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"I thought buried treasure existed only in books! " I remarked, recollecting "Treasure Island" and other such romances. "Certainly I never anticipated that I should be actually engaged in a real treasure hunt."
"Nor did I, until I saw the gravity of the whole thing, and how deeply in earnest are these people."