He radioed that Yang had also arrived, watching them emerge from a plane.The McConnell group camped at night, and was only a half-day""s hike away from the Gateway.Alex discussed the small probability of a romantic connection with Lin: "We""re complete opposites, you and me, right? You guard tombs.I can make them all go away." After a reckless car-chase almost ending in disaster, he saved her from dropping off a steep cliff while hanging from her car, and she agreed to talk to him about his proposal, without a "decent interval" before love-making.She was terribly upset about how she had her heart broken by her male suitor, and threatened to commit suicide by cutting her throat.He owned a racetrack, a shooting club, drilling rig companies, several oil companies - but his records indicated that he was in trouble.