You have asked me a question which I have not been able to answer.

I can, however, give you some advice which I will guarantee to be excellent--some advice which you will do well to follow.

Shall I go on ?" "If you please!" "Do not seek to unravel any further what may seem to you to be the mystery of your father's disappearance from the world.

Depend upon it, his action was of his own free will, and he had excellent reasons for it.

If he had wished you to know them he would have communicated with you.