then the man was gone , and the woman returned . who was anything but a rest-of-his-life kind of woman . that seemed fair enough to him , but he was n't about to point that out . `` hey , what do you guys think about lea 's match ? his touch was cool and delicate as he lifted my hand and gently kissed it . but i will always blame myself and i ca n't stop that . my mother was at the table . i bent over to retrieve my shirt and then shook the sand off of it . 