the problem is that most people decide sometime around ninth grade that it is not . what a wonder it was to be able to ask for something-no matter how unusual-and have it located and brought to him , often within the hour ! was she supposed to give up her new job back home , because he was ready to move to her city to be with her in some blind leap of faith ? `` paulie said something about that , too . it wasnt much after noon when he arrived at the empress tea shop . 