id prefer to actually see the city , if its all the same to you . not if they were going to be traveling together for what was beginning to look like a fortnight . but the dog only sniffed at it , then went back to eyeing the bread , and when their corn bread came , emma passed her portion underneath the table . the damn bank closed in the afternoon , no doubt so its manager could while the rest of his working hours on liquid lunches at the only bar still in operation . 