'That may be,' said he; 'and yet I believe, as well as you know it, you would do the same, unless it is because, as you told me, you have a mother there.'
--Il se peut, dit-il; et pourtant je crois, si bien que tu le connaisses, que tu ferais de même; à moins que ce ne soit, ainsi que tu me l'as dit, parce que tu as ta mère là-bas.