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XVIII. The Treasure

will find on raising the twentieth ro⁠ ⁠… creek to the east in a right line. Two open⁠ ⁠… in these caves; the treasure is in the furthest a⁠ ⁠… which treasure I bequeath and leave en⁠ ⁠… as my sole heir. 25th April, 1498.

“And now,” said the abbé, “read this other paper;” and he presented to Dantès a second leaf with fragments of lines written on it, which Edmond read as follows:

… ing invited to dine by his Holiness … content with making me pay for my hat, … serves for me the fate of Cardinals Caprara … I declare to my nephew, Guido Spada … ried in a place he knows … the caves of the small … essed of ingots, gold, money, … know of the existence of this treasure, which … lions of Roman crowns, and which he … ck from the small … ings have been made

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