'oh , but he 's only twenty-one , look . `` because you do n't have to come with us , you know this . '' his voice was gentle and quiet . it would certainly help in this situation . moist glared at the little postman . times like these though , she looked at me the way my mother would have . twenty hours later , he was still angry . he patted the air with a flat hand . from his own hair , or from jade 's pillow . the sloshing glass arrived a few minutes later . 