for a birthday present , since i did not even get a ball . `` so why did n't he kill you ? '' 'this is more to my liking , ' said the dwarf , stamping on the stones . he was in her so deep . we moved into her room , where she shut the door behind us . we drove to a place far enough away where no one would recognize me . he placed one hand on the lever of an enormous wheel , the other on an iron chain , listening for footsteps coming from the hall . 