Then he explained the state of affairs to his mother and son.

And there was no time to explain the situation to your mother.

And how on earth would she explain it to her mother?

And she could not, never explain to her mother.

"Rather as though I was something dangerous and ready to explode," she explained to her mother later.

And besides, how would she ever explain to her mother?

She then explains to her mother that the fight between them was simply over Joe.

I told him right away - trying to explain to your mother how you picked it up from a Haitian girl.

She tried to explain this to her mother that evening, but it was no use.

She could not explain to her mother why she had to go back.