The blurb: “It is the Cup of Djemsheed, a unique mediaeval treasure. He tells them both about the naipi and tells June that she must go with him to Africa, he can’t do this alone. Paul comes home and suggests that he is sorry for all he said.
Meanwhile June is drunk and with Neil, who is trying to make sense of the estate for the divorce proceedings. Paul is dismissive but she offers a demonstration, she will take the powder and he will re-run his tests. She will reveal the secrets for the price of passage home to Africa. She also says that there is another compound, known to the high priest of her tribe, that when mixed with naipi makes the drinker young again. She tells Paul that the naipi is a secret of her tribe and slows the march towards death. Mother and daughter were abducted and enslaved some 140 years before and this is her only legacy. She puts her longevity down to a powder, naipi, which her mother gave to her. Paul examines Malla and is stunned by her claim to be 152 years old.
June tries to get away and Malla tells her that she is “the one in my dreams of blood!”
The elderly woman tells her that she will not divorce her husband as he will die. June phones her attorney, Neil (Grant Williams), from the outer office and is leaving when she is confronted by Malla. Sally tells Paul that Malla is there and states that the elderly woman gives her the creeps. The assistant Sally (Gloria Talbot) enters as she leaves the room. She eventually agrees to grant him a divorce and leaves the office.
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