Explore "The Wood-Pigeons and Mary" by Mary Louisa Molesworth on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
It was not easy for either Mary or her aunt to keep up their spirits when the two days were over, and from the drawing-room window they watched their dear Mike driving away.
"To think," said his mother, almost in a whisper, "to think of the long, long way he is going -- and the many, many days and nights that must pass before we see him again, and all the dangers and risks he must pass through -- " but a tiny sob beside her made her stop short.