(#22) The Clue In The Crumbling Wall - Plot & Excerpts
It had been written in Middle English. Nancy had learned in school to read the works of the poet Chaucer, who wrote in that language. Eagerly she translated the quotation.“‘I have hidden my treasures in the niches of the cloister through which, all unsuspecting, the noble men and fair ladies pass each day to bathe.’”“Sounds quaint,” Bess said. “But how does it help us?”“Don’t you see?” Nancy said. “Ira Heath built his estate to resemble the one in England. Probably he and his son knew about the old cloister.”“Granted.” George nodded. “But so what?”“If the Heaths had a treasure to hide, wouldn’t their cloister have been a good place to put it?”“Do you really think they had a treasure?” Bess asked.“I don’t know,” Nancy replied, “but I have a hunch they did. We know certain men are searching for a clue, but they also mentioned having found other things. Perhaps those were part of the treasure.”“Is there a cloister in the Heath gardens?”
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