My first duty, directly I had succeeded in recalling the babe to life, was to restore it to its mother; but, in order to do so, I must have made close and careful inquiry, which would, in all probability, have led to my own apprehension;

• 我把那个孩子救活以后，我最应尽的责任就是应当马上把他送还给他的母亲，但那样做，我就免不了要被人细细地盘问，而一经盘问，我自己多半就会被人捉