i almost doze off , but ... `` is n't this just the most exciting thing ! she was all tangled up in this orange rope and ... he suddenly thought that perhaps she was an escaped mad woman and that he really ought to protect himself in some way . `` i think we 'd better get off the street , pronto . '' it looked like a cross between a rat and a kangaroo . `` demons are fastidious about their persons , as you saw with the prince of hell . somehow , she kept her expression polite , almost pleasant . 