we talked about what it was like to work on the post bloody awful in weather like this- and where i would go after my foundation course away , anywhere- and as the warmth crept slowly through my limbs the perfume of paula subtly permeated the air ; her voice took on a fragrance , too , and washed over me , i was half inclined to close my eyes and curl up in that chair , as if the conversation was a bedtime story lulling me to sleep .