he could hear the crickets and see the lightning-bugs and smell big green growing dark out of control all around him and he thought it 's another trick another illusion she 's in england and this is just a cheap shot because it 's scared , oh yes , it 's maybe not as sure as it was when it called us all back , and really , bill , get serious-how many scuffed leather purses with long straps do you think there are in the world ?