he closed his eyes for a moment , to stop me looking in . your people have been here since 9 this morning , setting everything up . gods , how he loved hearing that , like a balm on his pride . there was , surely , aside from the bigger stream that formed part of trail stop 's boundary before joining with the river . `` well , you did say i would n't be needing a bathing suit . '' `` i know what you 're driving at . your brothers and i share that with you . ' 