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he fence, an tapping on her iPhone’s screen “There! Got it! You’ve heard of the Ionian League—ancient Greece, a confederation of states formed after the Meliac War?”

“Yes”

“One of the ue was the island of Samos—the birthplace of the ‘Genius of Saoras You know, the father of the triangle?”

“I’”

“The woman’s crutchesone was shorter than the other If you stretch your ile—two unequal sides”

Now Saoras was the father of the isosceles triangle—two equal sides”

“ ‘His stride a battle of rivals,’ ” Reain

“So we’re looking for an isosceles triangle”

“Right Probably marked by Laurent’s cicada stamp That leaves us with one line: ‘A trio of Quoins, their fourth lost, shall point the way to Frigisinga’ ”

Sam looked over his shoulder and scanned the crowds until he spotted Kholkov, as strolling around the landing area His cohorts wouldn’t be far away Sam was about to turn ahen he saw Kholkov pull a BlackBerry from his pocket and study the screen He jerked his head up, looked around, then gestured to someone in the crowd Ten seconds later his three companions were huddled around him After a brief conversation two of the back to the dock Kholkov and the other man headed for the chapel path

“Took the bait,” Remi said

“But only partially That’s what I was afraid of The question is, ill he realize the obvious?”

“Which is?”

“That he’s got us trapped All they have to do is stake out the dock and wait for us to come back”

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