Mildenhall was about a hundred miles from my home and i ( know ) i ( get ) there by lunchtime. i (ride ) abot the town for about half and hour before i ( find ) the small house belonging to gordon butcher and his family. he ( have ) lunch when i ( knock ) on the door. i ( ask ) him if he ( can) ( talk ) to me about the treasure. " no , thank you", he said. " i ( have ) enough of reporters. i ( not, want ) to see any more reporters ( come ) to my place " i told i ( not, be ) a reporter but a short-story writer working for magazines and that if he ( tell) me exactly how he ( find ) the treasure , then i ( write ) a truthful story about it and ( split ) the money eqyally with him. i ( expect ) him ( help ) me a he ( do)
