mid-pursuit

Updated: May 18, 2025

Dan drew the car up at the curb, leaped out and approached the minion of the law. A short colloquy, and he had returned and the car shot down Broadway. "You can look back now, Miss," suggested Dan. Willa turned. The motor-cycle had been halted in mid-pursuit, its rider gesticulating in futile rage and vexation while the obdurant bluecoat held him fast. "How did you do it, Dan?" Willa asked.

Isabel Ostrander - The Fifth Ace