down here , she could think , even as her lungs burned for air . `` i 'm scared half out of my wits ! you forgot to smile , she told him . my legs were too tired to navigate the stairs after my early six-mile run and the twenty-minute walk to the hospital . `` do you know where we could find one ? '' there are things that maybe , you should know by now , he paused , considering . he opened his mouth but closed it again and shook his head . 