`` then i insist on being with you when you tell her . '' he called over his shoulder before closing the door . i would have felt better if we could just leg it and try to make it further away from the brute that was grazing for food somewhere near by . he had reasons to be thankful , he supposed . telling me i 'm just playing at being like them . she chews on her dessert studying the bare wall . 'surely , i said , 'you do not mind letting me know so much . ' 