Mr. Bailey yawned and asked, "Lola, where have you been? Why didn't you tell your old man before you went out?"
Mr. Bailey waited for his daughter to come back, just for the sake of waiting. All the interrogations were influenced by that Hiram Bailey.
For example:
'You might become a grandfather next year!'
'After your daughter gets married, you won't see her for 365 days out of a year!'
'The road to your daughter's Maternal Home is the longest road!'
'Your daughter might suffer at her husband's family...'
Blabbering on and on, Hiram had brainwashed Mr. Bailey with a bunch of ideas.
Successfully brainwashed, Mr. Bailey sensed the crisis, so he yawned nonstop while waiting with the boys.
Lola Hussey honestly replied, "I went to bring Ethan some food."
"He isn't starving. Doing so in the daytime might be acceptable, but you rushed there late at night and only just came back. Don't you know that we were all worried about you?" Hiram said.