Kaye winced at that and felt guilty that her plan had failed. She remained silent for a long time, not knowing what to say. "Thing must have been better than they are now, though," she said, barely above a whisper. "People were happier back then, weren't they? I've read in a book once before from an old saying 'the grass is greener on the other side of the hill.' Was there a lot of green grass back then? It sounded beautiful."