she laughed and laughed until she had to sit down on the edge of the small chamber 's bed , her eyes watering , her sides aching . come to my house for dinner tonight , around seven . they exchanged shy smiles and then jake walked away . someone enters the room as i awake , not moving my body out of the cot but i smell her perfume . the gate opened and two men passed to the courtyard . they generally came from families that were comfortably off . 