Can't Say No (1988)
“Audrey asked. She was particularly proud that no note of hysteria had crept into her voice. She was saving it for later—when they crashed in the river.
After all, Blake had looked perfectly calm when he made the announcement. Then again, it was obvious he was in a big hurry to get the thing lit and it wasn’t because he had a turkey ready for the oven. This pilot light of his apparently did something important. On second thought, perhaps she ought to be screaming her head off.
“Blake, you’re not... answering me again. Explain about this pilot light.”
“I mean the damn thing went out,” he muttered, fiddling intently with something she couldn’t quite see and wasn’t sure she wanted to.
“Let me try that question another way: does it matter?”
He glanced up at her. “You’re not going to like the answer to that.”
“Oh, dear heaven,” she murmured.
“Don’t go getting crazy on me. I haven’t had one of these crash on me yet.”
Suddenly Audrey noticed that puffy white clouds, which had been drifting pleasantly overhead, seemed to be receding at a rather alarming rate.MoreLess
After all, Blake had looked perfectly calm when he made the announcement. Then again, it was obvious he was in a big hurry to get the thing lit and it wasn’t because he had a turkey ready for the oven. This pilot light of his apparently did something important. On second thought, perhaps she ought to be screaming her head off.
“Blake, you’re not... answering me again. Explain about this pilot light.”
“I mean the damn thing went out,” he muttered, fiddling intently with something she couldn’t quite see and wasn’t sure she wanted to.
“Let me try that question another way: does it matter?”
He glanced up at her. “You’re not going to like the answer to that.”
“Oh, dear heaven,” she murmured.
“Don’t go getting crazy on me. I haven’t had one of these crash on me yet.”
Suddenly Audrey noticed that puffy white clouds, which had been drifting pleasantly overhead, seemed to be receding at a rather alarming rate.MoreLess
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