'You must try not even to want to say dreadful things.

And then you must say "Amen." That's important.' 'Amen,' repeated the millionaire.
At this juncture the discordant toot of an approaching motor-car was heard above the singing of the birds.

Mr.Van Torp turned his head quickly in the direction of the sound, and at the same time instinctively led the little girl towards one side of the road.

She apparently understood, for she asked no questions.

There was a turn in the drive a couple of hundred yards away, where the Elm Walk ended, and an instant later an enormous white motor-car whizzed into sight, rushed furiously towards the two, and was brought to a standstill in an uncommonly short time, close beside them.