I dropped as if I had been shot when Mrs.Montagu, who was one of the picnic party, told me that a man of foreign appearance, with a scar on the left side of his face, and who said he was a doctor, came to Beachy Head and told poor mother that I had sent for her." She went on to relate such facts as were known to her, and was in the midst of a sensational narrative when Theydon announced that a high-powered touring car was in readiness.
"Won't you take us with you ?" he said to Winter.

"There is no train from here till 7:30, and in a motor we should be well on the way to London by that time." Winter had anticipated some such request, and a prompt refusal was on the tip of his tongue, when he recalled that he would pass through Tunbridge Wells, whence an earlier train might be available.

A glance at the time table showed that a train left Tunbridge Wells at 7:15.
"Yes," he said.

"I'll take you part of the way.

Tell your father, Miss Forbes, that you will arrive at London Bridge at 8:40.