Chapter 24
Had he possessed plenty of leisure, Robert would have been glad to remain in Boston long enough to see the principal objects of interest in the city and its vicinity, but he never for a moment forgot that his time was not his own. He had entered the service of the hermit, and every day's delay was so much additional expense to his employer. True, Gilbert Huet was a rich man, as he had himself acknowledged, but Robert was conscientious, and felt that this would not justify him in gratifying himself at the expense of the man who had so trusted him. Robert felt proud of this trust**** very unusual proof of confidence in a boy so young and inexperienced as he was*** he was ambitious to justify it. I am sure, therefore, that he would have had little satisfaction in postponing it out of regard
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