he nodded , his face ignoring the tears , except for the pain in his eyes and the hard line of his jaw . 'even if we brought them back , we 'd still only have fifty-eight votes . ' yes , she was definitely over her head . `` or at least pretended you did . '' she went to walk away , but i grabbed her by the arm . seven sharp knocks on the wall made her tremble . the whole vineyard was laid out in all its splendid glory in front of me . 