There could be no doubt of its utter extinction.

All was over.

The end had come suddenly, almost painlessly.
They got out and blankly eyed the lifeless hulk.

After a moment of this, which was fruitless, Sharon spoke his mind concerning the car.

For all the trepidation it had caused him, the doubts and fears and panics, he took his revenge in words of biting acidity--and he was through with the thing.
"Let's get it out of sight," he said at last, and the three of them pushed it on along the drive to the shelter of the stable.
Elihu Titus then breathed a long sigh and went silently to curry a horse in a neighbouring box stall.