“‘We are going to Southampton,’ growled Black in his ear. ‘We shall find some friends there.’ He grinned in the darkness. Then, leaning forward, he gave instructions in a low tone to the chauffeur. The car jerked forward and in a few minutes it had crossed Hammersmith Broadway and was speeding towards Barnes. Scarcely had it cleared the traffic when a long grey racing car cut perilously across the crowded space, dodging with extraordinary agility a number of vehicles, and, unheeding the ...caustic comments of the drivers, it went on in the same direction as Black’s car had taken. He had cleared Kingston and was on the Sandown road when he heard the loud purring of a car behind. He turned and looked, expecting to find his second car, but a punctured tyre held Black’s reserve on Putney Heath. Black was a little uneasy, though it was no unusual thing for cars to travel the main Portsmouth road at that hour of the night.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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