He is an old man and a good man, but he clings to the ways of his youth, and deems that things are still as they were when he rode behind Cromwell.

I would not deceive him did he ask; but I do not see that the matter need be mentioned in his presence.

It seems to me that it will be good for John to be friends with this boy.

He is almost without companionship.

We have acquaintance, it is true, among the other settlers of our faith, but such companionship as he has there will not open his mind or broaden his views.