take another day to go across and spend the afternoon around there , then start fresh at the border in the morning . `` the people in the jeep ... what happened to them ? '' he rose and brought the map on the bed over to the table . as far as i was concerned , he was as rare and precious to me as any of the jewelry surrounding us . `` or they just did n't find her in the dumpster until after she 'd been there awhile . '' 