the master mason then speaks to me . i wrapped myself in a large red bath towel and fell into a golden chair . and why does vee smell like a perfume factory ? '' she had been standing all that time on the seventy-fifth anniversary float , holding on to a metal bar that was all that passed for safety on this moving contraption . `` you 're not thinking of living back there , are you ? '' i 'm just waiting for her to be ready . '' `` 'did n't mind ' is n't the same as liking it . '' 