and took no end of pains with me.
"Then there was Norman; he
might have turned round and said at his age he could not be troubled with a raw boy from
the plow-tail, but he was like a father to me, and took no end of pains with me."
This quote is from the book 'Black Beauty' by Anna Sewell. I guess this phrase "took no end of pains with me" may mean he did his best to help him. Am I right?

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That’s right.  “Take pains” is an idiom meaning to make an effort or put in hard work.  Example:  “He took pains to make sure the house was beautifully decorated before the guests arrived.”