three or four logs done , and i 'm wiped out . she had no more time to waste looking back . 'i ... no ... ' for lack of thought to do anything else , for lack of voice to say anything better , he shook his burning head . but how long had it taken her to learn those spells ? he reached for the gate and pulled the handle . as they got out of the cab at the opera house , mary ann gasped in surprise . im sure shell be all right . 