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“Good,” said Salad when they’re somebody else’s responsibility”

Selo to the airport in Verona Your tickets to France will be waiting Just insert a credit card in thepasses While you’re in the air, we’ll be preparing more information for you”

“Thanks, Selma”

An hour later, they saw the boat pass under the last bridge and move out into the lake outside the marina They called Tibor and told him the plan and then went to their hotel

They had barely showered and eaten a room service breakfast before there was a knock on the door Standing in the hall were five o,” said the leader He held up a badge and identification card “I aned to the Tutela Patrimonio Culturale of the Carabinieri in Naples I understand you have requested our help”

“Come in, please,” said Sam When they were inside and the door was closed, Sam said, “We have made a major discovery, a treasure hoard from the year 452”

“We were told you want us to take custody and register it”

“Yes,” said Sam

“You are aware that the bilateral agreement between the US and Italy covers the ninth century BC to the fourth century AD?”

“Yes Technically, a fifth-century find is probably exe for a license to transport the artifacts after they’ve been catalogued and photographed by the Italian authorities To be open with you, there are other parties who have been actively trying to prevent us fro any discoveries and they’re violent Part of our intention is to ensure that they don’t attempt to steal the find from us”

Boiardi nodded “And where are the artifacts now?”

“On a boat we rented It’s anchored outside the marina in the lake,” Sam said “Our idea was to rent a trailer, load the boat onto it, and tow it to a secure spot where we could unload the artifacts into boxes and put them on your truck”

Boiardi said, “It’s a good plan We can borrow a barn in the countryside that will hold a truck and a boat on a trailer for a few hours, then all of us can be on our ithout attracting unnecessary attention”

“Let’s do it,” said Sam

They drove down to the ht with thee trailer and a hitch for it After they had backed the trailer down the boat launch and into the lake, Tibor’s cousins piloted the boat onto the trailer, and the truck pulled it up into the parking lot Within a few minutes, the boat was secured, the men were all in the truck, and one of Boiardi’s e barn on a faro del Garda The driver pulled the truck and trailer inside, jumped down to close the doors, and then everyone went to work