brought in her scent , breathing deep , letting it mellow him . apparently , not as well as id thought i did . he had not gone and caught a ship on the day that - on the day that he would rather not think about . he opened the door to the utility shed , and went outside . `` evenings at the house , suppers , '' he explained . `` oh , you do n't have to , '' the woman said . all i could do was wait until the time came to battle her . 