# Benighted

Author: Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73673

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Benighted+Priestley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Margaret was saying something, but he couldn’t hear a word. The downpour and the noise of the engine were almost deafening. Suddenly he stopped the car and leaned back, relieved, relaxed, free for a moment from the task of steering a way through the roaring darkness. He had always felt insecure driving at night, staring out at a little lighted patch of road and groping for levers and switches, pressing pedals, had always been rather surprised when the right thing happened. But to-night, on these twisting mountain roads, some of them already awash, with storm after storm bursting upon them and the whole night now one black torrent, every mile was a miracle. It couldn’t last. Their rattling...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/benighted-73673/chapters/13/index.md)