Therefore the Captain was allowed to find a resting-place in Mrs. Greenow's drawing-room; but on the return of the young ladies from church, he was not there, and the widow was alone, "looking back," she said, "to things that were gone;--that were gone. 
However, when the young ladies returned from church, he was not there, and the widow was alone, "looking back," she said, "to things that were gone. 