marshalls car was missing ; i only hoped i would hear it when he returned . an opportunity to leave presented itself as if fate wanted me to go . i do n't think you 're trying at all . she asked , running a hand over the simulated wood grain on the door panel . i realized he had come to stand beside me , and was pressing his wet fur to my very face , and that he was peering off towards the burning house . we have to be down in the village by ten a.m. tomorrow for the fair . 