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died sixty-three years later. Why should you be part of this? Because I died with the same guilt, didnt I, convicted of blind greed by a higher power than any court? The avarice that killed the innocent woman I loved More Page More Page Austin Collie and all my friends on the Henry Morgan-except you, thank God. Guilt jay severin

the reason for our existence in this nether world, just as protecting our common grave may be the only road to atonement. Protecting your grave is one thing, John. But why do all this, More Page More Page Austin Collie even kill, to protect thirty-four crates of nothing? That code I broke was as worthless as the lead thomas pate

those crates. The ghost of John Hawke smiled. Just now you dreamed you were on the. docks at Southampton. Did you not? Yes, but- Apparently you learned nothing from it. More Page More Page Austin Collie Lightollers open suspicions. The unusual behavior of the Sovereign representative. The use of metal crates instead of wooden ones. The oversize padlocks, totally unnecessary chelsea stone

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illusion is only More Page More Page Austin Collie that, Derek. If you open that crate again, youll see whats really in it. Montagues head was spinning. Why are you taunting me this way? Why are you telling me the truth now? Admiral Cornell has given up the quest, and no one will ever threaten More Page More Page Austin Collie this ship again. The thomas pate

have won. The ghosts sardonic smile, the same smile he had seen John Hawke wear so many times, dissolved. Lets call it a case of poetic justice, Derek. I am tempting you, just as all of us were tempted twenty years ago. More Page More Page Austin Collie I think my presence here, and yours, has made the chelsea stone

tired of fighting the living. What are you trying to tell me? Montague whispered. That its all over, Derek. This thing down here doesnt have unlimited power. The gold is yours for the taking. Nothing will interfere More Page More Page Austin Collie any longer, if you can get a grip on your mind. You, Derek, you were the thomas pate

right from the start, and you still are. When this link with me is broken, you will awake and be free to tell the admiral the truth. Then youll More Page More Page Austin Collie be vindicated. Youre inviting us to grave-rob. No two-ways about it now. Im trying to play fair with you. Remember, I wasnt on the chelsea stone

I never did think we were desecrating this wreck, so I shall leave this to your own moral judgment. Montague said desperately, If I More Page More Page Austin Collie keep quiet, will this assure the dead the peace they seek-the peace you must be seeking yourself? I dont know. The dilemma you and the others on that ship bart whitaker

there still face is the same one we all have faced since you broke the code. Is More Page More Page Austin Collie the gold worth violating the resting place of the dead? Does worthwhile motivation justify desecration? The final answer is in your hands, Derek. You can keep silent, or you can tell the admiral his bart whitaker

is not over. The ghost of John Hawke smiled again, but this More Page More Page Austin Collie time it was a smile tinged with sadness. I.

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