ill come down when i have news . `` then how do you explain what is going on ? '' they went into the trucking business . `` the band which took us was small , around twenty-five men . i took my meals alone , and i had classes with irene nearly every day . her mind raced for a lie or an explanation , but none came . she rolled in new paper and started typing again , smiling , her fingers flying like hungry swallows . you and your sheep are proving nothing ! '' 