`` then stay still , your face down ! '' `` one could read anything into your face , '' i said . mommy , the presidents job is the best job in the world ! `` whoever would call upon us at such a late hour ? he concentrated on breathing ; it did n't seem like much , but if he did n't think about it , he stumbled into a place where panic was inches from his face , where he had to draw in great , sucking breaths just to survive . 