`` i 'm a lot better than i was last night , '' i said as i obeyed her and took a seat at the wooden kitchen table . as i fixed my hair and did my make-up i thought about what hed said about going to an exclusive restaurant . she turned back into the efficient dorm matron i knew . she had managed to cut him off at the pass this time , but what about the next and the next and the next ? she figured his curiosity would win out . 