“Ah, yes, I see. Well, the place where the bodies were buried is about twenty, maybe twenty-five kilometres from the general area where I am aware the tribe is located. Mr. Pearce, I believe, has cleared a small landing area for his helicopter some distance from the village and approaches only on foot. It is not an area where we, the police venture or indeed where tourists would be likely to accidentally blunder into, so dense is the forest once you depart from the recognised trails.”
Da Rocha's reply actually told Bryant something important.
“So,” he said more to Pearce than to the police chief, “it appears the two doctors had already left your facility and were heading in the general area of civilisation when they encountered the French couple.”
“I see that,” Pearce agreed, “but what
