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"I climbed back up and out into the sunshine

" 'Do you kno old door?' Allen asked 'What do youup there? You can read that, can't you, Quinn?¡¯

"I shook my head 'Manfred,' I said 'Manfred had some plan to be buried out here, and those whom he trusted never fulfilled his dream And so we have an eold plates and an inscription in Latin Look up there, that's Latin I wrote that down Manfred did all this Manfred had this thing built when he built the Here Manfred did it all And so we close it back up ¡¯

" 'But what about all this solid gold!' Cleold here for people to steal ¡¯

" 'Do people still kill each other for gold these days?' I asked 'Are any of you going to co to have a shoot-out over this gold? Let's go back where we ca I don't like that a trespasser caet out of here ¡¯

"There was one e

"I was right!

"On the marble desk there were new books, books on philosophy and history, books on current events, novels It was all new -- a nice slap in the face Even the candles were new, though the wicks were blackened Oh, yes, the fearless one, my trespasser, had been here

" 'So what are you going to do next, I wonder?' I said aloud I flew into a rage I grabbed up as many of the books as I could and threw thee I went back for the rest and threw them after the first Then I hurried down the steps and pulled and tossed and kicked theether

"I took out hter I set a small paperback volu on its oith all theas if I was crazy, which I was

" 'His books!' I said 'He has no right on this property, and he leaves these books for ain ¡¯

" 'Lord God,' Jasot a dead girl, a strange building, a bunch of weird books, and a regular toold with an e here!¡¯

" 'Well put,' I said in her ear, 'and don't forget your proht ¡¯

" 'I never made you any promise!' she said

" 'I told you, I'ot to sacrifice yourself ' I kicked the fire tobooks I could hardly stand it to see a Merriao up in smoke But I had to do this