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Rh "What are you getting at?" Brunton asked directly.

"This: His record here of course is proof that he got here safely and started away in June; but it takes away the only evidence that we had that he was living at any time later."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Look at the date on which Thomas died. Thomas was dead and buried here more than two months before the date of the message taken from the bird reporting both men safe here and well."

Koehler looked at him keenly. "I see your point. There may be more to discover on the island. We'll look."