i have a meeting with the principal of her school to go to and then i will be back in about an hour and a half . he could n't show her any mercy . it was simply an acting prop . `` i do not know what it is , '' she said . it creaked loudly beneath her weight , welcoming her in the way it had since childhood . would he be at the other feast ? '' he needed someone with enough skill to do it properly . '' `` you 're lucky then , '' she told him . 