she slipped across the room to where the display case rested on a table against the far wall . another candidate for the rubber room . he said that to me once , i remember . her heart beat rapidly every time she thought of his excitement to see her . there was no doubt the man could pack a wallop if he wanted to . the wise thing to do would be to let it slide , and see if it came up again . the other one stuck his tongue at us and started to cry . 