seven jake hurried back down one of the alleys , skirted the stillsmoldering warden 's house ( tassa the houseboy , who had either ignored roland 's order to leave or had n't been informed of it , was sitting silently on the stoop in a kilt and a sweatshirt , his head in his hands ) , and began to trot up the mall , sparing a quick and troubled glance at the long line of dead bodies .