`` now that said , while i 'm not going to parade you through a bureau office , we still need an official interview for the record . '' all i recall is the stink of gin . i 'd told him i had lost my mommy when i was seven also . it only happened last night and i was not there for very long . she looked up over her reading glasses . `` hopefully i wo n't end up like them . '' the compass led her first to the parlor where the most extensive digging had been done . 