Besides, of course, every month I am there I become better acquainted with the people, and can pass as a native more easily." "I am not really afraid, my boy.

You have got on so well that, it seems to me, God will surely protect you and bring you back safely.
And I can't help thinking that this time your search may be successful.

You know why I feel convinced that your father is still alive, and, in spite of past disappointments, I still cling to the belief." "Well, Mother, if he is to be found I will find him.

There are still many hill forts where he may be living, and his very existence forgotten, and until I have visited every one of them, I don't mean to give up the search.

Anyhow, I shall come back at the end of ten months, whether I have heard of him or not.