`` just exactly was it that this friend of ours did that he was not supposed to do ? '' by the time he walked out , she was sitting at the side of her bed , off the phone , her dancing eyes came direct to him and her mouth moved . she opened the door and allowed him inside . she let go of another deadly growl . how could something misty - something practically invisible - compare to ivory ? in reality it had been just less than a fortnight . 