It's three o'clock in the morning at the monastery of San Felipe Atabapo, somewhere in the south east of the great lost plateau in the land of San Felipe Atabapo, Venezuela. When the party of weary travelers entered the monastery, Jack and Doc were separated. Jack was to follow a guide who led him into a bare, stone cell, fed him and gave him a swatch of straw to lie on, and then left Doc to himself. No-one came near him, so after a period of restlessness, he lay down and went to sleep...