the girl felt herself running , why she knew not , to where she knew not , and she did run like the wind , but she did look back , no matter the command not to , and what she saw was amazing beyond telling , for a dark image of a giant stood over the crumpled woman , her light dimmed to but a glow , and he beat her with a whip in one hand and a mace in the other , and others came to help him and they beat the woman with such force that it would have crushed anyone but she .