It was Tuesday evening，and the rain sounded like a drum as it hit the street outside．When I arrived at the house，I got out of the car and ran to the door．I knocked on it three times，（80）___，and then knocked five times．The door opened quietly and a short man looked at me．
‘You're late，'Jim said．
‘I had to （81）___ that I wasn't followed，'I replied．
He turned and led me inside．I followed Jim to where Mike and Pete were sitting．I joined them，and looked down at the piles of paper that coveredthe table．
‘Are these the plans？'I asked．
‘Of course，'Pete smiled．‘Now we know exactly where the bank holds the money，the gold and the jewels．'
‘And soon all of it will be （82）___，'I said，smiling back at him．
‘This time next week，we'll be sitting on a distant beach somewhere，and no one will ever find us，'Pete said．
We spent the next hour rewriting the （83）___ for Friday．We decided that Mike would go in before lunch，to find out where the guard was standing．Pete and Jim would run into the bank with their guns ten minutes later．I would wait in the car outside and be （84）___ to drive them away when they had filled their suitcases with as much money as possible．
It was still raining on Friday．At exactly eleven o'clock，the three men came running out of the bank，each of them holding a gun and a suitcase full of cash．
I started the car immediately and drove （85）___ through the streets．Pete，Mike and Jim were all smiling to themselves．That would soon change，however，when they realized that we were going straight to a factory where the police were waiting．