more curious than annoyed , i let him lead me down the hall to the office . i watered the lawn and grabbed some more . joe thought she was too frail at 80 to climb the bleachers . she meant to drive her teeth deep , hoping to hurt him , hoping to drive him away from her . `` curious people passing through should work . and not even the one man who 'd managed to touch a heart she 'd long thought was ice-cold . 