we will go to my apartment . '' besides , colin already knew her secrets , most of them anyway . she was a head taller than he was , but she dropped to her knees at his approach . for an unexplainable reason , i looked behind me . ill wear oven mitts for protection . the side of her mouth stretched slightly . so , torn between the two cultures , he found he hardly knew what was normal , what was strange . but we still want to get as far away from the city as we can . 