The Priest's Adventures in the Glen At first, of course, they saw or heard little of their father.

In general, however, they knew that his plan was to procure some employment in France, and to remove them there.

Their present strange abode was only an adventure and an episode, and they believed that any day they might receive instructions to commence their journey.
After a little while the pursuit relaxed.

The government, I believe, did not care, provided he did not obtrude himself, what became of him, or where he concealed himself.

At all events, the local authorities showed no disposition to hunt him down.