i dont know how long i lay there for , but eventually i forced myself to move , slowly and deliberately . `` i do n't care if they like me . it was as if king and his men had disappeared off the face of the planet . `` as soon as you take care of me . '' `` i ... lord , i still do n't understand any of this . both stared at one another , wide-eyed , for a moment . he must be known in the pavilion . her mother made sure no man came near her . 