`` they say it took three days to find enough of him to fit in a shoe box , '' she said . she was sitting opposite him at the glass-topped table at the far end of the kitchen . she straightened her jacket and checked her pistol , then walked inside . from her tone , she sounded as though she 'd wound those chopsticks into her bun a bit too tightly . he knew it was so sensitive as to almost hurt and would be for a few more minutes . hey , how about we turn on the radio ? 