The mine had been the cause of an absurd moral disaster; its working must be made a serious and moral success.
He owed it to the dead man's memory.

Such were the--properly speaking--emotions of Charles Gould.

His thoughts ran upon the means of raising a large amount of capital in San Francisco or elsewhere; and incidentally there occurred to him also the general reflection that the counsel of the departed must be an unsound guide.

Not one of them could be aware beforehand what enormous changes the death of any given individual may produce in the very aspect of the world.
The latest phase in the history of the mine Mrs.Gould knew from personal experience.

It was in essence the history of her married life.
The mantle of the Goulds' hereditary position in Sulaco had descended amply upon her little person; but she would not allow the peculiarities of the strange garment to weigh down the vivacity of her character, which was the sign of no mere mechanical sprightliness, but of an eager intelligence.