He patted her hand and corrected a small skid. 21.

Transport columns had an unhappy time: the Hebron road was showing many signs of wear, and it was a long journey for lorries from Beersheba when the retaining walls were giving way and a foot-deep layer of mud invited a skid every yard.

You see Trevvy is so steady and she needs a skid to her wheel" She rambled on but to Markham her voice was only a confused chatter of many voices.