CHAPTER VITHE PLOT EXPLAINED
It would be difficult to describe Worrals’s sensations as the driver calmly made his suggestion. All she could do was brace herself for the struggle which was imminent; and she had, in fact, started to put herself in a better position for defence when respite came in a manner unexpected.
“What’s that in front of us?” said one of the men sharply.
“It looks like a cow,” returned his companion, as the brakes were applied. “Why don’t these confounded farmers keep their gates shut?”
The car then ran along slowly, the siren honking, presumably to scare the stray animal to the side of the road.
Now had Worrals been alone she would have seized this opportunity to jump clear; but what deterred her was her inability to inform Frecks of such an intention. She herself
