"You jest leave that to me.

I won't let him go out of my sight." Then we, in our turn, left the yard of the station, and set off eastwards along the Strand in pursuit.

Both cabmen were sharp fellows and evidently familiar with every twist and turn of their famous London.

In my time I have had a good many curious drives in one part of the world and another, but I think that chase will always rank first.

We travelled along the Strand, about a hundred yards behind the other vehicle, then turned up Southampton Street, through Covent Garden by way of Henrietta Street into Long Acre.