31.   Beyond the pass lay the stunning high desert plateau of Mustang.

32.   Beyond the ring lay ruins of small structures and a site where Late Stone Age people appeared to have made flint tools and weapons.

33.   Beyond city walls lay a cemetery and scattered suburbs.

34.   Beyond that point lies the Twilight Zone.

35.   Beyond them lay his friend Mike, dead in a ditch, shot by the law.

36.   Beyond triage lies the morgue.

37.   A distant line of willows snaked through the distant prairie, beyond which lay the foothills.

38.   A thousand years ago, most people knew little of what lay beyond their immediate localities.

39.   A wheat field lies beyond the basketball court where students prepare for a track meet.

40.   Alas, it lay beyond reach.