thank the gods , too , that tanaquil had found tullia before news of her return got about ; she 'd advised the girl to leave rome at once , and head for the shrine of menrva in the hills towards cisra , where she knew the priest , a spurinna girl who , at seventeen , had unexpectedly chosen the wilderness and solitude of this shrine above the luxuries of priestly office in the great temple at tarchna , and marriage to one of the zilaths .