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one we found. We found her in that pile of stuff Carlos said looked like it was furniture from the dining room. Then there was the two old men and Bart Miller." |
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"Couple of things about all this that bother me," young Freeman admitted. "The first is the advanced age of the four people we weren't able to identify. Are any of you aware of a place on the island where four people that old would have been housed?" |
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"Coulda been tourists," Carlos volunteered. |
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"What kind of fool would have four people that old and apparently immobile around when he knew a storm the size of Ernestine was coming ashore?" Freeman questioned. |
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There was no response from his companions. |
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"Then you have to ask yourself why Miller decided to ride out the storm with four old people like that? It's all the more curious when you stop to think he had his head all messed up and there wasn't any way they could be of assistance to him in an emergency." |
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"Maybe there's a real simple answer to all of this," Merle volunteered. "Maybe when Bart found them it was too late to get 'em off the island, and he figured the Gull House was the best place to ride out the storm. Red tells me it's survived more than one of these storms." |
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Gleason inhaled deeply and allowed the |
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