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e things I had； or why I'd persuaded the others to go along with me on this crazy night journey； and I did not believe we had a chance of getting away with it … not a hound's chance of heaven； as the oldtimers used to say。 Yet I made no effort to cry it off； either； which I might have been able to do； things wouldn't pass irrevocably out of our hands until we showed up at Moores's house。 Something … I think it might have been no more than the waves of exhilaration ing off the giant sitting next to me … kept me from hammering on top of the cab and yelling at Harry to turn around and go back to the prison while there was still time。
Such was my frame of mind as we passed off the highway and onto County 5； and from County 5 onto Chimney Ridge Road。 Some fifteen minutes after that； I saw the shape of a roof blotting out the stars and knew we had arrived。
Harry shifted down from second to low （I think he only made it all the way into top gear once during the whole trip）。 The engine lugged； sending a shudder through the whole truck； as if it； too； dreaded what now lay directly ahead of us。
Harry swung into Moores's gravelled driveway and parked the grumbling truck behind the warden's sensible black Buick。 Ahead and slightly to our right was a neat…as…a…pin house in the style which I believe is called Cape Cod。 That sort of house should have looked out of place in our ridge country； perhaps； but it didn't。 The moon had e up； its grin a little fatter this morning； and by its light I could see that the yard； always so beautifully kept； now looked uncared for。 It was just leaves； mostly； that hadn't been raked away。 Under normal circumstances that would have been Melly's job； but Melly hadn't been up to any leaf…raking this fall； and she would never see the l
