Indeed the first news concerning him which reached Godfrey was that of his death which happened some seven years later, apparently after a brief illness.

Even of this he would not have learned, since no one took the trouble to put it in any paper that he saw, had it not chanced that the Rev.Mr.
Knight died intestate, and that therefore his small belongings descended to Godfrey as his natural heir.

With them were a number of papers, among which in the after days Godfrey found the very letter that Isobel wrote to him which his father "posted" in his desk.
For his son there was no word, a circumstance that showed the implacability of this man's character.

Notwithstanding his continual profession of the highest Christian principles he could never forget or forgive, and this although it was he who was in fault.

For what wrong had Godfrey done to him in loving a woman whom he did not chance to like?
So he died silent, bearing his resentment to the grave.