the speakers were thundering out loud , fast rock , and i glanced at the clock . but it wasnt work all the time . besides our special patients , she will nurse the villagers . he had taken a couple of photographs , but ralph could tell the photographer , as tired as he was , was itching to move deeper into the underground city . i hoped to be gone by then . what is the boy to me ? '' i do n't think we spoke our first words to one another for weeks after i was hired . 