`` and by the way , i take back my best behavior comment . '' `` he does n't understand why he 's involved . you dont need a shower , do you ? the old woman places her purse beside her in the booth , then looks at me . but then she could scarcely talk when she was clinging to a horse for dear life . but i have seen the other side of the tunnel which opens near the river . he was passed out on the porch . `` we 're almost there , '' he said . 