She had indeed come back to him changed.
He reproached himself bitterly.
Why had he insisted on her going?
She had a sorrow at her heart, now, that no hand could heal—not even his.
Time only could soften her grief—time—and—
CHAPTER III
AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
Those first days following Peg's return found father and child nearer each other than they had been since that famous trip through Ireland, when he lectured from the back of his historical cart.
She became O'Connell's amanuensis. During the day she would go from library to library in New York, verifying data for her father's monumental work. At night he would dictate and she would write. O'Connell took a newer and more vital interest in the book, and it advanced rapidly toward completion.