simply down the elevator , through the glass and steel foyer and out onto the street and there it was , as if she had been patiently waiting for him all morning , just sitting there like a street vendors display item , on the edge of what was a broken wall lining the front of what would soon be converted into a twenty story block of condos in as little as six months ( that is , if the builders didnt find something to strike over , and the culprit banyan roots responsible for the disintegration of the stone wall wasnt properly dealt with , as its roots grew more and more confident when it came to demolishing brickwork ) .