You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.

No innocent person ever has an alibi.

The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.

There are many things that are unbelievable. Especially before breakfast, is it not? That is what one of your classics says. Six impossible things before breakfast.

you cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.

Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.

The simplest explanation is always the most likely.