peg continues , `` when you 're too much like them , the mystery 's gone . `` i wo n't be able to help you if you know it 's me . `` then ... just do n't tell him until i do . '' before long , we collapsed onto the bank . he grunted and loosened his hold . `` this is the only space i can think of for now . he had become an old man . i was staring at the painting , staring at these men who were indeed like angels . 