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said鈥淚erriblysorry鈥hepie鈥hespokeiddleeuropeanaccent
thebaronessrgueritedeovedon
anattendantusheredherintotheelevatorandletheroffatthethirdfloortraodationsportantasthehotelitselfinsterdaroo25attheatel,osleepbythesoothinglappingofthecanalers
suit12attheh褎teldupalaishadapanorathesealikedroouskidneyshapedsngpool,itsbrightbluebrellastorsuntheask,arblebaseboards,andtherugsandcurtainse
anaothersandilyresideninentfalyandbeeadistantusin鈥particularlyapressedbytitlesandney
trailedithadbegun
at8:00thateveningthebaronessrgueritedechantillyanhherearlierapproachedhertable
鈥淓xyinexcusablecluinessthisafteoon鈥
traile鈥淭hatsquiteallrightit鈥
鈥淵ouarestkind鈥hehesitated鈥淚uetobuyyouadrink鈥
鈥淥uiifyouwish鈥
heslidintoayselfiarofessoradolfzucke鈥
鈥淢argueritedechantilly鈥
zuanaskedtracy
鈥淐haagnebutperhaps鈥斺�
heraisedareassuringhand鈥淚onthevergeofbeingabletoaffordanythingintheworld鈥
鈥淩eally鈥tracygavehisllsle鈥淗oeforyou鈥
鈥淵es鈥
zuostextraordinarythinghashappenedtoireallyshouldnotbedispleschoolteacher鈥oriostenjoyable,youunderstand,butnottooexciting鈥
shelistened,alookofpoliteinterestonherface
鈥淭hatistosay,itonthsago鈥
鈥淢ayiaskonthsago,professorzucke鈥
鈥淚ada,lookingforoddbitsandpieystudents,andinthearuseuientthathadsohoixedinandvanishedhoutatrace鈥
trathoughtfully鈥淪upposedtohavesunk鈥
鈥淓xactlybutacrdingtothesererds,thecaptainandcreebacklaterandretrievethetreasure,buttheyentsurvivedonlybecausenoneofthesailorsonthepirateshipuldreadorblingent鈥淣oakesureitent,hdetailedinstructionsonhoogettothetreasure鈥
鈥淲hatafortunatedisveryforyou,professor鈥thereirationinhervoice
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鈥淲hatsstoppingyou鈥
hegaveanearrassedshrug鈥淢oneyistoutfitashiptobringthetreasuretothesurface鈥
鈥淚seehouchhatst鈥
鈥淎hundredthousanddollarsistnfess,ididsothingextrelyfooli**ooktylifessavings鈥andibleatthecasino,hopingtoo鈥︹�hisvoicetrailedoff
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henoddedtracysaheglintoftearsbehindhisspectacles
thechaagnearrived,andthecaptainpoppedtherkandpouredthegoldenliquidintotheirglasses
鈥淏onnechance,鈥tracytoasted
鈥淭hankyou鈥
theysippedtheirdrinksinntelativesilence
鈥淧leaseforgiveforboringyouansaid鈥淚shouldnotbetellingabeautifulladytroubles鈥
鈥淏utifindyourstoryfascinating,鈥sheassuredhi鈥淵ouaresurethegoldisthere,oui鈥
鈥淏eyondashadoapdraselfiknoheexactlocationofthetreasure鈥
shehathoughtfulexpressiononherface鈥淏utyouneedahundredthousanddollars鈥
zuckechuckledruefully鈥淵esforatreasureillion鈥hetookanothersipofhisdrink
鈥淐estpossible鈥︹�shestopped
鈥淲hat鈥
鈥淗aveyounsideredtakinginapartner鈥
helookedatherinsurprise鈥淎partneoiplannedtodothisalonebutofursenoyney鈥︹�hisvoicetrailedoffagain
鈥淧rofessorzucke,supposeiogiveyouthehundredthousanddollars鈥
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鈥淏utifyouresurethetreasureisthere鈥鈥
鈥淥h,ofthatiaositivebutahundredthingsuldgoees鈥
