like very distant cousins or something ? she wound around the front of the motel and followed signs for room 105 . i walk back to the banquet scene slowly , and by now , the dog has been wrapped in a tablecloth , rolled into a makeshift cardboard box , and left at the gate , where the animal shelter will pick it up in the morning . `` it 's down the block from my building . if i doubted that for a moment , i would step aside . 