`` Knew what a woman feels about it , '' she concluded lamely . `` I think I do know . I 've looked at the matter from every point of view -- and I 've been driven to the conclusion that it is my duty to tell Leslie that I believe it is possible that Dick can be restored to himself ; there my responsibility ends . It will be for her to decide what she will do . '' `` I do n't think you 've any right to put such a responsibility on her . She has enough to bear . She is poor -- how could she afford such an operation ? '' `` That is for her to decide , '' persisted Gilbert stubbornly . `` You say you think that Dick can be cured . But are you SURE of it ? '' `` Certainly not . Nobody could be sure of such a thing . There may have been lesions of the brain itself , the effect of which can never be removed . But if , as I believe , his loss of memory and other faculties is due merely to the pressure on the brain centers of certain depressed areas of bone , then he can be cured . '' `` But it 's only a possibility ! '' insisted Anne . `` Now , suppose you tell Leslie and she decides to have the operation . It will cost a great deal . She will have to borrow the money , or sell her little property . And suppose the operation is a failure and Dick remains the same .
`` How will she be able to pay back the money she borrows , or make a living for herself and XXXXX big helpless creature if she sells the farm ? ''
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