apart from the lounge , every floor needed something doing with it , so we decided to carpet the hall , stairs , and landing , then sand down and varnish the rest . he ran his hand through his hair and waved for one of the boys to come over . we cant afford to lose it now . `` hello , '' she said again , more loudly this time . `` what 're you doing yours on ? '' did she want to risk that again ? finally at about 3:30 am , my time zone , she answered . 