he always took a quick breath when it occurred to him he was lying beneath a man this large and this strong . for a moment she thinks he 's going to kiss her , but instead he picks up a letter and reads aloud : on my way home this evening , i got caught in a row that spilled out of a public house . he threw the eighth bottle into the gap between the two fires . feeling the need to create something is n't greed either . he felt that the air was tense . 