he sat surrounded by the hounds , and he expected them to bribe him . you just expect it to be served up on a silver platter . `` everything ties back to that prehistoric tree . he wandered back through the rows of shelves . one-hundred and twenty-two years and nothing ever changes ! what the f**k is this all about ? '' as always , when someone does anything really nice for me , my eyes start to well up . one of the guests snorted a laugh but i could n't determine which of the ladies had done it . 