Plunder of the Sun Page #6

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- Yeah.

Yeah, but I sure wish

I had the other nine pages.

- That's no good.

- Oh, it's good. It's good, all right.

But it seems to be

right out of the middle.

Inventory of stuff hidden in one place,

but no directions...

directions to another place,

but no inventory.

What's in the inventory?

It's here.

Here.

"Plate, to the extent of 50 arrobas.

"Silver, in bars and worked.

"Footwear and mantles of gold beads

in the house of the high priest.

"Images of the warrior gods in jade.

"Images of the snakes, and lizards,

and birds in gold.

"Images of the maize plant

in gold and silver.

"Flower pieces of gold and turquoise.

"Six heavy vases of gold

embossed with serpents.

"All this from the report of the prince

who was afterwards...

"put to the torture by the Spaniards...

"and died without speaking."

No directions.

No directions.

Then comes this:

"At Mitla...

"in the burial place

of the kings and the priests...

"and in the chamber of the high priest...

"11 paces in the direction

faced by Ahua Can...

"to the god of death.

"Then to where he watches

on the wall of the tiger men...

"there, the stone block will topple

when the key is removed.

"In the chamber,

36 finely-wrought gold..."

- Go on.

- That's all there is.

But it's enough.

If it's anything like the other list...

we're going to make $1 million.

Then, there's the other nine pages...

- Are you sure Berrien didn't have them?

- No, he didn't take them out of Cuba.

Then we have to go back.

I'll talk to the Cuban and ask him where

he found the other three pages he had.

- Even with one more page...

- What about Navarro?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, Navarro.

We've got to move tonight to Mitla.

The snakes' tomb was there.

I don't remember any tiger men, though.

We'll have to

search the place thoroughly.

How are we going to do that

without somebody getting suspicious?

Colby.

We got company, amigo.

Navarro's little boy and Julie.

What are they doing here?

They're all right.

They're following the tourists.

Let's go.

This is the chamber of the high priest.

Let's see now.

"11 paces in the direction

faced by Ahua Can, to the god of death."

According to the book,

Ahua Can is in the north wall.

Well, that'd be on this side, here.

What does this Ahua Can look like?

Looks like a serpent.

This must be it, here, then.

- Yeah, that's it.

- Facing that way.

Let's see now, 11 paces.

One, two, three, four...

five, six, seven, eight...

nine, ten, eleven.

- There's nothing here.

- What about this, here?

- No, that's not it.

- Maybe you made a mistake.

I didn't make any mistake.

Remarkable, isn't it?

Of course, I can't understand

a word of Spanish, you know.

But he sounds so lyrical.

Busy little people, weren't they?

Wait a minute,

maybe she's got something there.

Little people, little steps.

One, two, three...

four, five, six...

seven, eight, nine...

ten, eleven.

Is that it?

The god of death.

"Then to where he watches

on the wall of the tiger men...

"there, the stone block will topple

when the key is removed."

- It's that wall over there.

- Yeah.

- I don't see anything, do you?

- No.

- You've discovered this, too, have you?

- Discovered what?

This room, of course,

is the most interesting of all.

I simply must have a picture of this

for Joe.

You know, Joe is my husband,

and he gave me this new camera.

It's the kind that goes 'round curves.

I'm not too well-acquainted with it.

I think you'd look awfully good

'round a curve.

Now, let me see.

Yes, that's about right. That's it.

Now, you don't really mind, do you?

Yes. Yes, I do.

Well, really.

Looks like this place

is going to be crowded all day.

We'll come back later tonight.

I know a Nicaraguan who lives

near here. Tacho Barraza.

We'll get everything we want.

Pickaxes, shovels, burros...

We need burros

to get our stuff out of here.

Yeah, if we find it.

It's getting kind of late.

Tacho will be along any minute now.

I wonder what Julie and Raul

were doing at the ruins.

If I were to tell you, I'd have to

wash my mouth out with soap.

You know, that might not be

such a bad idea, anyway.

All right, forget it.

I got the jitters, gold fever.

Gold butterflies in my stomach,

gold spots in front of my eyes.

I'm ready, seor.

"Then to where he watches

on the wall of the tiger men."

Maybe this wall here,

but there's no tiger men...

no symbol of any kind.

You look for the tiger men, seor?

That's right.

But they are gone.

Some men from Mexico City took them,

about 10 or 15 years ago.

The whole block of stone?

No, with chisel. They chip all the front.

- Where?

- Here, I'll show you.

Here.

Give me that crowbar.

It's kind of loose.

Iguana, solid jade.

They used to use them as watch dogs.

And look at this.

Worth $20,000 in any museum.

Come on, let's get it out of here.

Tacho.

Well, I guess this just about finishes it.

You're so right, smart guy.

It does.

Adis, amigo.

At first, there was blackness...

blackness of a grave with the weight

of the entire earth on my chest.

And then came light...

gray, fog-like streamers of light...

that gave me glimpses

of a world without sense...

without time.

Berrien was there,

laughing that fat laugh of his...

and Julie, laughing...

and Anna Luz...

Was she trying to double-cross me?

Navarro, what was his game?

And Bergman, always repulsive.

And Jefferson,

who had finally put it over on smart me.

And the mask...

what did the mask have to do with it all?

You are all right.

You are in Seor Navarro's house.

He asked you to stay here

until you recovered.

Your wound is not bad...

but you bled a lot...

and you had several transfusions.

That mask you were carrying

deflected two of the bullets.

Where's Jefferson?

We do not know.

All we know is that he went back

to Tacho's house...

and could not start the car.

After that, he disappeared.

You must have made plans

to take the treasure out of the country.

The only plans I had were...

to turn the treasure over to the museum

for the reward.

Seor...

if you can help us in any way

to recover the treasure...

I can assure you Mexico will be grateful.

Now go back to sleep.

I will stay with you.

What are you doing here?

I've been helping.

I know what you think of me,

but that doesn't matter now.

After that awful afternoon,

I wanted to get even with you.

- But I didn't want you to get shot.

- What's that?

I gave a blood transfusion.

- Lf you need anything, just ring that bell.

- Come back here.

Sit down.

Julie, I know

I was a little rough with you...

but I was just trying

to show you something.

I haven't had a drink since.

A drink's all right...

just so it doesn't take you

in the wrong direction.

What's the right direction for me?

Marrying the right guy.

I already picked him, but it won't work.

Who, Raul?

Well, he does like me.

He's the kind of man I need, I think...

somebody to boss me around.

But his father thinks I'm no good...

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