the bullets sounded like jingle bells in the bottom of the bag . i could hand the dress down to my own daughter when she gets old enough to get married . `` there 's a young woman in the class . he turned and looked at the clock . 'it 's going to take me a while to get it all sorted out in my mind - the rest of my life , more than likely - and even then there are still going to be a lot of things i wo n't understand . ' 