Sir Reginald Carrion stood ankle-deep in the muddy dam, surveying the very cold and very old remains of an elephant with the calm professionalism of a man who knows exactly who he is and what he wants at that precise moment.
Everyone needs a Sir Reggie in their life. The sort of fellow who isn’t afraid to get into the marrow of things. Literally, in his case.
The stench was overwhelming. In fact, the smell announced itself long before we spotted Reggie — a thick, rotten stench that seemed to cling to the back of your throat, making breathing through your nose completely out of the question. Sir Reggie, however, was unfazed.
He had a bald head, sparsely and randomly sprinkled with wiry little springs of hair, an enormous, strong-looking beak and the general air of a slightly disreputable chief undertaker of the African bush. He clearly considered this less of a carcass and more of an excellent lunch opportunity.
There was something rather admirable about him. While the rest of us were trying not to breathe, Sir Reggie was getting stuck in. No fuss. No squeamishness. No unnecessary judgement. Just quietly getting on with the business of life — or, in his case, death.
Around him, the dam was thick with sludge, the air heavy and hot, and the whole scene had that unmistakable feeling of Africa at its rawest — beautiful, brutal and completely uninterested in being pleasant.
Perhaps that is the lesson of Sir Reggie: don’t stand on the sidelines. Get your feet muddy. Follow your nose. And when life gives you an elephant carcass, get into the marrow.
This was, after all, his kind of restaurant.
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