it happened that this was the last of the continental excursions of the bannerworths , for , before another year rolled round , the generous relative who had supplied them with the means of making such delightful trips was no more ; and , likewise , the death of the father had occurred in the manner we have related , so that there was no chance as had been anticipated and hoped for by flora , of meeting charles holland on the continent again , before his two years of absence from england should be expired .