By the by, I hear that you have been reconciled to your wife; is that true?
I should be glad to know it's true." "I hope it will be all right," he said gravely, "she is very good and kind.

I suppose you have heard," he went on, "that my mother died since I came here, and that leaves a great gap in my life....

I always had the greatest admiration and love for my mother.

She was a great woman, Frank, a perfect idealist.

My father got into trouble once in Dublin, perhaps you have heard about it ?" "Oh, yes," I said, "I have read the case." (It is narrated in the first chapter of this book.) "Well, Frank, she stood up in court and bore witness for him with perfect serenity, with perfect trust and without a shadow of common womanly jealousy.