with a smile , she slipped her sweater over her head and tossed it on a chair . summer will end soon enough , and childhood as well . you must not eat anything after midnight the day before . he sounded like a scratchy radio recording . that crack has been there since i was seven years old . now you must get the last piece . '' she had fallen on her knees before him , and now he bent toward her . `` and how are you doing this ? she had no luggage ; all fur coat and no knickers . 