`` i hope she was the greatest of all time , '' i said . once it stopped she could call a taxi and be gone . `` or i could cut yours off , '' he said to her . but it was n't impossible she 'd been slapped a couple of times , either . and then , of course , there was the slight matter of me being pregnant . `` because they can get information we ca n't . '' `` maybe we could keep it for a while and then kill it . '' 