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To say that Len Bartlett was particularly overjoyed when he learned about the proposed terms would be a slight overstatement.
‘They want 50/50?’ he screamed. ‘Are you mad? After all the time and money I’ve spent on the scheme – a measly fifty percent? I should cocoa. I wouldn’t even cover my costs.’
‘But Pa,’ Kate pointed out patiently, ‘we don’t even know how much it’s all going to be worth even if we do manage to find it. Be reasonable – I thought it was a good offer.’
‘Call that a good offer?’ ranted her father. ‘I’d rather kill myself than hand it all over to that blood sucker, whoever it is.’
‘What else are you going to do?’ asked his daughter practically. ‘The man from that loan company called around again when you were out. He was most persistent.’
‘Who wa
