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"No, e and can't graze too well on his own"

Loren held out her hand "It's been fun listening to your stories, Mr"

"Cussler, Clive Cussler Mighty nice to have met you, ma'am"

When they were on the road again, the Pierce Arrow and its trailer s, Pitt turned to Loren "For a iven me a clue to the treasure site"

"Youunder an island?"

"It still doesn't seeically possible"

Loren turned the rearview mirror to reapply her lipstick "If the river flowed deep enough it ht conceivably pass under the Gulf"

"Maybe, but there's no way in hell to know for certain without drilling through several kilometers of hard rock

"You'll be lucky just to find your way to the treasure cavern without a major excavation"

Pitt smiled as he stared at the road ahead "He could really spin the yarns, couldn't he?"

"The old cook? He certainly had an active iination"

"I'et his name"

Loren settled back in the seat and gazed out heras the dunes gave way to a tapestry of mesquite and cactus "He told me what it was"

"And?"

"It was an odd naed in defeat "Funny thing