the lots had been designed with a building located in the middle of each one of them and yards and gardens all around the structure . `` i ca n't think of anything to write . '' well , even with the stormy sea down there , they still could take off , leave the same way they came in , and nothing would be made of it . `` you , my friend , get the pleasure of ... '' he paused for dramatic effect . as eve watched , he pulled out his gun and checked the clip . 