he looked so pleased with himself . the conversation was evidently going to take some time . let 's get together and see if what we 're feeling is as real as it seems . because you feel sorry for me ? there were at least a hundred , maybe a thousand , reasons why she should leave now before she made a fool out of herself . the thought occurred to him that perhaps hed find some men working on the ruins , although there had been no sign of that sort of thing so far . 