CHAPTER SIXTula sat on the grass staring at the precious objects that Lord Yelverton had placed on the ground in front of him.
There were thirty in all and they realised that there must have been thirty-four originally, counting the four the seaman had stolen.
All these had been lying on a kind of shelf that was just inside the cave and it was easy to understand how the seaman had made a hole just large enough for his hand and, by reaching right through, had managed to take the first four objects nearest to the blocked opening.
They had also found a great heap of what appeared to be dust on the floor of the cave.
They eventually realised that this must have been the remains of the clothes that the Spaniard had left behind, which had during the centuries crumbled away until nothing had
