They were evacuated by train from the city to the rural own of Coombe Halt, and the country home of eccentric uncle, Professor Digory Kirke (Jim Broadbent), who wasn""t "accustomed to having children" in his house.At that moment, the Webster group (Lorelei, Vera, and Ross) were using individualized, motorized balloons to descend to the floor of the canyon gorge, while Gorman took a mule down.Learning her name, he comments:You must have been born with that name.You couldn""t have made it up.Still inebriated, on one of the backstage walls, he draws a heart with an arrow through it and their initials, using her lipstick.I wish, I wish...Dolly: Fancy him going all the way to Africa.Is he married?Laura: Oh yes.Dolly: Any children?Laura: Yes.Two boys.He""s very proud of them.Dolly: Is he taking them with him, his wife and children I mean?Laura: Yes, yes he is.Dolly: Well I suppose it""s sensible in a way, rushing off to start anew in the wide open spaces and all that sort of thing.His mother encourages him to follow his heart if that will make him happy: "He""s got to be happy.He""s got to find himself."A map charts Jim""s train journey from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England (North of Boston) to find construction work.