So, for as much as she didn't believe a word of what the others told her about her chances, she was willing to grab onto what they were offering with ...oth hands. Even if she could survive only a few hours more, she'd take it. After all, a few hours meant that much more of a chance of surviving. She'd survived a couple days of hell, so if she could survive that long again, by any means possible, then it would mean she'd be likely to survive again. Thus even if this treatment didn't amount to. “We’ll wait a couple of days for the mules to recover, and then take it in to Nairobi.”The teller behind the desk of the British East Africa Company handed over a cheque for £3469-15 shillings after weighing the ivory. David handed the cheque into the bank under the Khana Crater account and drew out £1300 in bundles of £100.Back at the crater he had the Gurkhas assembled along with N’debi and presented them each with £100. Rham tried to protest that they needed no reward, but Susan said that. I had finished eating and was watching some customers playing pool and others playing the rage at that time, PAC MAN, while enjoying an after dinner adult beverage. Two ladies walked in, looked the crowd over, and came up to where I was seated. I noticed that the younger of the two walked with a shuffling gait, that her head nodded a bit from side to side, and that she seemed to always have a smirk-like smile on her face. When she later spoke her words were slightly slurred. I later learned. "Something's wrong," she said to Whit."What?" asked Whit."First of all, I've worked with Joe Turner on many jobs. He and I are always 'Joe and Rachel', yet he called me 'Agent Rivera'. Also, he made no complaint about me bringing you along. I had gotten authorization, before we left, but he didn't even ask about it." He probably just assumed you'd done that," said Whit, as he turned his vehicle onto the highway."Maybe. But he also had the phone on speaker. I could clearly hear the ambient noise.