\"And then what?\" asked Mme. Storey tensely.
\"He put it in his pocket,\" he said calmly; \"and we drove home. That's all.\"
\"And that is the strangest part of all!\" cried Mme. Storey. \"What could have persuaded him to spare you?\"
\"Hey?\" said Dr. Portal, blinking.
\"Don't you realise that you were taken for a ride?\" she said.
\"Certainly I was taken for a ride...\"
\"No! No! I mean in the special sense of that phrase;
\"And then what?\" asked Mme. Storey tensely.
\"He put it in his pocket,\" he said calmly; \"and we drove home. That's all.\"
\"And that is the strangest part of all!\" cried Mme. Storey. \"What could have persuaded him to spare you?\"
\"Hey?\" said Dr. Portal, blinking.
\"Don't you realise that you were taken for a ride?\" she said.
\"Certainly I was taken for a ride...\"
\"No! No! I mean in the special sense of that phrase;
