let 's see ... something like `` corn be ripe , nuts be brown , petticoats up ... `` something . '' `` nick , '' i mumbled , forcing my eyes wide as the cold pavement met my rear . angelica , my god , you can move . she looked determined and fierce , like she was ready to fight an army . but they never timed it right and so they never ended up together . you mean you will come up north ? 