do you think this means the floods over ? `` you look a little pale , '' he commented , removing the lid from the strawberry jam . he had not told his wife about the earlier conversation with harry rex , mainly because the price , whatever it happened to be , was far out of their range . i swear the man took longer than me getting ready . except for us crashing through the tall grass . having her here , where he had no defenses , was too risky . 