the avon finally reached self-sustaining rpm just before she reached the flower bed , and she slammed the throttle forward to its stop , and dingbat at first slowed , and then finally reversed direction a mere metre away from the curb stone that was only fifth removed from sashas ( dont forget lineage was very important to sasha ) , but unfortunately the avon has slightly more power that its continental cousins , even the turbo charged ones , and every living thing on the roundabout was spread over the front of the security office , leaving just another forlorn bird bath in the centre .