`` what on earth are you playing at ? '' hank looked at lee and shook his head . not the way i do with you . '' eyes cast black like a reptile , and a narrow forked tongue . `` of course , when she 's with her uncle . '' in saying that , i know you 're going to be a good girl . walter trotted briskly ahead and sat with a thump by his dish . `` one for which we can change the rules at any time . '' 