Chapters 26-29 Summary

At a meeting on the Griffin, Neidelman gives Hatch the gold doubloon that was found at the camp excavation site. St. John and Wopner announce that they have made some progress on the code. The group is going to attempt to drain the Water Pit again and plan to enter it the next day. If all goes well, the first people to enter the Pit will be Neidelman, Isobel and Malin.

Chapter Twenty-Seven reveals that the pumping has successfully progressed and no water entered during the tide. The crew was cleaning debris out of the Water Pit. That night after dinner he examines some of the skeletons. He determines that they suffered from scurvy. The doorbell rings and it is Professor Horn. Hatch shows him the bones, and the old man examines them and promptly diagnoses scurvy. Horn says he came...