27 October 1873
We are moored at our destination and the unpleasant task has been accomplished. We have left Red behind on the boat. There is more unpleasantness to come, when we must confront him with what we know and report to Mariette what I have learned about his activities. But for now, I look forward to the search for the tomb.
Miss Phillips’ translation ended there. Though she longed to read the rest, Concordia was grateful to her for copying out so much of it, ill as she was.
Concordia wished her father had not trusted Colonel Adams so much. With what she now knew of him, she suspected his proposed “amendment” to the plan was not in her father’s best interests. She would have to wait for the rest.
If only they could find Red. Was he really here? She wished her father had provi
