i should have known that was coming . '' are you interested in buying books ? '' and his brother-in-law , jasper , knew how to protect what he valued most . `` you 'd better not tell anyone that , '' he says grinning . `` it 's close to midday , and the weather has cleared . '' to make living things into dead things . that knowledge was one of his strengths and he saw it every time he looked in a mirror . 