Yet that which had been might again be.

This mystery about the new cutting--Nell was evidently the only person acquainted with it.
Now, if fresh dangers were in store for the miners of Aberfoyle, how were they possibly to be guarded against, without so much as knowing the cause of them?
"Nell has persisted in keeping silence," said James Starr very often, "but what she has concealed from others, she will not long hide from her husband.

Any danger would be danger to Harry as well as to the rest of us.

Therefore, a marriage which brings happiness to the lovers, and safety to their friends, will be a good marriage, if ever there is such a thing here below." Thus, not illogically, reasoned James Starr.

He communicated his ideas to old Simon, who decidedly appreciated them.