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Updated: June 9, 2025
"Such big eyes!" she repeated "Like great head-lamps flaring out of that motor-brain of yours! What do you see in me?" Manella's brown skin flushed crimson. "Something I have never seen before!" she answered "You are so small and white! Not like a woman at all!" Morgana laughed merrily. "Not like a woman! Oh dear! What am I like then?"
The head-lamps swept the road, the range of the beams reaching out and climbing the tree trunks in sheltered spots, or flung back and huddled about the front wheels when a blast of fresh snow was swept in from the open valley on the left. "We must be getting to Marbashe?" "Hardly yet, mon capitaine. It was unlucky the brigadier should be at Thionville.
"Well," replied the elder of the pair, who was the one in authority, "if you wish to scribble a note, here are paper and pencil." And he tore a leaf from his notebook and handed it to the prisoner. By the light of the head-lamps of the car Paul scribbled a few hurried words to Blanche: "I am detained on important business," he wrote. "I will return to-morrow. My love to you both.
In order not to enter into the light, I made an excuse that my engine was not running properly, unlocked the "bonnet" and tinkered with it until the official came out to inspect me. He was a burly, fair-bearded man, with a harsh, gruff voice. In his hand he carried a slip of paper, which he consulted by the light of my glaring head-lamps.
Quickly they both put on the extra wraps from the car, entered, and wrapped the rugs about them, while two minutes later, with our big head-lamps shedding a broad white light before us, we turned out upon the wide high road to Verviers. "It's all right," cried Bindo, leaning over to me when we had covered about five miles or so. "Everything went off perfectly."
This was a covered courtyard, only lighted by the head-lamps of the limousine. "Take my hand," directed the Greek. M. Max complied, and was conducted through a low doorway and on to descending steps. Dimly, he heard the gear of the car reversed, and knew that the limousine was backing out from the courtyard. The door behind him was closed, and he heard no more. A dim light shone out below.
Its two head-lamps glowed confusedly under the snow that clung to them, and the driver, his thick, blue coat buttoned about his chin, leant forward peering through the open windscreen, stung, blinded, and blinking as the flakes drove in.
When they ceased I must have dropped asleep, for the next thing I knew was that some one was busy about the car and that my head-lamps had both gone out. Be sure I jumped up like a shot at this, and "Hallo," cried I, "what the devil do you think you are doing?" Then I saw my mistake. The new-comer was a girl, one of the maids of the house, it appeared, and she was stowing luggage into the car.
As we crawled on, darkness enveloped us, but we dared not light our head-lamps. Suddenly the car slipped on the greasy road, staggered, and lurched over into the morass, hurling us violently upon our sides. We clambered out and contemplated it solemnly as we saw our right wheels over the axles in mud.
It was close upon half-past two, as nearly as I could judge, when I heard a quick footstep in the road. I took off one of the acetylene head-lamps of the car and turned it in that direction, in order to ascertain who was coming along. A woman in a dark stuff dress, and wearing a veil, approached quickly.
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