there is heat in the air and it makes my skin damp beneath the short leather dress i 'm wearing . he still looks amused but serious at the same time . `` i would n't think that makes it hurt any less , though . '' within the little building sat an old iron stove , a table and desk , and , stretching across the far wall , a hammock , the ropes of which had been chewed through in many places by some unknown animal . its more spectacular than anything i could have ever imagined . 