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‘Hop in.’

‘Thanks awfully for stopping. Thought I’d no hope. What a spiffing car!’

‘Too kind. Mind if we keep the top down, old chum?’

‘No, by all means. Isn’t this a Crossley Sports?’

‘Yes, the two litre.’

‘Not so many about now in these austere times.’

‘No…true. But I have found it difficult to give up this indulgence.’

‘It certainly has an impressive turn of speed. This reminds me—’

‘Yes?’

‘Wasn’t there a fatal collision involving one of these on this stretch about a year ago?’

‘I believe so.’

‘Absolute tragedy. Both occupants killed.”

‘Yes, awful, particularly for me.’