maybe the decent thing would have been to let him take an eight-count , but having your opponent on the floor is gutter rat heaven , the absolute object of the exercise , a precious gift never to be spurned , so reacher stilled him by kicking him hard in the ear , and then he stamped down hard with his heel in the guy 's face , like an appalled homeowner stomping a cockroach , and the crunch of the guy 's shattering nose was clearly audible over all the generalized panting and grunting and groaning and moaning .