The Saint Abroad: The Art Collectors/ The Persistent Patriots - Plot & Excerpts
He had had to work blindly while fixing the cover in place. Now he settled back in comfort in a sitting position, leaning his back against the rough inner wood of the container with his long legs only moderately cramped. He waited and listened, and in a very few minutes he heard voices approaching the station wagon. “I really don’t know,” Annabella was saying. “Hans said he was out here.” “Well, if you don’t mind, I must be on my way without saying goodbye to him,” Professor Clarneau said. “LeGrand will be waiting anxiously for me.” The rest of the conversational interchange was largely drowned by the opening and closing of the car door and the starting of the engine. As the station wagon pulled away Simon heard only one phrase shouted merrily by the driver: “Don’t drink too much champagne before lunch!” The station wagon lurched out of the driveway and on to the road, but it did not turn toward the main Paris road. It turned right instead. The Saint could tell that much by centrifugal pressures even though he could see almost nothing through the tiny crevices in the crate.
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