"It was a Friday night, and I think I was already a little nervous as I drove into the mountains. it was the first day of my vacation. I had started from the city early enough to arrive before nightfall, but my car was six years old and developed motor trouble, so now I was driving through the night with fifty more miles to go. I was tired, nervous and irritated, and then I heard a siren in the distance. At first I couldn't place it, and then I remembered that the state prison was somewhere nearby..."