they wrangled cheerfully over the respective merits of english and american sports cars until they came to the westchester county toll and then , fifteen minutes later , they were out on the taconic parkway that snaked away northwards through a hundred miles of meadows and woodlands , and bond settled back and silently enjoyed one of the most beautifully landscaped highways in the world , and wondered idly what the girl was doing and how , after saratoga , he was to get to her again .