`` put your hands flat on the table . '' he decided to wait until 11:00 . you asked me to promise i 'd never run , and then you did . '' `` at least , we should plan to match them threat for threat . '' she kept shaking her head , saying she could n't , but her natural urge to push must have taken over . she pretended to stumble , let out a cry and flung the contents onto the seated man 's back . i wondered before if he only put on an act for my father . 