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Giordino motioned to a waiter "Did you pick up on the voice? It sounded unnatural, as if it was a recording"

"Apparently, Mr Rathbone was handing us a bill of goods"

"It would be nice to knohat ga"

When the waiter brought over another round of drinks and asked them if they were ready to be seated for dinner, they both nodded and followed hi room As they were seated, Pitt asked the waiter, "What is your name?"

"Marcus"

"Marcus, do you often experience earth trele?"

"Oh, si, senor But not until three,up the river"

"The tremors move?" asked Giordino, puzzled

"Si, very slowly

"In what direction?"

"They started at the mouth of the river at San Juan del Norte Now they shake the earth in the jungle above El Castillo"

"Definitely not an eerie phenomenon caused by Mother Nature"

Giordino sighed "Where is Sheena the Jungle Queen when you need her?"

"The gods will never let le," said Marcus, looking around hi an assassin to creep up on hioes in, comes out alive"

"When did le?" asked Pitt