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The first—Man of Histria, thirteen by tradition—likely referred to Histria, the Latin name for Istria, a peninsula between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner in the Adriatic Sea

The second—House of Lazarus at Nazareth—could have hundreds of s The name Lazarus was mentioned twice in the Bible, once as the man Jesus raised froar Nazareth, of course, was the childhood home of Christ

The third—Son of Morpeth, Keeper of Leuce—was also too broad to nail down Morpeth was a town in northeast England, and in Greek hter of Oceanus

The fourth—Together they rest—was the uous of all Who were “they”? Did “rest” ether?

“Think about the last riddle,” Saested “Napoleon and Laurent used a siorus Maybe they’re doing that here We know the third line probably contains a place-name—Morpeth Let’s find out if Morpeth was home to any famous residents”

Reed “Worth a try”

An hour later they had a list of a dozen semipronizable

Remi said, “Let’s cross-reference, see if there’s a connection between any of the Morpeth names and the word ‘Leuce’ Are any of they?”

Sam checked the list “Doesn’t look like it What else do we know about Leuce?”

Real pad “She was carried off by Hades, the god of the underworld Depending on which version you go with, upon her death she was transformed into a poplar tree, either by Hades or by Persephone”

“Poplar tree” Sa on the keyboard “The Leuce is a type of poplar” He checked his list of Morpeth na: William Turner, born in Morpeth in 1508 Considered by lish botany”

“Interesting So is the line about Turner himself, or about poplar trees?”

“No idea What’s the last part‘the land that stands alone’ ”

“My first thought would be island—they stand alone in the middle of water”

“My thought, too” Sale search of “island,” “poplar,” and “Turner” turned up no revelations “There’re several references to a Poplar Island wildlife refuge in the Chesapeake Bay, but there’s no connection to Turner—unless you count Tina Turner donating soe, that is”