'What will you do if you find you have contracted leprosy ?' I asked.

'Do ?' he replied; 'why, you and I would spend the rest of our lives in Molokai and become humble followers of Father Damien.' As Mr.
Balfour says in the Life of Stevenson, he was as stern with his family as he was with himself, and as exacting.
He talked very little to us of the tragedy of Molokai, though I could see it lay heavy on his spirits; but of the great work begun by Father Damien and carried on by his successors he spoke fully.

He had followed the life of the priest like a detective until there seemed nothing more to learn.

Mother Mary Ann, the Mother Superior, he could never mention without deep emotion.

One of the first things he did on his return to Honolulu was to send her a grand piano for the use of her girls--the girls with whom he had played croquet.