Mr. Zero
“Zero XVI The Bentley ran smoothly between dark hedgerows. London was a long way behind them. Everyone in the world was a long way off. They moved in their own light, a full, clear beam stretching out before them, stretching on. They had talked whilst the streets were about them, but now they were silent. The talk had moved lightly on the surface and never broken it.
When Algy asked, “Where do you want to go?” Gay had a map to show him, ready folded.
“The name of the place is Colebrook. It’s about thirty-five miles.”
“Then it won’t take anything like two hours.”
And then it was, “When did you learn to drive?”
“Last summer when we were at Cromer, darling.”
“And you passed your test?”
“You’re very interested.”
Algy said, “Yes. You haven’t told me if you passed. Did you?”
There was pause. Then Gay said hotly, “He was a perfect beast! How was I to know that the thing was going to do a sort of wiggle and run into a pillar-box?”
“My poor child! So he failed you?
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