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Updated: June 14, 2025
The water is conveyed to us in petrol-tins the old familiar friends, Shell and Pratt hundreds of them. Motorists at home must be feeling the shortage. In normal times we can reckon on plenty of hot, strong tea; possibly some bread; probably an allowance of bacon and jam.
The promised lorries were waiting for us three lorries for eighty men. We marched towards them in file, but as we got nearer to them, the men broke rank and everybody rushed wildly to get in first so as to secure any available boxes or petrol-tins that might serve as seats. A noisy, turbulent throng clustered round each lorry. We scrambled in, pushing, hustling, and swearing.
"What did you do with the key on Tuesday?" "I gave it to Helene Vauquier, monsieur, after I had locked up the garage. And she hung it on a nail in the kitchen." "I see," said Hanaud. "So any one could easily, have found it last night?" "Yes, monsieur if one knew where to look for it." At the back of the garage a row of petrol-tins stood against the brick wall.
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