`` oh , i 'm sorry to interrupt your feeding , then , dear . okay , maybe not , she responded in a quiet voice . maybe it was crazy to trust this woman when he 'd only known her such a short time . nevertheless , it is clear from your extreme exhaustion that you discovered how to spirit yourself out of that world to your home . the date was 21 , and the month was november . i should have known back then that our friendship was doomed . in one of the black tubes traveled an unconscious passenger . 