maybe because you want her for yourself ? '' is that what this is to you , a game ? goodness , that 's a nasty cut on your ear . ted could usually tell , from the mail on the kitchen table and the bumper stickers on the cars in the driveway , whether or not it would be a waste of time to look carefully for loose floorboards . he was prepared to kill me-in fact , if i 'm any judge , he needed to . for all their beauty , the insects were not very smart or very coordinated . 