`` if i do n't return to you here , you must promise me , my love , never to follow me . `` sure , '' i said , my throat all lumpy . it 's seventy-five and gorgeous here . there was a sound like a wet cough and something slimy filled her mouth ! she jumps up from the sofa , her blue bath robe coming undone around her waist , revealing a white nightgown underneath . i looked at him hard , wondering how i could get back in . 