he took the steps of the folly in two great strides , smelling it before he saw it , what he must have smelled faintly before , but so much stronger now , and his foot came down in the blood and slid out from under him . we can be as we were before . '' she was silent for a few seconds , then something else occurred to her . no , we must do just the opposite . '' he could have filled the room with a live studio audience and i would n't have known . 