Are you sure he was lucid?" Mme. K. Von Schnauser demands. She and S are holding the rope as the Leader begins his first descent of the day down The Stairs and into the Cave.
"After all, he just came from the village where he was shouting at the crowds and singing and praying..."
"Yes, his eyes were clear this time," the Leader adds and disappears into the darkness below.

Journal entry day 11: The old man stood at the opening to the Leaders tent. The Leader was shaving and looked up. S. Airedale said, "He wanted to see you again. Says he knows something more." "Eh, what is it, then?" "In the cave there is a box of special things..." The Leader finishes shaving and wipes off his face with a towel. "Go on."
Journal Note Journal Entry: expedition day 10. Base Camp at top of "The Stairs". S. Airedale and Mme. K. Von Schnauzer spoke to the Leader regarding his plans to make a solo descent into the Caves. "Are you sure the Old Man in the village remembers this?" S. asks. K...LikeUnlike · · Share · April 26, 2011 at 9:39amJoan Marjorie and Cait McCabe like this.Dave McCabe He brings back an ancient postcard and tales of other treasures he cannot recover until another day. But the ancient documents he has not yet found. "I ran out of rope," he states and goes off the kitchen tent to make some tea.
Cait McCabe omg. I just died laughing.
Joan Marjorie Yeah. It's like that here, too. My old file boxes *used* to be accessible until I combined storage space with my husband. On the outside, when it comes to being tidy, he's Felix and I'm Oscar. In terms of storage & files, it's the other way around.
Dave McCabe Deep within the caves where its silent and dusty, he wonders, "did the old man mean turn right at the catacombs, or left..."
The Old Man in the Village responds to his pleas for more information. "But I held those documents in my very hands not 3,000 days ago...."
and goes off to sing old hymns to himself.
The Leader heads back to the kitchen tent to find something cold to drink.
Dwight McCabe then sings more songs to himself.
Dwight McCabe and more songs.
Dwight McCabe and has another drink.
Dave McCabe yes, yes, yes, it's coming to me....