`` i hate to be the one to break this to you , sweetie . '' he smiled and patted the mattress . who would drive the hardest bargain ? i think youre sufficiently paying for that now . we 're trying to get all the ones that were stolen back . `` i think we should get back as soon as possible , '' said louis . it covered the whole forty-fifth floor . in the gloom , a pattern had been done in dark green tiles against a white background . she found herself wanting to know everything about him . 