Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 24 Page 20

she muttered, in her strangely quiet voice, as if nobody should hear but him. ‘You’re not getting into a state, are you?

You’re not letting it make you hysterical?’

The curious challenge in the last words startled Gudrun.

‘I don’t think so, mother,’ he answered, rather coldly cheery.

‘Somebody’s got to see it through, you know.’

‘Have they? Have they?’ answered his mother rapidly. ‘Why should YOU take it on yourself? What have you got to do, seeing it through. It will see itself through. You are not needed.’

‘No, I don’t suppose I can do any good,’ he answered.