pushing open the door , his entrance was announced by a chorus of protesting hinges that sounded like cats being stripped of their skins . it was n't ever going to happen-at least not while he was alive to see it . 'where did you get it from ? ' ill take you up high into the mountains . '' i was already in my forties when i married , my wife another scientist whom i had known for many years and never thought i liked very much until she decided that she liked me . 