"Was the car going to or coming from Newhaven?"
"It was coming from Newhaven."
"Then it must have stopped at the foot of the long lane."
"Yes, sir; that's just about where I thought it was."
"Is there a path connecting Long Lane with the highroad?"
"Yes, a narrow one."
"What time was it when you heard the car? Now try and be very accurate."
"I wouldn't like to swear, sir, but I think it was between eleven and twelve."
"Did your husband hear it also?"
"No, sir, 'e was fast asleep, but I wasn't feeling very well, so I had got up thinking I'd make myself a cup of tea, and just then I 'eard a car come whizzing along, and then there was a bang. Oh, says I, they've burst their wheel, that's what they've done, me knowing about cars. I know it takes a bit of mending, a wheel does, so I wasn't surprised when I 'eard no more of them for a time—and I 'ad just about forgotten all about them, so I had, when I 'ears them move off."