they drove uphill trough the mountains for some time. Then the car stopped. and the servants got out to put thick cables round the wheels. slowly the great car was lifted over the tallest rocks by a machine, and put down gently on the other side.
'Now we're on our own road.' said Percy, 'on a piece of land that nobody knows about. My grandfather paid a lot of money to make sure it's not on any maps. There's only one thing we're afraid of only one thing that could find us out.'