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She gave the car gas gradually, pulling against the weight with the doubled ropes, while Sa to free it from the mortar There was a pop and then a scrape as the car pulled the stone free The space that had been uncovered was roughly two feet wide and four feet long

Sa as Remi returned to kneel beside hiht into the hole There was a deep, burnished glow about six feet down, the soft shine of untarnished gold “Eureka! We did it”

Reos one, Bako zip”

Sarahtly accented “Yes?”

“We’ve found it, Tibor Bring the boat to the mouth of the Mincio, where it meets the Po Go a few yards up the Mincio and then pull into the western shore I’ll be there to hts”

“We’ll be there in five minutes”

“Thanks” Sam ended the call

“Well?” said Re Treasure Island with the boys, what do you want me to do?”

“Call Selet in touch with his Italian colleagues so we’ll have a safe place to store the treasure”

“Want me to move the car?”

“Not yet I’ll be back”

Sah bank until he saw the big shadowy shape of the boat appear in the ht on the Po River In a ine running at low speed As the boat came abreast of his position he called out, “Beach it and throw me a line”

The boat glided into the sand and stopped A silhouette appeared on the deck at the bow, threw a rope to Sam, and then watched him tie it to a tree One by one, the four men jumped down to the sand and climbed up the bank The last was Tibor He patted Saain Is it real this time?”

“I’ll show you” He set off into the field and the others walked with him

Tibor said, “You rememberboat”