I can see now it was framed up on me from the start.

For when I was swimming back I saw them run to where I'd left my clothes, and then I heard them crank up, and when I got to the hedge the car was gone!" Keep smiled encouragingly.

"The car!" he assented.

"So you've been riding around in the moonlight ?" The other nodded, and was about to speak when there burst in upon them the roaring scream of the siren.

The note now was of deeper rage, and came in greater volume.