`` this is a public place , and a fancy one . they scattered faster than a group of horses with a pit of snakes thrown into their corral . getting involved , i mean , against the advice of practically everybody ? she felt his breath , smelled something minty . perhaps she knew something , some way to save us . he moved into the brush and located his black army boots exactly where hed left them , with a change of dry clothes . i hesitated , not even wanting to say it out loud . 