Now Richard, to carry out his scheme to get the plans and swim to the island with them, there to await the coming of the Professor, had first of all to discover when the ship was likely to reach the island. He was very fortunate, for he heard two seamen discussing the question, and so he learned just What he wanted to know; “Good,” he thought, “I’ll be able to get the plans and escape under cover of darkness.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 3 October 1936, Page 11
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79Now Richard, to carry out his scheme to get the plans and swim to the island with them, there to await the coming of the Professor, had first of all to discover when the ship was likely to reach the island. He was very fortunate, for he heard two seamen discussing the question, and so he learned just What he wanted to know; “Good,” he thought, “I’ll be able to get the plans and escape under cover of darkness.” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 3 October 1936, Page 11
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