she adjusted the seat and mirrors , started the car and drove out onto the main road . shed gone once in the woods before finding the highway , but that was hours ago . `` i mean were n't they at the titus house ? he was under the spell of the thing now , as so many men had been over the years . his breath had begun to whistle again . and i was n't broken or beaten or worn . we all gazed at her with our mouths hanging open . 