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Mother , that ca n't be ? '' But she was silent . Then Elizabeth came up behind him and got into the carriage ; there were no good-bys between them . `` I shall come to town to-morrow on the noon train , '' he told his mother ; and she looked at him as one looks at another human creature who turns his face toward the wilderness . There was nothing more that she could do for him ; he must hunger and know how he might be fed ; he must hear the lying whisper that if he broke the Law , angelic hands would prevent the law from breaking him ; he must see the Kingdom he desired , the glory of it , and its easy price . He must save himself . Elizabeth , groping for Mrs. Richie 's hand , held it tightly in hers , and the old carriage began its slow tug along the road that wound in and out among the dunes ... .