but ninety-nine times out of a hundred , i 'm working on skeletons . it was a good word , she said , because it warned people not to go in . she had nothing , no tools , no food , no idea where to go . the old man knew he did not get a particularly long education . you want him so bad , you can have him . '' the ring is no longer there , but the habit is hard to break . oh , was that supposed to be some kind of scary warning ? 