"You know how glad we should be to see you, and that we regard you as one of ourselves; but even a mother could hardly wish a son to run into such danger, in order that they might see each other for a short time." "What do you say, Thirza ?" her father asked.
The girl, thus suddenly addressed, coloured hotly.
"I should be glad to see him, father--he knows that very well--but I should not like him to run risks." "But he is always running risks, child; and that, so far as I can see, without so good a reason.

At any rate, I shall not join your mother in protesting.

What he says is very true.

He has twice made his way many hundreds of miles in disguise, for the purpose of getting here in time for the first fighting; and I do not think that there will be anything like the same risk in his coming here to pay us a visit.
"At the same time, I would not say a single word to induce him to do so.

There is no saying where he may be when the next winter sets in, or what may take place during the coming campaign.