time was pressing on many fronts and stalling knew it was time to take a calculated risk . we ca n't think about things in the right way to understand them . and her cousin was the only one at the gas pumps . the president is in the office and will be alone for the next hour . he got up anyway but made no move to follow me as i started to scurry away . i 'd expected he would have a nice home . i decided to get down to business . first order of business - make him shorter . '' 