One Moment in Time

One Moment in Time
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Then, as they settled themselves to sleep again,there came through the darkness the roar of an exhaust.
　　"Goodness," murmured awoman. "Is that a jet plane?"
　　"Racing car, I should say."
　　The roar died away….
　　On the Bedhampton Motorway, nine miles away, asteady stream of night lorries was grinding its way north. A big white racing car flashedpast them.
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　　Ten minutes later, it turned off the motorway.
　　The garage on the corner of the B road bore the singCLOSED. But the big doors swung open and the white car was driven straight in, the doorsclosing again behind it. Three men worked at lightning speed. A fresh set of numberplateswere attached. The driver changed his coat and cap. He had worn white sheepskin before.Now he wore black leather. He drove out again. Three minutes after his departure, an oldMorris Oxford, driven by a clergyman chugged out on to the road and proceeded to take aroute through various turning and twisting country lanes.
　　A station wagon, driven along a country road slowedup as it came upon an old Morris Oxford stationary by the hedge, with an elderly manstanding over it.