He's made good.

I doubted, but you knew him best and you believed." "Agatha's tired," Mrs.Farnam broke in.

"She needs a rest and I'm going to get her some food.

You can ask her what you like when I bring her back." "I suppose you want to satisfy your curiosity first," Farnam suggested.
"We're not going to talk about _mining_," Mrs.Farnam rejoined.
"However, I must do you justice; you took Agatha's side from the first.
After all, your judgment's good now and then." She took Agatha away and when they had gone George remarked: "I can't grip the thing yet.

It's hard to get rid of a fixed idea you've had from boyhood.