There was not, however, the least circumstance to indicate anything of that kind.
Grandfather Jonathan had walked away no one knew where; Jotham and his wife knew no more than their neighbors.

They did not know what to think.
Perhaps they feared they had not treated their father well.

They said little, but Catherine and Tom talked of it in all innocence.

Supposed clues were reported, but they led to nothing and were soon abandoned.
The baffling mystery of it remained and throughout that entire season cast its shadow on the community.

It passed from the minds of us young people much sooner than from the minds of our elders.