Un amigo de William Legrand (un misántropo apasionado por la entomología
) y de Júpiter, su viejo criado, narra su participación en una aventura
para resolver un complicado misterio. Éste consiste en descifrar un
pergamino escrito en clave, hallado casualmente en una playa, que
contiene las instrucciones para desenterrar el tesoro de un antiguo
pirata.
A friend of William Legrand (a misanthrope with a passion for
entomology) and Jupiter, his old servant, recounts their participation
in an adventure to solve a complicated mystery. This consists of
deciphering a scroll written in code, found by chance on a beach, which
contains the instructions to unearth the treasure of an ancient pirate