Scraping the bottom of the barrel for money, allowing the situation to dictate plans, the process of leaping orbits, Susan receives a parcel for her birthday, having a picnic under the apple tree in the garden, speaking to John, John goes into hospital again, his partner Sharon is in a state of panic, realizing the source of John’s attitude towards Christopher’s will, Sharon’s plans regarding John, telling Pei about developments with the Peruvian story, explaining how she came to go to Nepal in 2001, a sign from the sky.
