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Weekly Contest #160
An overheard snippet of conversation changed my life forever. It was early December 1871, and I was clearing the table before the serving of dessert when Mr Baxter dropped the bombshell. “The geological report is in,” he told his wife in a low voice drowned by the humming of their guests’ conversation. I pricked my ears. I slowed my pace and moved closer, stacking plates on my arm. “The main diamond pipe is located north of the current diggings,” he said, “just to left of the rock formations on the kopje. Not a word about this to anyone, N...
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