However, that is all past and gone now." "Oh, yes, and no harm done.

He fell into good hands, luckily.

You'll soon see the last of him now, of course." "Last of him?
Oh, no, I shall keep David," said Simeon Holly, with decision.
"Keep him! Why, father, you forget who he is! There are friends, relatives, an adoring public, and a mint of money awaiting that boy.
You can't keep him.

You could never have kept him this long if this little town of yours hadn't been buried in this forgotten valley up among these hills.

You'll have the whole world at your doors the minute they find out he is here--hills or no hills! Besides, there are his people; they have some claim." There was no answer.