felt confident that sooner or later it would come to light.

But even as to this she gave him no specific details; and he felt that, even apart from his desire to see his mother, he should greatly enjoy a long talk with her, to find out about everything that had been going on during his absence.
Mrs.Conway had indeed abstained from giving her son the slightest inkling of the work upon which she was engaged; for she was sure he would be altogether opposed to her plan, and would be greatly disturbed and grieved at the thought of her being in any menial position.

Whether if, when he returned, and she had not attained the object of her search she would let him know what she was doing she had not decided; but she was determined that at any rate until he came home on leave he should know nothing about it.
"So we are going to fight Bony at last, Mister Conway," Ralph's servant said to him.

"We've never had that luck before.

He has always sent his generals against us, but, by jabbers, he will find that he has not got Roosians and Proosians this time." "It will be hot work, Denis; for we shall have the best troops of France against us, and Napoleon himself in command." "It's little we care for the French, your honor.