`` you any idea what is going on ? '' my eyes arrow right down the black silk-clad foot toward her inner thigh and in the dim light of the taxi there are enticing shadows cast by the valley between her legs . `` hold still , '' i say , and straighten his crown . `` out with it , woman , whatever it is , '' he said . there was something in him that went beyond steel . or passed out , however you wanted to label it . it was easier than running around in circles . 