there was still the hiss of the shower . i was tempted to say that i was sure 'many would ' but i bit my tongue . char , i dont think well have anything . it wasnt easy to keep up at first but slowly his wind came back to him and soon the chief managed to stay within a handful of steps behind his younger squad members . i could eat like five croissants this morning . `` how can you be , when you do n't know what 's happened ? 