She did not recognize him at once but, as soon as he made himself known, she received him most warmly.
"You looked as if you would grow into a big fellow, but I hardly expected that you would have done it so soon." "It is more than four years since I left you.

I don't think that I am likely to grow any taller than I am; though of course, I shall get broader." He then told her what had happened since he left her, and how he had just been appointed an officer in a native cavalry regiment.
"I am very glad you have come now.

My daughters have both married, and I am going to sail for England in a few days.

Whether I shall stay there permanently, or come back, I cannot say but, at any rate, I shall be away at least two years." "I should have been very sorry to have missed you, Mrs.Sankey.

I have always looked back, with the greatest pleasure, at the time I spent here." "You have kept up your English well," she said.
"I have followed your advice, and hardly ever missed reading aloud for an hour, so as to keep my tongue accustomed to it; and I know many of Shakespeare's plays by heart, and could recite a great many passages from the writings of Dean Swift, Mr.Addison, Mr.Savage, and others." His next visit was to Jeemajee, who received him with real pleasure, when he told him who he was.