`` hey , '' she said , her voice coming through loud and clear . i think hes blowing the dust off of monopoly . is he learning just as well as you are , moron ? determined to have her own way , she had undressed him , slowly and deliberately , then pushed him down on the bed . i want you to like this , too . '' across the way was the vast north tower . he sought a tunnel that headed up , but the passageway he was in kept going deeper . 