hes out , said rose , the only student in the place , as teacher reached the door to the office . `` would you please be kind enough to take your jacket off and roll your sleeves up ? '' i wan na hear some more of your friends story , he said . under the house , beneath a small parking structure i was clearly too low in the chain to have a spot in , were access points to underground tunnels that ran parallel to the city 's extensive sewer system . 