"I don't see why everybody tries to keep me from seeing Bogie Man," said Billy.
"Because you want to see him," said Gammon.
"That's no reason," said Billy.
"Certainly not—there's no reason about any of us, most of all Bogie Man. You know the old proverb says—
'He that will not when he may Will live to fight another day.'
I suppose you would say there was no reason to that."
"I certainly should," said Billy.
"And there you are wrong," answered Gammon; "there is a reason for all things, only some things have lost their reason."
"Now you've contradicted yourself," said Billy; "you just said that there was no reason about any of you."