So, even if it should happen that I never come back again, you will not have yourself to blame, for it is not you that are sending me, but I who am going of my free will; and indeed, I feel it so much my duty that, even were you to turn round now and ask me to stay, I should still think it right to undertake this mission.
"But indeed, Mother, I see no great danger in it; in fact, scarcely any danger at all--at any rate, unless I find Father.

If I do so, there might certainly be risk in attempting to get him away; but this, if I am lucky enough in discovering him, will not weigh with me for an instant.

If I do not find him, it seems to me that the risk is a mere nothing.

Surajah and I will wander about, enlisting in the garrisons of forts.

Then, if we find there are no prisoners there, we shall take an early opportunity of getting away.