he stroked my cheek and brushed his fingers against my lips . he would n't look at me after that comment . what did you do before you was a priest ? he starts making clucking sounds like a parrot or something , he laughed . they would indeed have a lovely home for the baby , but not at the moment . he peered into the troop compartment at her prisoner . i was staying at a friends lake cabin in michigan , with nothing to read except an assortment of old paperbacks people had left behind . 