Turning to walk into the blackness, I end up bumping into the slim backside of Leslie. My eyes adjust quickly, as I murmur an apology, then lead Gina ...round her. Gina gasps as she steps into what must seem like impenetrable blackness.“Come with me, please, Leslie,” I state, stepping harder than I have to as I start walking. My intent is to make sure she hears me walking away, but to my surprise, she starts following.“You can see in this?” Gina asks, and I hear the fear in her tone. A hundred. ”The assayer was dumbstruck. He took a few breaths before he could speak.“How much?” He looked around like he was afraid someone would hear.“About 160 pounds. Can you handle that much? Or do I need to arrange for it to be taken to Denver?”“Denver?”“Yeah, you know, the big city just North of here.”“I know what Denver is! I’m sorry, the amount you said took me by surprise. No one has taken that much gold out of the area for a long time.”“What area?” I asked.“The area you’re prospecting in.”“What. Could you show her where everything is? I've got to put some more beer in the fridge, okay?"It was still early, and not many people had arrived, so I was the only person he could choose for the task, but nonetheless I was impressed."Sure. Hi Mary. Come on over here. You want a beer?" Yeah, sure. Thanks Alan. So how do you know these guys then?" Oh, I worked with Mike a few years ago, and now they regard me as party furniture. They tell me I'm insurance, just in case no one else turns up." Oh,. " I remembered Benny dumping the memory on that thing just last week, so there was no way it should be full. The hard drive on the alarm only records what happens if we're not in the apartment. Unless we forgot to turn it off. So it should be pretty clear. I decided to look and see what was recorded on it." I logged onto the monitoring program on our PC. There was a huge file that was recorded on Wednesday night. That seemed strange to me because Wednesday night my sister and I were at the.