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‘So fire her,’ snapped Brébeuf, exasperated ‘The only reason I haven’t is because you asked me not to As a personal favor Listen, the Arnot case will never be over It goes too deep into the system Every officer in the Sûreté is involved in one way or another Most support you, you know that But the ones who don’t,’ Brébeuf now raised his palesture of defeat, ‘they’re powerful and Nichol is their eyes and ears As long as she’s near you you’re in danger They’ll bring you down’

‘It works both ways, Michel,’ said Ga about former Superintendent Arnot always drained hi dead and buried But noas back Risen ‘As long as she’s close I can watch her, control what she sees and does’

‘Foolish man’ Brébeuf shook his head

‘Prideful, stubborn, arrogantto the door

‘Youhis back to look out the

‘Merci’

Gamache closed the door and walked to his own office to make some calls

Alone now Superintendent Brébeuf picked up the phone and made a call of his own

‘It’s Superintendent Brébeuf You’ll be getting a call soon from Chief Inspector Gamache’s office No, he doesn’t suspect He thinks the problem is Nichol’

Brébeuf took a few deep breaths He’d gotten to the stage where just looking at Armand Gamache made him want to retch

Inspector Jean Guy Beauvoir drove the Volvo over the Pont Cha the St Lawrence River and onto the Eastern Townships Autoroute, heading south toward the Aested the chief buy an MG when his last Volvo had finally died a year or so ago, but the chief for so

‘So what’s the case?’

‘A woht in Three Pines,’ said Ga the countryside slip by

‘Sacré So what are we looking for? A ghost?’

‘Closer than you ht think It happened at a séance At the old Hadley house’

Ga inspector’s lean and handso pale

‘That fucking place,’ Beauvoir said at last ‘Someone should tear it down’