`` he stamped out , then , slammin ' the door , and joanie and i rushed up to mam , both shriekin ' our heids off , for we thought she was deid ... but she got up onto her hands and knees and told us it was all right , it would be all right-and her swayin ' to and fro , with her cap fallen off and strings of bloody snot dripping from her face onto the floor ...