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‘That’s what the doctors at the Cowansville hospital said Heart attack But--’

‘Go on’

‘You’ll have to see for yourself but I hear she looked…’ Brébeuf paused, al’

‘The paper said she’d been at a séance at the old Hadley house’

‘A séance,’ Brébeuf harru it, but adults? I just don’t understand why anyone would waste their time with that’

Gamache wondered why the Superintendent had come in on his day off He couldn’t reun

So why this one?

‘It wasn’t until this ht to have blood work done This is what came back’

Brébeuf handed over a sheet of paper Galasses He’d read hundreds of these and knew exactly what to look for The toxicology report

After aat Brébeuf over his glasses

‘Ephedra’

‘C’est ça’

‘But does it have to be murder?’ Gamache asked, almost to himself ‘Don’t people take ephedra on their own?’

‘It’s a banned substance,’ said Brébeuf

‘True, true,’ said Gaain After aListen to this’ He read frohs 1347 pounds You wouldn’t think she’d need a diet pill’ He took off his glasses and folded them up

‘Most people don’t,’ said Brébeuf ‘All in their hed a few ot down to 135 pounds’ Galasses on the report ‘With the help of ephedra’