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“Stupid old pictures …” repeats Ilvie loudly, looking at Leonie with ­excitement. “Theo cursed these stupid old pictures and … Leonie, I have an idea!” Ilvie kneels down and rummages around in the pictures scattered across the floor. “These are old photos—pictures of the past!”

Leonie looks at her new friend in amazement and murmurs, “By the foot-buttoned Coleoid!” Her free eye shines. “Pictures of the past—wow!”

“Yes,” cries Ilvie rummaging through more pictures. “What if your great-grandmother hid a hint here about where the treasure map can be found?”

“The secret is to look at pictures of the past …” Leonie repeats the old woman’s words. “That would be a lot like my great-grandmother,” she adds, grinning. “Great-grandmother Grace really loved her Anastasia, and ­although she commanded the even bigger ship, she kept taking the smaller Anastasia out to sea whenever she could. And great-grandmother was very clever and very careful; she never would have told anyone directly where the treasure map is. So yes, judging by everything I know about her, that could actually be what happened!”