Or, if you prefer to remain with us, perhaps, as you are a shrewd youth, you may rise in the world, without the help of your kinsman, Major Molineux."(pg. 17). Robin is given the opportunity to move on and start a new quest, one that is even more challenging, but one that is much more rewarding as well.
In "Roger Malvin's Burial," the type of quest that the main character goes on is quite different from that of Robin. Reuben Bourne's quest begins in a very different way and under extremely different circumstances than did Robin's. Reuben is in the middle of a battle in New England, and a fellow soldier, Roger Malvin, is injured, and cannot go on. Malvin spoke to Bourne, "Reuben, my boy, this rock beneath which we site will serve for an old hunter's gravestone I will no longer burden you with my useless body if you hasten onward alone, you may be preserved." (pg. 19). After much emotion and talk, Reuben decides to carry on without Roger, but promises to give him a decent burial. "Return to this wild rock, and lay my bones in the grave, and say a prayer over them," Malvin requested (pg. 22). Reuben intended to tell Malvin's family about what had happened, but was ashamed to break the news. Unlike Robin in "My Kinsman, Major Molineux," Reuben does not want to go on his quest. He lives with the shame and indignity throughout his whole life, but never actually makes the commitment to return to the site of Malvin's death. He cannot overlook the fact that he left the man to die and never returned, nor can he confess that he was wrong in his actions. He finally destroys his guilt by killing his own son, as they stumbled onto the site where Malvin died in the forest. This is a shocking turn of events. Nonetheless, Reuben's overall quest can still be considered a success to some extent. His quest was to come back and bury, and pay respects to Roger Malvin. Although he does not bury him, he returns to the site accidentally, and makes a huge sacrifice to Malvin by killing his own son.