she had to maintain a straight face under these circumstances , otherwise , they would consider her humor as encouragement in whatever they had planned . by that time there were eight people sitting around the table staring at it . `` i hardly ever saw him , '' the guy answered . he said the last sentence almost to himself , then continued..\ its a puzzle to me , how an apple can fall that far from the tree . i want to see her paints , study the painting . 