Mildenhall was about a hundred miles from my home and I ( know ) I ( get ) there by lunchtime. I (ride ) abot the town

Mildenhall was about a hundred miles from my home and I knew ) I would get there by lunchtime. I had been riding about the town for about half and hour before I found the small house belonging to Gordon Butcher and his family. He was having lunch when I knocked on the door. I asked him if he could talk to me about the treasure. \"No, thank you\", he said. \" I\'ve had enough of reporters. I do not want to see any more reporters coming to my place.\" I told I was not a reporter but a short-story writer working for magazines and that if he told me exactly how he had found the treasure, then I would write a truthful story about it and split the money equally with him. I expected him to help me and he did.