he spoke to him in a strange tongue for a moment , then he said to him , this wound is not unto death . in fact , he 'd been counting on things playing out precisely as they were now . when he reached it , he stopped . she had lived here for two years . why did they kill your mother ? `` so ... so the pancakes were n't you either ? '' martin would not be foolish enough to try to collect the money so soon after the event . 