He got very tired indeed, long before the forenoon was out.

He concluded that solitary imprisonment for years, in a gloomy dungeon, must be a terrible punishment indeed.
A year or two after this time, when Marco had been entirely cured of all such faults, he one day asked Forester to explain to him how he knew where he went on this memorable forenoon; and Forester willingly explained it to him.

It seems that Forester's father, though a very gentle and kind-hearted man, was a very shrewd one, and having been accustomed to the discovery, in the course of his practice, of all sorts of pranks and roguery, was less disposed to place confidence in others till he knew the confidence was deserved, than Forester himself was, who had less experience.

And when he knew that Forester had gone away, leaving Marco alone, he doubted a little whether he would remain industriously at his work.

While he was thinking of this, he heard a slight noise which Marco made with his feet against the clapboards of the house in getting out the window.