she stared at him , then burst into giggles . what bray saw of her caused him to suppress all reaction . without a doubt , the sounds carried up from somewhere below , near the stairs on the first floor . `` these are things i need to know , '' he said . he says there 's no limit to these things . he could hardly see the reasoning in most things these days . and then he walked out like he had everything he wanted in the palm of his hand . 