Question

this is a questions from the Book of Icse
belong chapter the heart and hearts​

Answer 1

Mr.Easton was being taken to Leavenworth prison for 7 years for counterfeiting.Hence he says his butterfly days(leisure days) were over as his freedom had been curtailed.Note that Miss Fairchild was under the impression that since he was marshal he would have been busy and hence he says his butterfly days were over