He crashes and stumbles to the ground over the fourth high hurdle, and from the ground looks up at the empty seats in the stadium.In the last six months, he let his insurance lapse on everything he owned except for one business - the racetrack (Empyrean Fields), which was heavily insured.Dr.Steele: You were a good sport.Judith: If I weren""t that, doctor, I""m afraid I wouldn""t be much of anything.Tell me, what""s wrong with me? Is it my eyes?Dr.Steele: Why, I""d be a pretty poor excuse for a doctor if I told you before I was positive myself.Anyway, for the next few days, I want you to have some X-rays taken, lots of them.Otherwise, you""re o lead your normal life, see your friends, give parties, do everything you have been doing - with one exception.Its metaphoric title was deliberately chosen to evoke he Biblical exodus, another journey in which a group of Israelites leave their familiar homeland and cross the Red Sea into unknown erritory.