it was dark and the stairs could be slippery , dangerous . she looks like shes sucking his tonsils out . she did n't even notice when he appeared next to her and bowed himself over her . `` you ca n't put it in a circle . perhaps she had ruined the suspense of his story . though conscious , he knew of nothing more than a simple sense of void . hanging on the lip of the well i slowed my breathing . he had the feeling that the church was watching him . 