but he wasnt concentrating on whom might be lying prone , hugging cold grass on the other side of the hedge , not twenty feet away , he was trying to ascertain what was going on with the cars , where was the driver , or why he couldnt see him ; then he turned , leaned back and surveyed the house , as if wondering how best to enter : eyeing the windows , the front door , and the small stairway that led down the side of the house to an outside basement entrance .