`` thank you , '' he said , as the vague , black shapes of trees raced past us . he had a feeling carl would want him to pull his weight with the group . the curious , sex-starved woman in her had indeed wanted to see what lay in store . at last he gave a slow shake of his head . i shifted some plates around on the shelves . it should scare you a great deal . `` he said nothing , that says everything . it 's hard to ignore when the exact same thing happened to me . 