they go on to toast his father and johns and maisie and the dummy and each other and anyone else they can think of , and they kiss once , he with an arm like a girder around her waist , and then they laugh and start all over again with the toasts , and by the time they are done she 's not exactly drunk but her thoughts are thick and soupy and once inside her room she feels like she could lie down and get an hour 's sleep , but she knows if she did she might not wake up till it 's too late , so she goes to the bathroom sink and splashes some water on her face and opens the window and walks around the room a few times and waits for time to speed back up to where it should be .