`` i might object if you take a liking to a rat-catcher or an eighty-year-old grandfather , but other than that , i do n't much care who you marry . '' the smile on his face grew wider with each question i shot at him . `` so how come you do n't know anything ? '' the second soldier , further back , laughed . `` thanks , angel , if everything this was possible . '' if only we could hold onto that . chapter 12 we ride through the two trees and enter the dell . 