bertram exited his bedroom complaining of a stomach ache , apologized to mag , said hed be just a minutetold her to ask me about ittapped around on the kitchen counter for something , settled on some brochure for specialty gifts , mag asking if he wanted her to get him a book or something , he sort of grunting , chuckling , said that he just needed something , tapped the curled up catalogue to his forehead , said it would do .