I think he dreads parting with you fully as much as you do from Hero.

His eyes follow every movement you make.

So many times in speaking of you he has called you Christine." "I know," answered Lloyd, thoughtfully.

"He seems to mix me up with her in his thoughts, all the time.

He is so old I suppose he is absent-minded.
When I'm as old as he is, I won't want to travel around as he does.