and although she was reluctant to interrupt him , it suddenly occurred to her that the two of them were alone in mrs. puddleduck 's room , and his forearms really were quite , quite sexy , and she had n't had a date in quite , quite some time , so it would probably be better for them to retreat to their previous positions pronto , mainly because schuyler 's office and the kitchen were in two separate wings of the house , and at the moment , lily felt an intense need to be far , far away from mr. freiberger and his forearms .