when we all nodded , she lowered her voice . $ 85 is almost a full day 's pay . '' and if there 's any way i can make it up to you , i will . `` lucas ... '' he did n't even look up from his desk . but now , just for this moment in time , i know that this statement is absolutely , positively , true . `` but that i deserve , i imagine , being a demon of might . the way she figured , it was okay for poets to be quirky . 