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What could cause that?

Gamache stared back Then he took a deep breath

‘When will Dr Harris be in?’ he asked The technician consulted the work schedule

‘Ten,’ he said, gruffly, trying to make up for his little shriek earlier

‘Merci,’ Ga with the stench of forht for the stairs Clara’s short legs strained to keep up with Myrna as hauling herself up two at a ti the fiends would find her friend first Unless they were co up behind Clara looked behind and rammed into Myrna, who’d stopped dead in the corridor

‘Had et married’

‘Nice that there are still some old-fashioned ent Lacoste, in the lead, had stopped Suddenly Halfway down the corridor

Clara looked around her protective Myrna and saw Lacoste standing very alert

Oh, God, she thought What now?

Slowly Lacoste edged forward Myrna and Clara edged with her Then Clara could see it Yellow strips of tape, scattered on the floor Yellow strips of tape dangling from the frame of the door

The police tape had been violated, not si had wanted very badly to get in

Or to get out

Through the open doorway Clara could see the di in the center of their chairs, on the salt circle, was a tiny bird, a robin

Dead