robin repeated the new word triumphantly , then he immediately sat down on the floor and hugged the stuffed animal to his chest and started rocking it . still , the selfish part of me fills with disappointment . now i know we can pull this off . if the key was twisted an instant too late , it would not work . look , are you- '' `` do n't go , '' i said . it was nearly ten o'clock now . he was no better than a common thief as far as i was concerned , plain and simple . 