“Then why not seek it?”
“You cannot climb.”
“What of that?”
“We will be saved together or die in each other’s company.”
“And you could save yourself?”
“Perhaps not.”
But Max was confident he could do it.
“Since you think that is impracticable, we must find some other way out.”
Ibrahim pleaded with Max, and implored him to save himself, but the American was firm.
When once he had resolved on a thing, nothing could cause him to change.