There were taxicabs, racing cars, limousines.

They were crowded with women and children of the rich, and of the nobility and gentry from the great chateaux far to the west.

Those who occupied them were white-faced with the dust of the road, with weariness and fear.

In cars magnificently upholstered, padded, and cushioned were piled trunks, hand-bags, dressing-cases.

The women had dressed at a moment's warning, as though at a cry of fire.