They approached the car.
“Hello,” said Frank suddenly, “it’s occupied.”
A figure of a man had appeared suddenly in the front seat.
“It’ll soon be unoccupied,” declared Jack.
Frank made no reply and they approached the machine.
Jack walked directly up to the man and spoke.
“You will oblige me by getting out of there,” he said in German.
The man understood, but he had no mind to give up his property so easily. He sought to temporize.
“This is my machine,” he said. “By what right——”
“By the right of necessity,” said Jack calmly. “He stretched forth a long arm and grasped the man by the collar and lifted him to the ground.