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She disposed of him conclusively by this statement and went on: "And I'm not a young lady. Nobody is nowadays." "What are you, if a mere grandfather may venture to inquire?" asked Mr. Sommerville deferentially. "I'm a femme watt-man" said Molly, biting a large piece from a sandwich. Arnold explained to the others: "That's Parisian for a lady motor-driver; some name!"
So away I went, telling myself that the world was a funny place, and wondering what Herr Joseph, the jaw-cracker, would have to say to his good lady when she did turn up at Montey and laid her new beehive hat upon his doting bosom. This was no business of mine. I am a motor-driver, and two pound ten on Saturday is my abiding anxiety.
Human daring had limits, and it was reported that at least one motor-driver, succumbing to the awful nervous strain of guiding these fast expresses through the traffic of the West End, had been taken to the lunatic asylum. George called a hansom, of which there were dozens idling about.
Robin, home on sick leave, had returned to the front, while Ann, who possessed the faculty of getting the last ounce out of any car she handled, very soon found warwork as a motor-driver.
He forgot that, bad as it would be for a motor-driver to run over a puppy dog, it would be twenty times worse for him to run down a little boy. He forgot everything except the fact that his dog was in danger! "Look out!" shrieked Nellie Yarrow. "Roddy, come back!"
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