He said twice over before he knew himself:
"Can't a man speak of his own child he's lost?""Not you!'-'Oh, where's my hat? Oh, I don't need it!
I must get out of here. I must get air.'-
I don't know rightly whether any man can." (Robert Frost)

He said twice over before he knew himself: "Can't a man speak of his own child he's lost?""Not you!'-'Oh, where's my hat? Oh, I don't need it! I must get out of here. I must get air.'- I don't know rightly whether any man can."

Robert Frost

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