as he looked on , jess placed the base of the wine bottle inside it and , holding the two together carefully , she stood alongside the hotel and thumped them hard against the wall . she might be able to sell this without it , but a broken board added that extra touch that made her look like easy pickings , a scared little girl out of options . in the west , some miles distant and near the borders that were the end of the civilized world , fighting had already begun . an interesting book on how males relate to dogs . 