`` maybe i should lay all my cards on the table and be done with it . '' `` i can go have a look , '' a voice said . we walk hand and hand then stop at the cooling spot of shade . then there was a sudden , sharp , piercing . sleep finally came , but in miserable fits . i did the best i could to rinse out and wash my hair in the small sink ; i at least had gotten it out of the hair tie and into a neat bun on the nape of my neck . 