Reason has nothing to do with your actions.

What! did this child encourage me in such an expedition! Would she not be afraid to join it herself?
And she was driving me to it, one whom she loved! I was disconcerted, and, if I must tell the whole truth, I was ashamed.
"Graeuben, we will see whether you will say the same thing to-morrow." "To-morrow, dear Axel, I will say what I say to-day." Graeuben and I, hand in hand, but in silence, pursued our way.

The emotions of that day were breaking my heart.
After all, I thought, the kalends of July are a long way off, and between this and then many things may take place which will cure my uncle of his desire to travel underground.
It was night when we arrived at the house in Koenigstrasse.

I expected to find all quiet there, my uncle in bed as was his custom, and Martha giving her last touches with the feather brush.
But I had not taken into account the Professor's impatience.

I found him shouting--and working himself up amidst a crowd of porters and messengers who were all depositing various loads in the passage.