please , '' i said again , and i did n't care how desperate i sounded . they 'd each go off to college , losing themselves in their new lives , seeing each other only at thanksgiving or christmas or during the summer . i dont think he is that smart . she got up and walked out into the hall . was this what his brothers had felt when they 'd first met their wives ? my earlier impulse to investigate the scene had caught up to me . there were three of them , all on thanksgiving break from college . 