I don""t believe in insurance.There""s no risk." In an edgy, volatile encounter, Lewis bargains firmly with one of the grimy, poverty-stricken Griner brothers (Seamon Glass and Randall Deal) o have them drive their vehicles to Aintry for $40 - and receives a second ominous warning about the hazardous river:Griner: Canoe trip?Lewis: That""s right, a canoe trip.Both Buddy""s mother and father were the next to die, attacked and swarmed by venomous snakes(# 8 and # 9 death).And my dear, I don""t want you o be hurt.You see, we""re a happily married couple and let""s never forget that.This is my home.You""re my husband.And my children are upstairs in bed.I""m a happily married woman - or I was, rather, until a few weeks ago.This is my whole world, and it""s enough, or rather, it was until a few weeks ago.But, oh, Fred, I""ve been so foolish.I""ve fallen in love.I""m an ordinary woman.I didn""t hink such violent things could happen to ordinary people.In the tea room of the Milford Junction station (the junction for many suburban trains) after one of her weekly shopping rips (including going to the library for book exchanges, lunch and going to the movies - activities that provide imaginary, vicarious escapes for her into the lives of other middle-class women haunted by romantic encounters), she accidentally meets Dr.Peter wrote out the Decay Rate Algorithm, his father""s calculation, and provided the equation o Connors.