"Here's a car! Here's a car!"
Both of them leaped into the highway, waving and jumping up and down.
A long way away, the driver set his brakes, and the car coasted slowly, passed them, and finally stopped.
They ran to it. Herb jerked open the door. "You've got to take us to Washington!" Herb said.
Norma, arriving behind him, said, "It's a matter of life and death!"
"Then get in," the man said.
Overhead a jet thundered in to locate the spider ship.
They were in the car.
"You've got to drive us to an apartment in Georgetown," Norma said.
"Lady, I've been driving all night."