i did n't know i 'd have to spend two hours milking goats . `` what 's done is done , '' he said quietly . cursing the insects he stirred up , he worked back to the thicket of young trees . i helped with the harvest and everything . `` i 'm going with you , '' she told him . it was a way out of the conversation , an escape from his proximity . `` goodness , he 's going to serenade her ! because that was n't exactly sexy times for her . 