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"Our brother has been in tougher scrapes before," said Zolar ie shouldn't present much of a threat to Amaru's hired killers"

"I expected hi before now"

"Not to worry Cyrus will probably show up in Morocco with a girl on each arm"

They stood on the end of a narrow asphalt airstrip that had been grooved between the countless dunes of the Altar Desert so Mexican Air Force pilots could hold training exercises under primitive conditions

Behind thee of the sand-swept strip, a Boeing 747-400 jetliner, painted in the colors of a large national air carrier, sat poised for takeoff

Zolarand checked off the artifacts inventoried by Henry and Micki Moore as the Mexican arineers loaded the final piece on board the aircraft He nodded at the golden sculpture of a e forklift into the cargo hatch nearly 7

round "That's the last of it"

Oxley stared at the barrenness surrounding the airstrip "You couldn't have picked a more isolated spot to transship the treasure"

"We can thank the late Colonel Ca it"

"Any problem with Campos's men since his untimely death?" Oxley asked with more cynicism than sense of loss

Zolar laughed "Certainly not after I gave each of theold"

"You were generous"

"Hard not to be with soaround"

"A pity Matos willhis share," said Oxley

"Yes, I cried all the way from Cerro el Capirote"