`` you entered my room a few minutes ago waving that envelope and i accepted it . i should have checked the vehicle before we left . his black eyes were tender as he wrapped his arms around her and rocked her back and forth , the way he had done all her life . some students who lived in one of the flats across the canal were blasting music . he slowed his car , as he looked at the house numbers , until he spotted her place . just take out your knife and try to stab me . 