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The desert east of Lüderitz, Namibia, the present dayJoanne’s car engine cut out and she drifted off onto the left-hand side of the road.
Nick glanced at Anja.
‘Nick, won’t you get out and have a look under the bonnet, please?’ Joanne said. ‘I’ll try and start the car when you tell me.’
‘I’m a city boy, a journalist, I’m no mechanic,’ Nick said. ‘Anja’s spent a lot more time in the bush than me, maybe she should take a look as well.’
Joanne frowned. ‘Well, I suppose so, but she’s an academic, isn’t she?’
‘She,’ Anja said, opening the back door, ‘has fixed her uncle’s old Land Rover plenty of times. If it’s a leaking fuel line we might be able to fix it.’
‘OK, no offence meant,’ Joanne said.
‘None taken,’ Anja said.
Nick got out and lifted the bonnet when Joanne popp
