jersey joe looked at me after the last of those games and said , `` i do n't buy that lucky charm stuff . but what if theyre non union ? there are reasons i do things the way i do them . all of the roses fell to the ground , and large sharp thorns returned in place of the flowers . `` do they have any hard evidence against him ? '' his voice had begun to drive her mad with wanting . it was a black cross with a white submarine over it . 