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he cackled to the roundsman . `` John D. is a Chinese necromancer . I 'm getting used to his tricks , and you will catch the habit in another hour or two . By four o'clock you wo n't be the least bit surprised if you find yourself flying across the New Jersey flats in an aeroplane , or having a cup of hot coffee on board the pilot steamer off Sandy Hook . '' `` I 'll risk either of those unlikely things , sir , if we find your car where we left it , '' They stepped out briskly . When all was said and done , none of the three wished to be stranded in some unknown byway of Westchester County at that ungodly hour , and their relief was great when the stark outline of the crane became visible in an otherwise impenetrable wall of darkness . `` By Jove !