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Here were ed at a

bank for French gold She had three hundred dollars, and it had been

given her in a tiny brown canvas bag And then there was thefrom Calais toward the Front She had expected to find a train,

but there were no trains All cars were being used for troops She

stared at Henri in blank dismay

"No trains!" she said blankly "Would an autoovernment control, mademoiselle Even the petrol"

She stopped in the street

"Then I shall have to go back"

Henri laughed boyishly

"Mademoiselle," he said, "I have been requested to take you to a place

where you may render us the service we so badly need For the present

that iselse So if you will accept the offer of

my car, which is a shameful one but travels well, we can continue our

journey"

Long, long afterward, Sara Lee found a snapshot of Henri's car, taken

by a light-hearted British officer Found it and sat for a long ti that first day she saw it,