`` who do you think will be next on the guy 's list ? '' the scent of roasted potatoes and the sound of laughter filled the air . `` our scouts go out the hunter 's gate , but of late , none of them return . '' `` tell us where it is , '' a man said . you know how film was so slow back then , just glass plates , not film at all , really , and they had to leave the shutters open for a long time to get enough light on the plate . 