We spent quite a few hours on the Sunday talking about our pasts and the possibility of our future. I decided to return home and have a good think. ...he was perfectly OK with this and expressed herself as such.Back at home I weighed up the odds. I had a miserable job that paid little. Rented my flat. I had a car but not a very good one. One brother elsewhere in the world. I decided to wait one-week minimum before making a decision and called Valerie to tell her. She was happy that I was. Since they had an hour before I was going to start cooking, they decided to go for a swim and work on their complete tans and headed out back. I looked at clock and told Jerry if they stay out there for an hour, that would be perfect for the surprise delivery. Jerry and I grabbed a beer, made ourselves comfy and turned on a baseball game. Two more beers and several innings later I noticed that it was time for Colin and Loreena to arrive. I mentioned it to Jerry as I peeked out back and the. Carter. He stroked the beard that he'd been letting grow for about a week. ?We'll find a place upriver where we can set up a more permanent camp where we'll not bother the locals and begin our collecting.??That would be good,? said Lisa, who was eager to photograph some of the flowers she'd spotted along the way. Carter had his specimen bottles and she had her blotters. They would return from this trip with at least one new specimen. The thought disappeared as she once more remembered the. I said, ‘Nathan, what do you think about me going for higher education?’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘I mean going for a degree.’ He turned to face me, ‘To be honest, I’m all for it. A good education is a wonderful thing. But it’ll be a lot of extra work. Would you be able to handle your job and all the studying?’ ‘Yes, I think so. I can fit my job around the courses. Long hours I know, but I’ve never been afraid of hard work.’ ‘What would you study?’ ‘Easy,’ I smiled, ‘Palaeontology. I’m fascinated.