`` Two good , sweet women , '' he said . `` True and faithful and to be depended on . Your husbands will have honor in the gates because of you -- your children will rise up and call you blessed in the years to come . '' There was a strange solemnity about the little scene . Anne and Leslie bowed as those receiving a benediction . Gilbert suddenly brushed his hand over his eyes ; Owen Ford was rapt as one who can see visions . All were silent for a space . The little house of dreams added another poignant and unforgettable moment to its store of memories . `` I must be going now , '' said Captain Jim slowly at last . He took up his hat and looked lingeringly about the room . `` Good night , all of you , '' he said , as he went out . Anne , pierced by the unusual wistfulness of his farewell , ran to the door after him . `` Come back soon , Captain Jim , '' she called , as he passed through the little gate hung between the firs . `` Ay , ay , '' he called cheerily back to her . But Captain Jim had sat by the old fireside of the house of dreams for the last time . Anne went slowly back to the others . `` It 's so -- so pitiful to think of him going all alone down to that lonely Point , '' she said . `` And there is no one to welcome him there . '' `` Captain Jim is such good company for others that one ca n't imagine him being anything but good company for himself , '' said Owen . `` But he must often be lonely .
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