<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishAkili yake groped kwa kitu kwamba karibu alikuja katika fahamu yake - baadhi ya inkling ya nini inapaswa kuwa kufanyika, au jinsi walikuwa wameshindwa.  <response>: His mind groped for something that almost came into his consciousness--some inkling of what should have been done, or how they had failed. 