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smaller in the dusk.
"Whew!" said Commander Pott. "That was a narrow shave."
The others made whewing noises and thanked heaven for the way their magical CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG had saved them from the gangsters' terrible revenge.
They got to the main road to Calais and Commander Pott eased CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG down on to the smooth surface. She gave a bump or two and then was going like the wind down the empty road, with the big head lamps lighting up the way to the distant glow of Calais and the huge feast of omelettes and roast chicken and ice cream they were all looking forward to.
They drew up in front of a nice looking hotel called the "Splendide" (which, as you've guessed, is French for "Splendid") and Commander Pott ordered their rooms and while they tidied up and had a good scrub (much needed by now, as you can guess!), he ordered the delicious dinner in the bright and cheerful dining room and went out to look after CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG, because, as you know, you must always see that your car is cosy and happy for the night before you look after yourself.
Commander Pott filled up the car with gas and oil and water, checked the batteries and the tires, and drove the car into a comfortable garage beside the hotel. Once he had seen that she seemed contented and in good order, he decided to leave her washing and polishing for the morning, when all the family could help. Then he patted her on her rather hot nose and locked her up for the night and went back into the hotel where the whole family sat down to their delicious dinner before going up to bed for a wonderful and, I'm sure you'll agree, well-earned rest.
BUT! BUT ! BUT !
And again, BUT!
Later that night, when they were all fast asleep, a long black car, with Joe the Monster at the wheel, and Man-Mountain Fink and Soapy Sam and Blood-Money Banks crduching down in the body of the car, came creeping up to the Hotel Splendide in the darkness and hid itself amongst the shadows down a side turning.
Joe the Monster and his gang, still bent on revenge, crept round the ground floor windows of the sleeping hotel looking for a way to break in and get at Commander Pott and his family.
And once again COMMANDER CARACTACUS POTT and MIMSIE and JEREMY and JEMIMA WERE IN MORTAL DANGER! ! !
Chapter Three
WHEN JOE THE MONSTER had seen the lights go out in the hotel, and had noticed from the shadows on the blinds that Commander Pott and Mimsie were sleeping in one room with Jeremy and Jemima in another room next door, he and his ruffians got swiftly to work.
From the trunk of the car they took out a number of burglarious instruments—a telescopic aluminum ladder for climbing the walls of the hotel, a jimmy (this is a burglar's tool for opening windows and doors that looks rather like a very powerful can opener), and some rope. Joe the Monster whispered a series of commands and in a trice the gang had run the ladder up the hotel wall to the room where Jeremy and Jemima lay fast asleep. Then, while Man-Mountain Fink, who was as strong and as big as he sounds, held the foot of the ladder, Soapy Sam, who was a very tiny man but a very strong one, crept softly up the ladder and, after some quick work with the jimmy, slipped over the window sill into the room where the twins lay sleeping.
He had had his orders. He went first to Jemima's bed, whirled up the four corners of the sheet on which she was lying, and with her bundled up inside it, tied a knot out of the four corners so as to make her look like a bundle of washing. And almost before she could awake, he handed her softly out of the window and into the arms of Man-Mountain Fink.
Jeremy had stirred in his sleep, but here again it only needed a few quick movements and he, too, was on his way out of the window. And then their clothes and shoes were hurled pell-mell after them.
But, of course, the children were quickly awake, and even before they could be bundled into the back of the black car, they had started to
"Whew!" said Commander Pott. "That was a narrow shave."
The others made whewing noises and thanked heaven for the way their magical CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG had saved them from the gangsters' terrible revenge.
They got to the main road to Calais and Commander Pott eased CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG down on to the smooth surface. She gave a bump or two and then was going like the wind down the empty road, with the big head lamps lighting up the way to the distant glow of Calais and the huge feast of omelettes and roast chicken and ice cream they were all looking forward to.
They drew up in front of a nice looking hotel called the "Splendide" (which, as you've guessed, is French for "Splendid") and Commander Pott ordered their rooms and while they tidied up and had a good scrub (much needed by now, as you can guess!), he ordered the delicious dinner in the bright and cheerful dining room and went out to look after CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG, because, as you know, you must always see that your car is cosy and happy for the night before you look after yourself.
Commander Pott filled up the car with gas and oil and water, checked the batteries and the tires, and drove the car into a comfortable garage beside the hotel. Once he had seen that she seemed contented and in good order, he decided to leave her washing and polishing for the morning, when all the family could help. Then he patted her on her rather hot nose and locked her up for the night and went back into the hotel where the whole family sat down to their delicious dinner before going up to bed for a wonderful and, I'm sure you'll agree, well-earned rest.
BUT! BUT ! BUT !
And again, BUT!
Later that night, when they were all fast asleep, a long black car, with Joe the Monster at the wheel, and Man-Mountain Fink and Soapy Sam and Blood-Money Banks crduching down in the body of the car, came creeping up to the Hotel Splendide in the darkness and hid itself amongst the shadows down a side turning.
Joe the Monster and his gang, still bent on revenge, crept round the ground floor windows of the sleeping hotel looking for a way to break in and get at Commander Pott and his family.
And once again COMMANDER CARACTACUS POTT and MIMSIE and JEREMY and JEMIMA WERE IN MORTAL DANGER! ! !
Chapter Three
WHEN JOE THE MONSTER had seen the lights go out in the hotel, and had noticed from the shadows on the blinds that Commander Pott and Mimsie were sleeping in one room with Jeremy and Jemima in another room next door, he and his ruffians got swiftly to work.
From the trunk of the car they took out a number of burglarious instruments—a telescopic aluminum ladder for climbing the walls of the hotel, a jimmy (this is a burglar's tool for opening windows and doors that looks rather like a very powerful can opener), and some rope. Joe the Monster whispered a series of commands and in a trice the gang had run the ladder up the hotel wall to the room where Jeremy and Jemima lay fast asleep. Then, while Man-Mountain Fink, who was as strong and as big as he sounds, held the foot of the ladder, Soapy Sam, who was a very tiny man but a very strong one, crept softly up the ladder and, after some quick work with the jimmy, slipped over the window sill into the room where the twins lay sleeping.
He had had his orders. He went first to Jemima's bed, whirled up the four corners of the sheet on which she was lying, and with her bundled up inside it, tied a knot out of the four corners so as to make her look like a bundle of washing. And almost before she could awake, he handed her softly out of the window and into the arms of Man-Mountain Fink.
Jeremy had stirred in his sleep, but here again it only needed a few quick movements and he, too, was on his way out of the window. And then their clothes and shoes were hurled pell-mell after them.
But, of course, the children were quickly awake, and even before they could be bundled into the back of the black car, they had started to
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