She had run the store and taken care of him, and knew he would be lonely after she had gone.

Besides, I sometimes feel she thought he would follow and rejoin her soon.

It did not matter by what road he came." Agatha was silent for some moments because she was surprised and moved.
George had a keener imagination and saw farther than she thought.

It looked as if he had known her mother best.
"You loved her well and so you understood," she said.

"But the troubles she bore are done with, and now I stand alone.