`` bottom of the hill , '' she says shortly , then she pushes past me , back into the house . she had on a clean t-shirt and blue jeans , and her long , blonde hair hung straight and wet down past her shoulders . he scratched behind peanut 's ears and shrugged . do n't you think that is terribly charming and nice ? some approached him , slowing him down . `` so are you going to answer my question ? '' there was no way out of the gorge in the direction she had headed all morning . 