she pulled back to look at him , her eyes shining with need . `` how many people were in prison ? '' he stared at the ground instead , and waited for someone else to take up his lie . on the contrary , i was trying to find that pulse of life inside me . clothes where put on after she cleaned and bandaged it ; then , she left for her usual walk . no damp spots on the sheets . jo was n't ready to say the feelings that had grown so quickly in her were love for this man . 