She felt as if her nerves would not stand very much more.

Would help never come?
A distant hooting behind her made her heart leap.

She stopped the car beside the hedge, and standing up, waved her handkerchief as a signal of distress.

A splendid Daimler came into sight.

Would the chauffeur notice and understand her plight?
She shrieked in desperation as it whizzed past.