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Sooner than they had expected, they were to find at least the answer to
Thaddeus Carlyle's age. Larry and Ann were married the day they docked
in New York. For their honeymoon they sailed to England. It occurred to
Larry while they were there to look for the Monfort tomb in Westminster
Abbey.
They found it, an ancient stone crypt with the names of thirteen Lord
Monforts inscribed, hidden in the shadows of the building's oldest
wing. Birth and death dates followed each name. But after Thaddeus
Carlyle's name were engraved only the numerals:
"1262--"
"Wish I had the courage of my convictions," muttered Larry. "I'd get
them to finish it for the poor devil: '--died, 1970.'"
End of Project Gutenberg's Buccaneer of the Star Seas, by Ed Earl Repp
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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