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“Put him on”

When Lazlo spoke, he sounded exuberant “Greetings and salutations Your Japanese diary definitely held some surprises”

“I presu about particularly resonant poems, Lazlo”

“Actually, the prose was agonizing—a lot of bloodred sunsets and still water, that sort of thing Terribly amateur But the substitution cypher wasn’t”

“Substitution cypher,” Sam repeated

“That’s correct But even once I cracked it with e amount of sense It’s rather oblique”

“Why don’t you tell me what it says?”

“I’ll do one better I’ve shot s to your e- to you It’s possible I , but I doubt it”

“Can you summarize?”

“Rather a lot of blather about a village, a waterfall, that sort of thing Seeitude and latitude would have been more useful”

“It’s possible he didn’t have access to his notes or a GPS when he wrote it,” Sam joked

“That’s certainly one explanation The other is that he ary that soiven the technology in use during the war, but it’s a possibility Nowadays, of course, a car has y effort, so for a seasoned pro like me it’s child’s play”

“Which is e’re glad you’re on our team, Lazlo,” Sam assured him

“Take a gander at it and call Selma or me if you have any questions Meanwhile, I’ll stay on it”

“Thank you, Lazlo Nice work”