It was my own thought at first.

Then in a moment I saw the relief it was to my mother--my poor mother! Erminia, the thought of her grief at Edward's absence is the trial; for my sake, you will come often and often, and comfort her in every way you can." "Yes! that I will; tell me everything I can do for you." Kissing each other, with long lingering delay they parted.
Nancy would be informed of the cause of the commotion in the house; and when she had in some degree ascertained its nature, she wasted no time in asking further questions, but quietly got up and dressed herself; and appeared among them, weak and trembling, indeed, but so calm and thoughtful, that her presence was an infinite help to Maggie.
When day closed in, Edward stole down to the house once more.

He was haggard enough to have been in anxiety and concealment for a month.

But when his body was refreshed, his spirits rose in a way inconceivable to Maggie.

The Spaniards who went out with Pizarro were not lured on by more fantastic notions of the wealth to be acquired in the New World than he was.