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Leonie stares distractedly into space before continuing. “The old woman said something very strange—something I haven’t been able to get out of my head since then. I can still remember her words precisely: ‘When Grace left on her last journey, I was very sick and couldn’t go along. That saved my life, otherwise I would have sailed into the trap with the whole troop and I would have died with them. I still feel bad because of that … But shortly ­before her departure, your great-grandmother told me that if she didn’t come back I was to remember that the secret is to look at the pictures of the past! I never understood what Grace meant, but I think she suspected that she would never return. I’m happy that I’ve met you now, young girl. I’m ­already very old and nobody knows how much longer I’ll live. I could never solve the riddle, but maybe you can!’ Then the old woman hugged me briefly and disappeared. Ever since then, I’ve been puzzling over what her words meant and whether they could really have something to do with the treasure map.”