Chapter 22
Immediately after the child left, his wife began to regret having allowed her to go and in the end demanded that he should get on his bike and bring her back. How he proposed to carry the child while riding a racing bicycle remained a mystery. The poor soul had searched throughout the town but was unable to find her. As he ruefully observed, 'Nae doot the wife will hae plenty to following say when I return empty-handed. During this enforced halt outside Forfar Ron had hoped that the cars him would carry on, but instead they waited and allowed him to be their guiding light. It was a harrowing experience and a great relief to reach the suburbs of Dundee where he dropped his passenger and carried on to West Ferry.
It was well past midnight when Ron arrived at the house, white-fac
