“Because—oh, just because!”
“I think I understand. Your mother worries over you. She has tried to talk with you and tell you you were doing wrong. Am I not right?”
“She talked too much. That’s what drove me away from home.”
“Drove you away from home? Then you have left home?”
“Yes.”
“When?”
“A week ago.”
“Do your folks know where you are?”
“Yes.”
“And they let you go?”