"Sorry, m'm. It can't be done. You want a motor traction with caterpillar wheels for this business."
He was backing the car when a shell burst and buried itself in the place where we had stood.
To my horror I saw that Viola had opened the door of the car and was getting out.
"What on earth are you doing?" I said.
"I'm going to walk to Zele."
I pulled her back and held her down in her seat by main force. She was horribly strong. And as she struggled with me she said quietly, "It's all right. You two must go back and I must go to Jimmy."
I shouted to Colville, "Turn her round, can't you, and get out of this."
He turned her. He drew up deftly under the shelter of a barn that still stood intact. Then he spoke.
"Are you quite sure, sir, that Mr. Jevons is in that place? Because, sir,
I heard Kendal say something this morning about their going to Antwerp."
"Then why the devil didn't you say so?"