he saw everything with perfect clarity - three groups all hellbent for misery in the crenellated passages behind the idol 's forehead , two wanting to kill her , the third - consisting of ian , geoffrey , and hezekiah - trying to save her ... while below , the village of the bourkas burned and the survivors massed at the one point of egress - the idol 's left ear - to massacre anyone who happened to stagger out alive .