he nodded once more and said , `` let 's do this . `` come on -- tell her how you feel . it had been driven into the ground . they backed down the river , but the skeletons kept coming , closing in . besides , i was too exhausted to argue . after a few minutes of silence , she told him what he 'd already been told . surely a thought is just a thought , master . `` did you get their phone number ? '' 