"What is it? Do tell me," she cried, with an eager laugh. "I've been studying motor manuals and all that sort of thing ever since I commenced to drive, but diagrams always confuse me."
"The distributor seems to be wrong, and some wires have become disconnected. Have you been held up long?"
"Oh, a quarter of an hour—more."
"And running the battery all the time?"
"I'm afraid so."
"You must be careful or your battery'll run out of electricity; that would mean your being hung up for two days."
"They told me that at the garage a little time ago. But what must I do?" and she laughed at him pleasantly.
"If she doesn't start at once, get someone to adjust the parts. There, I wonder if she'll go now."
He touched a switch, and the engine began to run.
"She seems all right," he said, after watching the moving mass of machinery for some seconds.