That was why I left hurriedly--before I should be forced to make any complaints.' "He stopped--exhausted already by what he had said.

'And I have so much to say to him,' he whispered regretfully to himself.
"'I know,' said Jack sadly.

'I understood it all before you had left many months.' "Mr.Sawyer looked pleased but surprised.
"'It is very kind of you to speak so,' he said.

'I remember that dear little brother of yours when he came to see me off that last morning--I remember his saying, 'I'm sure Jack would have come if he had thought of it.' You don't know what a comfort the remembrance of that boy has been to me sometimes.

You must tell him so.