I endeavoured to say that I knew he was far more capable than I of deciding what we ought to do, but was he sure that this was right? Could I not go forward by myself in search of--I grasped his hand again in my distress and whispered it to him--of my own mother.

I tried to say that he was far more capable than I of deciding what we ought to do, but was he sure that this was right? Could I not go forward by myself in search of - I grasped his hand again in my distress and whispered - of my own mother?
