where are the last fifty pages to my book ? in a few moments time they were moving up a long set of wooden stairs to a landing . `` you keep calling them 'beasts , ' so i have to wonder . '' his face grew crimson , then a dark shade of purple . thick coke-bottle glasses might be helpful . '' two long lashes , as well as a small prick ... hey ! and he did n't think she would ever stop . `` this is a serious topic ; it 's not some silly joke . 