`` i think we 'd better stop here for the night , '' he decided . pressing his lips together , he glanced down and then focused back on the line . `` thought i might , you know , curve something . '' well then , i guess well have to scoop half of it out . we stopped seeing each other several months ago . is he really ready to hear that stuff ? `` he ca n't , '' he said from the gloom on the other side of the carriage . 