The two brigands sprang on the footboards.
"No tricks, or I'll shoot! Josephine, truss these fowls for me!" cried Loupart.
Josephine took a roll of cord from her lover's pocket and tied the two victims firmly while Loupart gagged them.
"Now, Beard, take them into the field and give them a rap on the head to keep them quiet."
Then he got into the car and skilfully turned it round. When Josephine and the Beard were on board, he got under way at full speed with a grim smile.
"And, now, Juve, it's between us two!"