History may come to see that embrace as a gesture of fond farewell.

A good place, this, to say a fond farewell to one's son.

It was a fond farewell with promises that they would meet again.

"He offers a fond farewell on the chance that, I guess after all we've been through together, we might not see him again."

It's almost time for us here at Blast to say a fond farewell.

President Bush bid a fond farewell to his good friend and promised to follow him soon.

Oh, when we came to a lingering fond farewell, I was drunk.

"Good, because this is where I bid you a fond farewell."

And then, I'm afraid, we will have to bid them all a fond farewell.

So he was returning yesterday for more than just a fond farewell to his public.