They won't get very far.

I didn't, so to speak, _fill_ the petrol tank"-- with a grin--"and there ain't more than two o' they cans I slipped aboard the car as 'olds more'n air.

The rest was empties"-- the grin widened enjoyably--"which I shoved in well to the back.

Mr.Kent won't travel eighty miles afore 'e calls a 'alt, I reckon." Sara looked at Brady's cunning, kindly face almost with affection.
"Why did you do that ?" she asked swiftly.
"I've owed Mr.Lester Kent summat these three years," he answered complacently.

"And I never forgets to pay back.