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Chapter 4
After a few hours of sleep, the patient was in a much better state and he gladly agreed to take a tour of the treehouse with Charlotte as his guide.
"And this is the laboratory," she said as they stepped into the room. "The professor usually spends his time here. I don´t know where he is right now."
She looked around confused. Giovanni didn't say a word, but just kept staring at her. It made her nervous. She blushed and not daring to look him in the eye continued to talk about silly nothings. "Well, these are mineral samples. Professor Challenger is always using them in his experiments. He once told me he would be helpless without them and that he is constantly mixing them up. Luckily Marguerite knows how to organize them, but it often takes her hours to do so."
"Really?"
"Yes, really."
Charlotte was absolutely sure. Often the others had scolded her like a child, telling her not to go near the "mystical collection". Since she didn´t like the big dark cupboard anyway, she left the rocks alone.
But she wasn´t so sure how much longer she could stand Giovanni's stare. Luckily Roxon and Marguerite came into the lab just then searching for Challenger. They were followed soon after by Richard, who wanted to check on an experiment he was doing. Quickly he sat down at a table where his test tudes stood so he could more easily view them and make notes.
"The sooner we start the sooner we can meet with Veronica and Ned. We´re already late. Marguerite, would you hurry?"
"How can a hunter be so impatient?" Asked Marguerite. "Mr. Castucci. How are you?"
"Please call me Giovanni. And thank you, much better." He smiled. "Do you intend to go somewhere?"
"Yes. To the Zanga village to meet up with Ned and Veronica. But we´re so late... we will probably meet them halfway to the village.
Marguerite, please..." hurried Roxton. She sighed deeply and left the room to prepare for the hike.
"The senorita goes with you too?"
"Only the two of them go." Growled Richard not looking up from his liquids.
"You let a helpless gentle lady go into the jungle?"
This comment was welcomed with silent smiles. Only the hunter answered meaningfully.
"Let´s say, that the lady stands under my protection. But now, if you will excuse me." And Roxton started to walk out when he heard a loud noise.
As Richard looked up and Roxton turned around, both could see the big cupboard heavily packed with minerals and stones starting to fall down towards Charlotte.
