But there could be no doubt in his mind. Any way that did not lead him back into the old temptation was the right way.
If coming across the post-girl was temptation, there was no way in this district that did lead the right way.
Then he must depart to where there was.
Leave Cliff Wrangham altogether?
Precisely.
Why should he leave Cliff Wrangham—that is, before the Other One returned? Was he an infant that he must be packed off into the corner in disgrace, because he could n't be trusted?
He had proved himself an infant by the mere fact that he was no longer to be trusted. In other words, he had broken his trust.
He denied it. He 'd broken nothing.
When a nursemaid, who 's been warned, lets a child....
Oh, damn the nursemaid and the child, too! Serve it jolly right if she did. He was n't a nursemaid.