i wrapped the fingers of my other hand around the beer bottle which , if broken against the side of the table , could be used as a weapon . `` do n't mind her , honey , sometimes she forgets her manners . she tells me on the elevator . `` i suppose so , but it is three or four hundred years old . right now , hundreds of people get to see him . it will not love the hand it serves ; neither will it abide with you long . ' 