`` that 's twice now those knives have tasted my blood . '' id look rather foolish for me to claim to be a queen , and then hide behind someone else . he wanted it to mean something to her , too . pat lowered himself into the man 's face . b looked out over the rolling hills like the answer to her problem was somewhere over there . i hope to see you in the next life . '' it seemed only a few hours to me since i sat on the riverbank , writing my notes . 