`` here , '' i said , handing it to him as his eyes ran back up my body . he paced from one end of the porch to the other , then back again , not quite sure what was wrong with him . there was almost a hint of joy in it . but it 's only because snakes creep me out . '' but even without them , she now believed he would have won eventually . `` i know you do not love me , my evening star . '' 