AlthoughDanielhimselfwasunreasoning，hasty，impulsive——inaword，oftenthinkingandactingveryfoolishly——yet，somehow，eitherfromsomequalityinhischaracter，orfromtheloyaltyofnatureinthosewithwhomhehadtodealinhisevery—daylife，hehadmadehisplaceandpositionclearasthearbiterandlaw—giverofhishousehold。Onhisdecision，asthatofhusband，father，master，perhapssuperiornatureswaited。Sonowthathewasgoneandhadlefttheminsuchstrangenewcircumstancessosuddenly，itseemedasthoughneitherBellnorSylviaknewexactlywhattodowhentheirgriefwasspent，somuchhadeveryhouseholdactionandplanbeenregulatedbythethoughtofhim。MeanwhilePhiliphadslowlybeenarrivingattheconclusionthathewasmorewantedatMonkshaventolookafterDaniel\'sinterests，tolearnwhatwerethelegalprobabilitiesinconsequenceoftheoldman\'sarrest，andtoarrangeforhisfamilyaccordingly，thanstandingstillandsilentintheHaytersbankkitchen，toofulloffellow—feelingandheavyforebodingtocomfort，awkwardlyunsympatheticinappearancefromtheveryachingofhisheart。
Sowhenhisaunt，withinstinctivesenseofregularityandpropriety，begantoputawaythescarcelytasteddinner，andSylvia，blindedwithcrying，andconvulsivelysobbing，wasyettryingtohelphermother，Philiptookhishat，andbrushingitroundandroundwiththesleeveofhiscoat，said，——
\'IthinkI\'lljustgoback，andseehowmattersstand。\'Hehadamoredistinctplaninhisheadthanthesewordsimplied，butitdependedonsomanycontingenciesofwhichhewasignorantthathesaidonlythesefewwords;andwithasilentresolutiontoseethemagainthatday，butadreadofbeingcompelledtoexpresshisfears，sofarbeyondtheirs，hewentoffwithoutsayinganythingmore。ThenSylvialifteduphervoicewithagreatcry。Somehowshehadexpectedhimtodosomething——what，shedidnotknow;buthewasgone，andtheywereleftwithoutstayorhelp。
\'Hushthee，hushthee，\'saidhermother，tremblingalloverherself;
\'it\'sforthebest。TheLordknows。\'