she had n't known he had lost so much . she put it back into the laundry basket and padded barefoot to the shower . he tasted hot and minty , just as i remembered . kit drove home , some four hours after they had left . `` and when there is a new slave he is always the one . and , if the last two months were anything to go by , she did n't think she would make it for another two months let alone more than a decade . 