see , i have put no meat in the pot , only grain and roots , so you will eat it . some people say dogs should n't get it , but in small amounts , it 's fine . '' evidently the job was to be treated as a kind of ritual or meditation . he pressed his hand against the column , and the world hissed into a solid dark gray . i said it as though it were a question . `` do n't you think she 'd rather marry a college graduate than a hospital orderly ? '' 