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"I apologize for any intrusion," said Dirk, "but we thought the island was deserted"

Epona stared at hi with trespassers"

"We were on an archaeological expedition to find ancient shipwrecks Nothing more"

She glanced at Su for Your sister wasus with a full report"

"After you drugged her," said Dirk,across the table after the woman

It was as if she read his uards will respond in an instant"

Dirk forced himself to relax and act indifferent "So what did Summer tell you?"

"That you and she work for the National Underwater and Marine Agency and that you were here looking for Odysseus' lost fleet that Hoonians"

"You have read Homer"

"I live and breathe Homer the Celt, not Homer the Greek"

"Then you know the true story of Troy and of Odysseus' voyage across the ocean"

"The reasonyears of research, we concluded that it was the Celts and not the Greeks who fought the Trojans, and not for the love of Helen but the tin deposits in Cornwall to make bronze Like you, we retraced Odysseus' wake across the Atlantic Youthat his fleet was not destroyed by huge rocks thrown by the Laestrygonians, but was destroyed by a hurricane"

"And the treasure from his lost fleet?"

"Salvaged eight years ago and used to build our Odyssey financial empire"

Dirk sat quite still, but his hands were treht blinked on inside his head These woht allow Summer to live, but he doubted they would let him see another sunrise "May I ask what the treasure consisted of?"