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said鈥淚erriblysorry鈥hepie鈥hespokeiddleeuropeanaccent
thebaronessrgueritedeovedon
anattendantusheredherintotheelevatorandletheroffatthethirdfloortraodationsportantasthehotelitselfinsterdaroo25attheatel,osleepbythesoothinglappingofthecanalers
suit12attheh褎teldupalaishadapanorathesealikedroouskidneyshapedsngpool,itsbrightbluebrellastorsuntheask,arblebaseboards,andtherugsandcurtainse
anaothersandilyresideninentfalyandbeeadistantusin鈥particularlyapressedbytitlesandney
trailedithadbegun
at8:00thateveningthebaronessrgueritedechantillyanhherearlierapproachedhertable
鈥淓xyinexcusablecluinessthisafteoon鈥
traile鈥淭hatsquiteallrightit鈥
鈥淵ouarestkind鈥hehesitated鈥淚uetobuyyouadrink鈥
鈥淥uiifyouwish鈥
heslidintoayselfiarofessoradolfzucke鈥
鈥淢argueritedechantilly鈥
zuanaskedtracy
鈥淐haagnebutperhaps鈥斺�
heraisedareassuringhand鈥淚onthevergeofbeingabletoaffordanythingintheworld鈥
鈥淩eally鈥tracygavehisllsle鈥淗oeforyou鈥
鈥淵es鈥
zuostextraordinarythinghashappenedtoireallyshouldnotbedispleschoolteacher鈥oriostenjoyable,youunderstand,butnottooexciting鈥
shelistened,alookofpoliteinterestonherface
鈥淭hatistosay,itonthsago鈥
鈥淢ayiaskonthsago,professorzucke鈥
鈥淚ada,lookingforoddbitsandpieystudents,andinthearuseuientthathadsohoixedinandvanishedhoutatrace鈥
trathoughtfully鈥淪upposedtohavesunk鈥
鈥淓xactlybutacrdingtothesererds,thecaptainandcreebacklaterandretrievethetreasure,buttheyentsurvivedonlybecausenoneofthesailorsonthepirateshipuldreadorblingent鈥淣oakesureitent,hdetailedinstructionsonhoogettothetreasure鈥
鈥淲hatafortunatedisveryforyou,professor鈥thereirationinhervoice
鈥淭hatgoldbullionisprobablyilliondollarstoday,鈥zuckesaid鈥淎llihavetodoisbringitup鈥
鈥淲hatsstoppingyou鈥
hegaveanearrassedshrug鈥淢oneyistoutfitashiptobringthetreasuretothesurface鈥
鈥淚seehouchhatst鈥
鈥淎hundredthousanddollarsistnfess,ididsothingextrelyfooli**ooktylifessavings鈥andibleatthecasino,hopingtoo鈥︹�hisvoicetrailedoff
鈥淎ndyoulostit鈥
henoddedtracysaheglintoftearsbehindhisspectacles
thechaagnearrived,andthecaptainpoppedtherkandpouredthegoldenliquidintotheirglasses
鈥淏onnechance,鈥tracytoasted
鈥淭hankyou鈥
theysippedtheirdrinksinntelativesilence
鈥淧leaseforgiveforboringyouansaid鈥淚shouldnotbetellingabeautifulladytroubles鈥
鈥淏utifindyourstoryfascinating,鈥sheassuredhi鈥淵ouaresurethegoldisthere,oui鈥
鈥淏eyondashadoapdraselfiknoheexactlocationofthetreasure鈥
shehathoughtfulexpressiononherface鈥淏utyouneedahundredthousanddollars鈥
zuckechuckledruefully鈥淵esforatreasureillion鈥hetookanothersipofhisdrink
鈥淐estpossible鈥︹�shestopped
鈥淲hat鈥
鈥淗aveyounsideredtakinginapartner鈥
helookedatherinsurprise鈥淎partneoiplannedtodothisalonebutofursenoyney鈥︹�hisvoicetrailedoffagain
鈥淧rofessorzucke,supposeiogiveyouthehundredthousanddollars鈥
heshookhishead鈥淎bsolutelynot,baronessiuldnotpertthatyoughtloseyouey鈥
鈥淏utifyouresurethetreasureisthere鈥鈥
鈥淥h,ofthatiaositivebutahundredthingsuldgoees鈥
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