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All right--maybe, soion in the centuries in which the Crusades had taken place Maybe he’d even heard the legends about the place, and so, in his subconscious, with his love of the ancient, he had come up with some correlation that was so deeply imbedded in his mind that he couldn’t tell reality from fantasy

Man, that was a load of bull!

He paused in his work He was alone at his particular site, but right around the bend of the cliff, he could hear Carlo Ponti droning on along with so one of the skeletons, and the work there was being performed by the experts, and only the experts

Today, he orking on his hands and knees on the very fine task of preparing the next fellow to be lifted and taken to the museum in Naples This fellow had patches of naturallyThough he certainly hadn’t been dressed in the full arht, he’d owned soh in pieces, there were lots of fragments to be delicately worked around Yet, as he knelt on the ground, taking extreht, his eyes wandered, and he frowned

Just beneath the yellow stretch of plastic cord that designated the work area, there appeared to be ain that strange fashion before

He sat back and stared at it

A cold sensation swept his neck

He dropped his work brush and caain

The cold continued

He began to dig, with his hands alone

There was soe, and tiny pebbles flew

He stopped, his breath caught in his throat The dirt filled his lungs, and he started to cough He had come upon another body

Only, this one wasn’t centuries old

The scent of death struck hiht down a swift rise of nausea

Indeed, it was the smell of death

And he’d not discovered a beached dolphin

He sank back on his legs, exhausted, overwhelmed by a sense of sadness and despair Then, after a ed to rise

Sweaty, covered in dirt, he walked around to where Carlo Ponti worked

"You found so else!" Carlo exclaimed

"I’m afraid so"

"Afraid?"

"Yes, afraid I think I’ve found the irl Maria Britto"

Arturo assured Stephanie that he would get a doctor for Lena "There is a local man, of course Doctor Antinella I will h! None of our staff or guests has shown the least sign of a flu"

"Well, she definitely has so to the sand for a while"

"The sand?"

"The beach We’re going to take a little break"

"Lovely, lovely!" Arturo applauded

"Think we could take so like that?" Stephanie asked

"But of course!" Arturo assured her happily "I will have it sent"

Stephanie thanked hi, it looked bright and beautiful It was aht’s sleep could do

Usually, she hated taking sleep aids of any kind They usually left her tired in the y

Apparently, she had siy at all Just pleased that the world seerabbed her towel, lotion, and a book When she went out back, there were a few sunbathers stretched out on towels or resort lawn chairs, and a wo them as they frolicked in the surf

She stretched out her oel, but the water was inviting She wondered if it would be war to the shore, she felt the water trickle over her feet and was delighted