the entrance to the place was circular , lined with columns , and i could make out flickering lights through the windows . a girl could get used to that . '' `` you may as well go ahead since you interrupted some important thinking i was doing . '' public reaction had struck him with and the violence of the storm which had just passed . go straight to her and introduce yourself . well , i know why on my part , but not on jake 's . it was an every other day occurrence in my life . 