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the big doors and locked thelow of satisfaction with his work, he climbed slowly into the car,

settled down luxuriously in the driver's seat, eased off the brake, and

with a little lurch of his body forward started the car rolling down the

driveway

There was a risk, of course, in coasting out on to the street with

no lights, but he took it cheerfully, planning to dodge if he saw the

lights of another car co It pleased him to remember that the street

inclined toward the bay He rolled past the house without a betraying

sound, dipped over the curb to the asphalt, swung the car toard, and

coasted nearly half a block with the ignition switch on before he pushed

up the throttle, let in his clutch, and got the answering chug-chug of

the engine With the lights on full he went purring down the street in

the , pleased with himself and his mission