Stephen pondered not a little on this meeting with his old friend and once-beloved exemplar. He was grieved, for amid all the distractions of his latter years a still small voice of fidelity to Knight had lingered on in him.

斯蒂芬对这次与他的老朋友和曾经深爱的榜样的会面进行了大量思考。他很伤心，因为在他晚年的种种纷扰中，一个对奈特忠诚的微小声音一直萦绕在他的心中。