her old clothes had almost fallen off her body after five weeks on the road . the cocktail party voices of the crowd drowned bud 's answer in a flood of noise . i 'm so sorry for marking- '' `` -i do n't care , you know that , '' she cut me off , lifting her head up to me . `` they would n't expect you to give it to a witch-hunter for safekeeping . '' my eyes jerked open when he took my elbows . pain could do that to a man . 