and you know it , or you would n't be admitting you 're wrong . '' the door swung in the fury of the storm , banging against the wall so hard it knocked down the picture hanging next to it . what few people there were , moved slowly , like the dead . it 's not worth getting worked up about , anyway . so , he begins , looking over at me . a few years back this other couple from church-friends of theirs-had a son who got some girl pregnant and refused to marry her . 