Life Goes on…Safari
- Karen oversees her coffee farm and the school where her Kikuyu are learning English and the coffee factory. The coffee biz isn't doing so great.
- As Karen walks home from her factory one day, she hears music coming from her front porch.
- Denys has brought another gift: a phonograph. Not exactly an Audio Technica AT-LP60, but it plays Mozart well enough.
- He wants to take Karen with him on an adventure.
- She's not up for it, but Denys can be quite persuasive.
- Together they go out on safari; it's all kinds of awesome.
- The Jeep breaks down in the middle of a herd of water buffalo; they set that right soon enough, and make camp.
- In the dark, they discuss the people of Africa, the differences all around.
- The local baboons don't like the phonograph.
- As they're taking in the beauty of the valley below, a canvas plane flies past and Denys says he always wanted to have one.
- Things heat up: Denys washes Karen's hair by the river and recites some verses from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to her.
- (Just two words about that: Robert Redford.)
- Back in the bush, Denys and Karen are joined by Denys' men as they walk, looking for some game for dinner.
- They track a decent-sized meal, but they're not the only predators out hunting.
- Despite their caution, the group is charged by two lions after accidentally stumbling upon their recent kill.
- Karen and Denys dispatch the threat efficiently.
- Back again at the camp, Denys and Karen share some quiet and intimate moments before finally getting on with it.
- Denys (did we mention he was played by Robert Redford?) drives Karen back home, where she takes the gramophone he tried to give her earlier.