"Father is afraid that he has committed some misdeed, and is in hiding; but we say nothing about it.

We have not seen him for some weeks, and to tell the truth, this trip is as much to see what has become of him, as to make a demand upon him for the money.

As he lives alone, he might lie there ill, and no one would know anything about it.

The last time that we knew of his coming to the village was to draw quite a sum of money from the bank.

It annoyed father, for he said he might take some of it to pay his debts.