`` it 's all right , '' she said , reaching for the door handle . `` jesus , it 's not that at all . `` i do n't think that i should keep doing this . `` do n't you leave me , either of you , you ca n't ! '' i knew i could go on , knowing that . by the time he returned to the bedroom , a square wooden table and two straight-backed chairs were positioned in front of the fire . 