I didn’t notice the time passing until Terri stood up, looked meaningfully at the wall clock, and said, ‘Tony, are you coming? I’ve got to get h...me.’ Barely glancing at her, as he continued to talk to me, he vaguely waved a hand and said he’d be a few minutes yet. It was only when she repeated his name with an emphasis on each syllable — ‘TO-NY!’ — half-whine, half-snarl, that he reluctantly looked up and nodded. Standing slowly, he placed a hand on my shoulder, for the third time that day, and. ”“Surely there’s more to it?”“Indeed ... but I prefer to keep the exact location private.”“I can respect that,” the old man said. “Mining claim and all that.”“No sir,” said Jim. “It’s State land and cannot be claimed.”“Oh ... I see,” the bedridden old man said, “You mean ... anyone can prospect the creek.”“It’s been very busy since the downturn,” said Jim.“So ... it was just luck?” he asked.“You could call it that,” I said.“This gold has been refined ... but not smelted ... where did you.... . ?”“Well I can show you mine if you like and you can see the difference between Rambo’s and mine.”She didn’t answer but was in deep thought and watching me squeezing myself through my trousers. Then she looked back at Rambo’s and saw the clear liquid oozing out ... rubbing it all around she said, “Yes I want to see it... !”I stood up and walked over to the sofa and sat down next to her near Rambo’s head. He was laying across her lap and must have been quite heavy but his hind legs were still. Anne-Marie was a double agent, and that could be easily arranged, but Tony could not just book a passage. It was with some difficulty, and with some helpful pressure from above, that he convinced the RAF controller that he was just going for the flight to finish briefing Anne-Marie, and would return on the plane, that he was reluctantly allowed to board the plane.After boarding the Lysander just after dark, the pilot came back to see them with his co-pilot before they took off. "Now when we.