if only i could do the same , i thought . you need have nothing to do with it . i could n't allow this to go further without having first told her everything . `` what are they going to do without us ? '' it would have been a better place to camp . she put her hand on isabelles arm . `` i suggest we do our best to avoid one another . '' i was having a hard time catching my breath . they had stripped away every inch of it they could . 