take it any way you like , she told him , and felt a sudden flush color her cheeks . i can live with the name bird . she led him through the crowd to the far side of the room . and too used to getting your own way . this year i will bring them to reason and open up that mine for everyone . unless we made a lot of noise or it stopped to taste the road , it wouldnt know where we left the road so we were safe for a while . 