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Greg Crowford left Megève early in theto Caltabieni's residence on the Riviera He drove, in spite of his stepfather's warnings, the forbidden Lahini Twenty naled him to stop Partly because of his speed and partly because he arrogantly felt they could not catch him, he accelerated As he approached the border between the two countries, a new sign warned hi before hihini to a halt

Two policemen approached the car from the front and two froistration, please You were signaled to stop for speeding several miles back Why did you attempt to outrun our patrol car?"

"I didn't see any speed liance

"Get out of the car, sir"

Behind the driver's seat, the officers saw the painting of The Woman in the Blue Veils One of thelanced at the La into the microphone

"This car is supposed to be repossessed," he said, when he returned to Greg's side "And the painting in your car was fraudulently obtained froo Both the car and the painting are officially classified as stolen" The officer withdrew his handcuffs and pulled Greg's hands behind his back As he clasped the handcuffs around Greg's wrists, he said, "You're carrying stolen goods, Mr Crowford, and driving a stolen car"

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Greg said, outraged "The car belongs to ing the painting to its rightful owner, a overnment, Mr Tomaso Caltabieni of the Genova police depart hiht hierprinted A quick check with the records transerprints coincided with those found on Mr Miller's car The charge of atte Crowford

A day later Detective Warner infor processed for Greg Crowford

Ron Withley atte's arrest, but each of his calls received the same response: "The Commissario can't come to the phone, he's very busy"