if you like to leave this island this year than it will be best to work with me . and i do n't mean maybe all the rain somehow made it look a little better . `` it would save us a lot of later communication . they all knew what this was . she whispered his name as if she were frightened . he never stopped , could never have stopped . `` after a minute , i went over to the fence , thinking i 'd go through the gate and knock on the sliding glass door on the patio . '' 