i went on to the rabbi , `` we laid the marble floors of his house years ago , '' i said . i ca n't tell how she feels from her hollow voice , so i ask a question i dread . perhaps that will jar your memory . `` once you 're squared away , and i do n't have to worry about the debt i owe the two of you . why did you tell me the truth about the ring beings ? but she thought it was a logical question . ' 