"To anybody who's ever piloted a load of casualties through eighteen inches of mud, dodging shell holes and shells on their way to make new holes, in a black rainstorm at midnight - this sort of thing," Jules announced - "a hard, smooth road under a clear sky - is simple pie."
From Alias the Lone Wolf, by Louis Joseph Vance. Jules was the chauffeur who had been instructed to drive with his lights off in order to effect an escape from the villains in the book.
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