"Have you packed? We leave after lunch."
She said she had, and asked if he had read about the Zeppelin raid.
"We were just talking about it," he replied.
Spatts went inside, leaving them together.
"The man's a fool," said Carl, jerking his head in the direction of the landlord.
"Is he? What were you laughing at?" asked Jane.
"He said he thought it probable somebody in a motor car guided the airships," said Carl.
"And you think that is not correct?"
"Of course it isn't; how could they do it? I soon proved to him it was not possible, and it was then he laughed at the absurdity of the idea."
"You told me you had the car repaired at ——," she said.