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For the next hour the three men talked, each telling his story, and trying to explain the whys and wherefores of what he had seen. In the end all agreed on one point: if they were to fight this enemy, they must have ships that could travel though space with speed to match that of the invaders, ships with a self-contained source of power.
Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof.
Some explanations were offered, some arguments arose as to the whys and wherefores of this state of affairs. A few maintained that the lions had always been found there before; it was strange they should have gone. A theory was advanced that the rains were late and the country was unusually dry, so that the game had shifted to better pastures. Perhaps some water hole they depended on had failed.
Just one half hour with her face to face. Then, shut the door and, good-bye! What was there to fear? He could control himself. But after all these weeks, after their conversation of the night before, to go away without a word would be discourteous unkind even almost a confession to her of the whys and wherefores of what he had done. He had a book of hers which he had promised to return.
Nunn was one of those wise men who know how to obey orders without self-questionings as to the whys and wherefores. I had secured gun licenses from the authorities, and, giving them to Nunn, ordered him to bring a breech-loader and a brace of revolvers with him. During my stay in the Isle of Pines I would be out of reach of the outside world.
Folks wondered, of course, how two people who were so pitiably poor could afford to give a big feast, but to all who knew the whys and wherefores it seemed perfectly natural. As a matter of fact, when the seine-maker was a rich man he gave his two sons a farmstead each. The elder son wasted his substance in much the same way as Ol' Bengtsa himself had done, and died poor.
"She is just as the Lord has permitted her to be; and we are thankful that she has filled our home with so much light and joy." "I know she must be dutiful; and at the same time wishing to know the whys and wherefores of things, she asks a few questions, I suspect, that she may know something, and have an opinion of her own."
They're not sailing till Wednesday, and as they've a suite engaged, the best on the ship, Mrs. Ess Kay says, your going won't put them out a bit, and they'll love having you. As for the whys and wherefores, Mother's been telling you, hasn't she?" "She talked about my health and valuable experiences, and a lot of things in the air, but I feel there's something behind it, and I hate mysteries "
Well, the mystery of her actions remained, but he was no longer the broken noble. So why should he puzzle over the whys and wherefores of her motives? Ah! and would he not dig his hands deep into the dusty sacks of gold and silver? Life again, such as he craved; good cigars and good wine and pretty women who were no ardent followers of Minerva.
She had come to Lady Henry firmly determined to marry as soon and as well as she could to throw off the slur on her life to regularize her name and place in the world. And then the possible heir of the Chudleighs proposes to her and she rejects him! It was sometimes difficult for her now to remember all the whys and wherefores of this strange action of which she was secretly so proud.
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