i vaguely registered the car door opening and closing . what was it with him and all this nonsense about lives ? `` your phone does n't seem to be working . then what was with all the brown chicken , brown cow ? '' i do n't know why i felt the need to throw it back at him , but i could n't ignore my anger and hurt . your great-grandfather may have sealed himself away , but who 's to say he wo n't come back ? oh yeah , she really has to sit down and do that course . 