impatient for her to go.
At this juncture in his thoughts a taxi with flag erect turned the corner of the street ahead. Tommy held his breath. Would they hail it?
He drew a sigh of relief as they allowed it to pass unchallenged. Their course was a zigzag one designed to bring them as quickly as possible to Oxford Street. When at length they turned into it, proceeding in an easterly direction, Tommy slightly increased his pace
That’s the curious part about speaking the truth. No one does believe it.
“I can assure you I mean no disrespect.”
The moment was not quite so triumphant as it ought to have been.