he stared at me , fork frozen halfway to his mouth . people piled in the room , surrounding her , telling her that they were glad she was fine and even making jokes - jokes , really ? we got ta get on the road . '' `` i do n't know why i got so mad in the first place . '' and i could have called back , too . did your little brothers take a bath ? and high command want this over quickly for the same reason . '' you find it too easy to do . '' 