After butchering the carcass (his biological description of the process is not for the squeamish) the author is faced with carrying it bit by bit down the mountainside before transporting it four miles by raft to civilisation.
It does, however, make the odds against his successful defense of American interests a bit less like those faced by Horatius at the bridge, if not yet the "sure thing" the merits of the case ought to dictate.
It is possible that the Pauls could be just the tiniest a bit out of touch with the difficulties faced by millions of Americans to whom a paper route would represent an idyllic childhood, even if they had to (shudder) put the papers inside the screen door?
The wicket here is a bit different to normal, not quite as true as we have faced before but it's still a very good pitch and a rewarding one for the bowlers if they get it in the right areas.