

Could she have meant this?" "It's our only lead," Dan said. But it's been in a safety deposit box for what, thirty years?" "Why did Grace buy a base for the Sakhet? To conceal it, Hilary said. "Trash or save?"ĭan tossed it in the wastebasket. Dan held up the gold-painted base from the Sakhet.

They began to throw things into their duffels and backpacks. "If we shouldn't have come to Aswan, I say we go back to "This is so frustrating! We're just one step behind her." But we're still left with the most important question. And the 'g' in grandmother is darker than the rest of the word." [proofreader's note: it says If only I'd been half

"We're missing something."Īmy hung over his shoulder. Dan took out Grace's card and read it again.
