though he did n't look particularly upset . `` i said when you hit it big , you can pay me back . '' i 'm glad she insisted on picking her favorites because i never would have been able to . '' i felt her hitch a damp , unsteady breath . it 's weak , but it ought to work . some gypsy did , and whichever one it was , it was the old man at the bottom of it and we both know it . 