we sat in silence for a bit and she never took her eyes off me . also there was a knife rack to one side , holding four or five good-sized nice . she found a thick sweater and pulled it on over her long-sleeved t-shirt . `` that 's right , sir , to you , '' the black rat told him . he ended the message by saying that maybe one day they might meet once again and that maybe they would get off to a better start . 