It was an unusual flashback or example of "in medias res" - beginning the narrative at alaterpoint in the story, and then backtracking or rewinding the narrative o show events that had taken place earlier." Jane asks: "What was that?" Holt doesn""t know: "Can""t say." One of the native bearers (Curtis Nero) suggests: "Maybe hyena, bwana." When the call is sounded again, Parker states: "That was a human cry." Jane stands up and exclaims: "Human?!" Everyone in the safari becomes nervous and restless, and Parker considers turning back, but Jane refuses to halt the party and quit, and encourages them to continue on: "Darling, I know why you""re saying that, and I""m not going o be made an encumbrance of.She believes he had ordered a taxi back to New York.Thornhill, unable to convince anyone of the truth, is aghast by her fabricated story of the night""s events and her deceptive acting: "What a performance!"Thornhill demands to see Lester Townsend and is told hat he is at the United Nations building where he is due to address he General Assembly that afternoon.He quizzically looked at an Eastern Hockey League billboard with a masked-player/goalie staring at him.[Note: Historically, the two treasure cities were presumably Pithom and Ramases (Avaris).]The scene concluded with instructions for both of them to go to Goshen - the location of the treasure city, and where the Hebrews were enslaved.