Sam told Lazlo as he took a seat next to Remi. “Your underwater photographs were top-notch,” Lazlo said. “We were able to enhance the features—well, actually, Pete and Wendy get the credit for that,” he said, referring to Selma’s research assistants, Pete Jeffcoat and Wendy Corden. “Photoshop or some such. Regardless, the artifacts you recovered allowed us to narrow down the countries of origin.” “That’s great news.” “Yes. Except that it’s countries, as in plural.” Remi sighed. “Always something, isn’t it?” “Quite,” Lazlo replied. “But there is a bright side. The lead seal belonged to an English textile company that was only in business between the years of 1691 through 1696. The yellow brick you found in the ballast is Dutch.” “Then what’s the bad news?” Remi asked. “Selma and I are still trying to come up with a viable plan to pinpoint our information leak.”
