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"
Very
little
.
None
,
really
.
He
never
discussed
it
at
home
.
"
"
He
was
,
at
one
time
,
chief
engineer
of
the
Twentieth
Century
Motor
Company
?
"
"
Yes
.
He
had
been
employed
by
them
for
eighteen
years
.
"
"
I
wanted
to
ask
Mr
.
Hastings
about
his
work
there
and
the
reason
why
he
gave
it
up
.
If
you
can
tell
me
,
I
would
like
to
know
what
happened
in
that
factory
.
"
The
smile
of
sadness
and
humor
appeared
fully
on
Mrs
.
Hastings
’
face
.
"
That
is
what
I
would
like
to
know
myself
,
"
she
said
.
"
But
I
’
m
afraid
I
shall
never
learn
it
now
.
I
know
why
he
left
the
factory
.
It
was
because
of
an
outrageous
scheme
which
the
heirs
of
Jed
Starnes
established
there
.
He
would
not
work
on
such
terms
or
for
such
people
.
But
there
was
something
else
.
I
’
ve
always
felt
that
something
happened
at
Twentieth
Century
Motors
,
which
he
would
not
tell
me
.
"
"
I
’
m
extremely
anxious
to
know
any
clue
you
may
care
to
give
me
.
"
"
I
have
no
clue
to
it
.
I
’
ve
tried
to
guess
and
given
up
.
I
cannot
understand
or
explain
it
.
But
I
know
that
something
happened
.
When
my
husband
left
Twentieth
Century
,
we
came
here
and
he
took
a
job
as
head
of
the
engineering
department
of
Acme
Motors
.
It
was
a
growing
,
successful
concern
at
the
time
.
It
gave
my
husband
the
kind
of
work
he
liked
.
He
was
not
a
person
prone
to
inner
conflicts
,
he
had
always
been
sure
of
his
actions
and
at
peace
with
himself
.
But
for
a
whole
year
after
we
left
Wisconsin
,
he
acted
as
if
he
were
tortured
by
something
,
as
if
he
were
struggling
with
a
personal
problem
he
could
not
solve
.
At
the
end
of
that
year
,
he
came
to
me
one
morning
and
told
me
that
he
had
resigned
from
Acme
Motors
,
that
he
was
retiring
and
would
not
work
anywhere
else
.
He
loved
his
work
;
it
was
his
whole
life
.
Yet
he
looked
calm
,
self
-
confident
and
happy
,
for
the
first
time
since
we
’
d
come
here
.
He
asked
me
not
to
question
him
about
the
reason
of
his
decision
.
I
didn
’
t
question
him
and
I
didn
’
t
object
.
We
had
this
house
,
we
had
our
savings
,
we
had
enough
to
live
on
modestly
for
the
rest
of
our
days
.
I
never
learned
his
reason
.
We
went
on
living
here
,
quietly
and
very
happily
.
He
seemed
to
feel
a
profound
contentment
.
He
had
an
odd
serenity
of
spirit
that
I
had
never
seen
in
him
before
.
There
was
nothing
strange
in
his
behavior
or
activity
—
except
that
at
times
,
Very
rarely
,
he
went
out
without
telling
me
where
he
went
or
whom
he
saw
.
In
the
last
two
years
of
his
life
,
he
went
away
for
one
month
,
each
summer
;
he
did
not
tell
me
where
.
Otherwise
,
he
lived
as
he
always
had
.
He
studied
a
great
deal
and
he
spent
his
time
on
engineering
research
of
his
own
,
working
in
the
basement
of
our
house
.
I
don
’
t
know
what
he
did
with
his
notes
and
experimental
models
.
I
found
no
trace
of
them
in
the
basement
,
after
his
death
.
