‘Bracelets,’ said Jenny. ‘Strings of pearls! Rings!’
    ‘Don’t forget jewel-encrusted daggers and goblets,’ said Gretel. ‘Pirates love jewel-encrusted daggers and goblets.’
    ‘And pieces of eight,’ said Newton. ‘Lots and lots of pieces of eight!’
    ‘What are pieces of eight?’ Jack asked.
    ‘I don’t know,’ said Newton, ‘but there are probably lots of them.’
    ‘One thing’s for sure,’ I said. ‘Whatever is in that chest must be pretty old by now, and old things are worth a lot of money.’
    ‘That’s right,’ said Jenny. ‘My uncle found this really old coin and it turned out to be worth TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.’
    ‘Two thousand dollars?’ said Jack. ‘And that’s just one coin! Do you suppose Greenbeard’s treasure had coins in it?’
    ‘He didn’t say,’ I said, ‘but given how much pirates love coins, I’d say it’s pretty likely.’
    ‘Highly likely, I’d say,’ said Gretel. ‘And there’s probably more than one rare coin. Probably thousands.’
    ‘Hundreds of thousands,’ said Newton.
    ‘Maybe even millions!’ said Jenny.
    ‘Don’t get carried away,’ I said, but it was too late. They already had.
    ‘Imagine how much fun you could have with a million dollars!’ said Jack.
    ‘You could have a huge party for all your friends!’ said Jenny.
    Gretel punched the air and whooped. ‘All right! Can I come?’
    ‘You’re my friend, aren’t you?’ said Jenny.
    ‘Yes, of course I am,’ said Gretel.
    ‘Then you’re invited!’ said Jenny.
    ‘But everyone’s your friend,’ I said. ‘You’d have to invite the whole school.’
    ‘I don’t see a problem with that,’ said Jenny. “We’ve got a million dollars … at least!’
    ‘What about Clive Durkin?’ said Jack. ‘Would you invite him?’
    ‘Yes,’ said Jenny.
    ‘But he’s not your friend!’ said Jack.
    ‘Yes he is,’ said Jenny. ‘He just doesn’t know it yet. And I’d have to invite him anyway because otherwise he’d tell his brother and his brother wouldn’t like it.’