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William J. Locke
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I see,” said Nicholas, turning to the page about Trinidad, “that Columbus discovered the island in 1498, the Spaniards colonized it in 1588, and the British took it from them in 1797. So it must have been in a pretty ragged condition in old Jorico’s time. If the cave is difficult of access even today, it must have been situated in the heart of a virgin forest over a hundred years ago. From what Whitaker says of the length and breadth of the island, the cave must be about twenty-five miles from the sea. Why should they have buried treasure so far inland, when they must have had thousands of nice hiding-holes on the coast? And how could they have got there with a big chest, anyhow?”
“That,” said Binkie politely, “I must leave to your imagination. If you like to start out as a romantic writer, here’s something Stevensonian to your hand. The more incredible are things you hear about people, the more probable it is that they are perfectly true. Who was it—Tertullian, I think—who said he believed because it was unbelievable? I don’t go as far as that. From a mass of interrelated facts I’ve deduced a logical conclusion. That’s all I know about it. You can take it or leave it.”
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