anna will be here sometime this afternoon for your first fitting . `` it 's not like he hit us or anything . '' why do they break that which will not obey them ? '' `` i 'm a vegetarian , '' she explained with controlled patience as if i should have known . why did n't you take the redhead up on her offer ? `` count to a thousand , '' he told him . not because i really wanted to , but because you deserve far , far better than me . '' 