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Then

she

came

round

the

end

of

the

open

back

door

,

and

I

stood

back

as

if

to

let

her

see

.

She

bent

forward

to

peer

in

,

I

flashed

a

look

down

the

road

,

no

one

,

and

then

I

got

her

.

She

didn

’

t

make

a

sound

,

she

seemed

so

surprised

,

I

got

the

pad

I

’

d

been

holding

in

my

pocket

right

across

her

mouth

and

nose

,

I

caught

her

to

me

,

I

could

smell

the

fumes

,

she

struggled

like

the

dickens

,

but

she

wasn

’

t

strong

,

smaller

even

than

I

’

d

thought

.

She

made

a

sort

of

gurgling

.

I

looked

down

the

road

again

,

I

was

thinking

this

is

it

,

she

’

ll

fight

and

I

shall

have

to

hurt

her

or

run

away

.

I

was

ready

to

bolt

for

it

.

And

then

suddenly

she

went

limp

,

I

was

holding

her

up

instead

of

holding

her

quiet

.

I

got

her

half

into

the

van

,

then

I

jerked

open

the

other

door

,

got

in

and

pulled

her

after

me

,

then

shut

the

doors

quietly

to

.

I

rolled

and

lifted

her

on

to

the

bed

.

She

was

mine

,

I

felt

suddenly

very

excited

,

I

knew

I

’

d

done

it

.

I

put

the

gag

on

first

,

then

I

strapped

her

down

,

no

hurry

,

no

panic

,

like

I

planned

.

Then

I

scrambled

into

the

driving

seat

.

It

all

took

not

a

minute

.

I

drove

up

the

road

,

not

fast

,

slow

and

quiet

,

and

turned

to

a

place

I

’

d

noticed

on

Hampstead

Heath

.

There

I

got

into

the

back

again

,

and

did

the

tying

up

properly

,

with

the

scarves

and

everything

,

so

that

she

wouldn

’

t

be

hurt

,

and

so

she

couldn

’

t

scream

or

bang

the

sides

or

anything

.

She

was

still

unconscious

,

but

she

was

breathing

,

I

could

hear

her

,

as

if

she

had

catarrh

,

so

I

knew

she

was

all

right

.

Near

Redhill

I

drove

off

the

main

road

as

planned

and

up

a

lonely

side

road

and

then

got

in

the

back

to

look

at

her

.

I

laid

a

torch

where

it

gave

a

bit

of

light

and

I

could

see

.

She

was

awake

.

Her

eyes

seemed

very

big

,

they

didn

’

t

seem

frightened

,

they

seemed

proud

almost

,

as

if

she

’

d

decided

not

to

be

frightened

,

not

at

any

price

.

I

said

,

don

’

t

be

alarmed

,

I

’

m

not

going

to

hurt

you

.

She

remained

staring

at

me

.

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It

was

embarrassing

,

I

didn

’

t

know

what

to

say

.

I

said

,

are

you

all

right

,

do

you

want

anything

,

but

it

sounded

silly

.

I

really

meant

did

she

want

to

go

outside

.

She

began

to

shake

her

head

.

I

could

see

she

meant

the

gag

was

hurting

.

I

said

,

we

’

re

miles

in

the

country

,

it

’

s

no

good

screaming

,

if

you

do

,

I

’

ll

put

the

gag

straight

back

,

do

you

understand

?

She

nodded

,

so

I

undid

the

scarf

.

Before

I

could

do

anything

she

reached

up

as

high

as

she

could

and

sideways

and

she

was

sick

.

It

was

horrible

.

I

could

smell

the

chloroform

and

the

sick

.

She

didn

’

t

say

anything

.

She

just

groaned

.

I

lost

my

head

,

I

didn

’

t

know

what

to

do

.

I

suddenly

felt

we

had

to

get

home

as

quick

as

possible

,

so

I

put

the

gag

on

again

.

She

struggled

,

I

heard

her

say

under

the

cloth

,

no

,

no

,

it

was

horrible

,

but

I

made

myself

do

it

because

I

knew

it

was

for

the

best

in

the

end

.

Then

I

got

into

the

driving

-

seat

and

on

we

went

.

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We

got

here

just

after

half

past

ten

.

I

drove

into

the

garage

,

went

and

looked

about

to

make

sure

nothing

had

happened

in

my

absence

,

not

that

I

expected

anything

.

But

I

didn

’

t

want

to

spoil

the

ship

for

the

little

bit

of

tar

.

I

went

down

to

her

room

,

everything

was

all

right

,

not

too

stuffy

because

I

’

d

left

the

door

open

.

I

slept

in

it

one

night

before

to

see

if

there

was

enough

air

and

there

was

.

There

were

all

the

doings

to

make

tea

with

and

so

on

.

It

looked

very

snug

and

cosy

.

Well

,

at

last

the

great

moment

was

come

.

I

went

up

to

the

garage

and

opened

the

back

of

the

van

.

Like

the

rest

of

the

operation

it

went

according

to

plan

.

I

got

the

straps

off

her

,

made

her

sit

up

,

her

legs

and

feet

still

bound

of

course

.

She

kicked

about

for

a

moment

,

I

was

obliged

to

say

that

if

she

did

not

keep

quiet

I

would

have

to

resort

to

more

of

the

chloro

and

CTC

(

which

I

showed

)

,

but

that

if

she

kept

still

I

wouldn

’

t

hurt

her

.

That

did

the

trick

.

I

lifted

her

,

she

was

not

so

heavy

as

I

thought

;

I

got

her

down

quite

easily

;

we

did

have

a

bit

of

a

struggle

at

the

door

of

her

room

,

but

there

wasn

’

t

much

she

could

do

then

.

I

put

her

on

the

bed

.

It

was

done

.

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