After six weeks of attempting to stir people and other immovable objects into action, I’m pretty stretched, and stressed. The leaf reader is about the only person who provides positive information. We think, well, we got nothin’ else to believe in, he’s goin’ on believing and believing; he’s always good to us. I’m doubtful about him at first, but, as I get to know more, he’s the man who keeps the faith, keeps the billy boiling, so to speak.
Then Taoati rings to say they’ve been found. She rings Robyn to say they’ve been found alive. It’s a pretty spectacular event. I’m at the doctor’s at the time, having a check up for a virus, and the doctor’s taking my blood pressure. My pressure shoots up wildly, and the doctor asks me, “Are you feeling okay?” I say, “I am now. I’m suddenly a hundred per cent cured!”