but i find i rather like the idea of you being where i am . '' i would like you to get to the point . '' she would smile , and she would gasp . i might have done any of those things , but i could n't speak . `` if you come work with me there 's no baggage attached to it . with careful movements , i slid out of the soft bed and padded gently across the floor to the open balcony . 