A Pigeon Among the Cats
“Owen’s car had been slowed down by the traffic when the storm broke. They had crawled into the town at last, but at a big junction of roads, where water from blocked drains had formed a lake, their engine had been drowned as Owen tried to slip past near the kerb. They had to run for his hotel, getting soaked in the process. But the management had been most helpful. While she was put into a room to wait for her dress and things to be dried quickly, Owen had gone off to rescue his car with the he...lp of his garage.
“He was lucky,” Rose said. “We saw a lot of breakdowns on our own way back.”
Gwen smiled.
“He speaks the language and seems to have plenty of money.”
“That would help certainly. So he was able to bring you back here?”
“Oh no!” Gwen opened wide, innocent eyes. “The car was towed to the garage to be dried out I came home in a taxi.”
“Another piece of luck,”MoreLess
“He was lucky,” Rose said. “We saw a lot of breakdowns on our own way back.”
Gwen smiled.
“He speaks the language and seems to have plenty of money.”
“That would help certainly. So he was able to bring you back here?”
“Oh no!” Gwen opened wide, innocent eyes. “The car was towed to the garage to be dried out I came home in a taxi.”
“Another piece of luck,”MoreLess
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