she collapsed next to her friend where she apparently had wanted to be . it was so unreal , he could n't believe it . her head was aching and she felt horribly sick and dizzy , but she made herself go down to breakfast . `` that 's all right , '' he said comfortably . his eyes seemed to say a million words . grant slowly stood from the ground and carefully helped me up next to him . so it 's either you or me , barnes . '' everybody in town knew about it . 