lucas closed the drawer with his foot and folded his hands on the desk . `` you do n't have to , '' he said , pulling her on top of him . the grandfather clock that had n't worked in the past fifty years suddenly chimed in the sitting room . the last guy was much shorter than everybody else and was wearing a black sweater , with shorts and sandals . if i stay with them , is there anything beyond that at all ? `` yeah , and a week ago forty-five people were still alive . 