she 's seventy , seventy-five , half-blind , maybe she only steps out too quick because she wants to get back to her place before she wets herself , and old bones break easy , old bones are like glass , and you hang around thinking maybe this once , just this once , there 's going to be a little justice ... an instant of justice to make up for a lifetime of crap - ' 'quit it , ' billy halleck said hoarsely , 'just quit it , what do you say ? '