the wind is biting but welcome . `` they 're paying me well now . '' `` i ca n't believe you fell for that . the boys mother had noticed the empty sleeve and pointedly looked everywhere else after that . i think that angel you told me about has just come into me , she murmured . i took ever-smaller steps , not daring to believe , and yet , as he rose and stood there , as he breathed the same air , i knew that he was flesh and blood . do you need help finding a hotel ? '' 