Mike Dixon

Facing defeat, Tong Yee took the gold that had been
placed in his care and hid it in an underwater cave on the
Great Barrier Reef. The journal gave a detailed description of
where the gold could be found. Charlie evidently thought it
was still there. It was exciting to think that David and Tim
would go out and find it. She guessed they needed some
translating and was sure she could provide the relevant in-
formation.
umphrey arrived at work the following day and was
H met in the foyer by a uniformed security officer who
asked him to open his briefcase. It was the sort of routine
search that happened from time to time. The officer was in
his early twenties, extremely polite and not very bright.
Humphrey wondered if he‟d been handpicked for the job by
Cecil Sparrow.
„What is this, Sir?‟
The young man held up some papers covered in Chinese
writing.
„They‟re something I took home to work on. My mother
was born in China. She is acquainted with the old writing
system.‟
„They‟re marked confidential, Sir.‟
„Oh. That‟s a very low classification.‟ Humphrey showed
some irritation. „No one gets fussed if you take that sort of
thing home.‟
„It‟s in breach of regulations, Sir. I‟ll have to place them
in security.‟
„Hughh!‟
„What else is in the case, Sir?‟
„Only my sandwiches and some diving photographs. Do
you want to place them in security too?‟
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