“I’ll try again and see,” he said, giving her little hope.
But as she waited listening to crackling noises over the crude radio equipment, she began to hear some signs of hope. Minutes later, she breathed a relieved sigh.
***
The morning brought the thunder of winged beasts, beating against the sky. Lawrence Underhill’s houseguests stepped out of the house to find the sun shining brightly as they watched an air rescue helicopter land in the open space beyond the house. After a flurry of activity during which Lawrence was brought out on a stretcher with Priscilla at his side, the aircraft lifted off again with both inside. Not more than five minutes later, a second chopper dropped to the earth, while Meri stared with her hand above her eyes, guarding them from the blinding sun. Once on t
