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Pitt handed the receiver back to Trinity and turned to Lily "We're off the case," he infor over the excavation

They're going to haul the artifacts away as fast as they can throw them in the back of a truck"

Lily's eyes widened in shock "The scrolls will be destroyed," she gasped "After sixteen hundred years in an underground vault the parchment and papyrus rate frohtest touch"

"You heard ive the Admiral the same appraisal," Pitt said helplessly

Trinity looked washed out "Waal," he drawled, shall we call it a day?"

Pitt looked at the stakes that rid "Not yet," he said slowly, deliberately "Let's finish the job

The show is never over till it's over"

The Mercedes stretch limousine stopped at the yacht club dock in the harbor of Alexandria The chauffeur opened the door and Robert Capesteffe cli a tailored white linen suit with a powder-blue shirt and er looked like Topiltzin

He was guided down a stone stairway to a waiting launch He sat back in the soft cushions and enjoyed the ride across the harbor and through the enhere one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the fahthouse known as the Pharos of Alexandria, once stood, a towering 135

h Only a few stones built into an Arab fort were all that remained of its ruins

The launch headed for a large yacht that waswide beach Capesteffe had walked her decks on previous occasions He knew her length to be forty-five meters She was Dutch-built, with sleek, aircraftstyle lines She had transoceanic range and a cruising speed of thirty knots

The pilot eased back on the throttle and slipped the launch into reverse at it approached the boarding steps Capesterre was met on deck by a man dressed in an open silk shirt, shorts and sandals They embraced

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A - lcotne, bt(,,there," saiki Paul Capesterre "It's been too long

"You look healthy, Paul I'd say you and Akhht pounds"