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Remi asked, “Do you have a basement?”

While their research into Sergeant Pelletier had uncovered a nued one of their basic assumptions: that Laurent alone had placed the bottles in their hiding spots

Having spent so un to think like Laurent and Pelletier, and so it took them only fifteen minutes to find what they’d come for

In the northwest corner of the basement beneath a wall next to the root cellar they found a block bearing the cicada sta Louisa stood behind theht

Reot to her knees “Seven,” she said

“Oh, irl could kneel down and look for herself “How long have they been there?”

“A hundred and ninety years, give or take,” Sam replied

“What happens now?”

Reo back to school, and live happily ever after”

Hand in hand Saot eleven bottles out of twelve,” Remi said “Not bad”

“Better than not bad Think about it: Those bottles survived a trip around the world, the fall of Napoleon, and tor

ld wars I’d call that miraculous”

“Good point I have to say, I feel a little let down”

“About?”

“The end of the adventure,” Remi said wistfully

“The end? Not on your life Patty Cannon’s treasure is still out there, and we’ve got most of the Pocomoke Swamp left to search”

Rehed “And after that?”

“After that, we pick a spot on the o”