Part 3, The Return: Chapters 34-37, Showing Our Hero's Return Home; In Which Raleigh Inherits a Fortune; Wherein the Story of Raleigh W. Hayes Draws to a Close; Why Raleigh Married Aura Summary

In Chapter 34, Jubal and Billie leave New Orleans for Charleston, where she is to begin a career in music. Victoria and Jubal argue a little over a letter he sent to Earley that he had never given to Victoria, but the fight sputters out before it can gain momentum. Meanwhile, Raleigh and Mingo puzzle over the code and finally figure out the treasure map.

In Chapter 35, Raleigh and Mingo dig up the treasure, but all of it is gone, except for one gold...