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Gabri decided the ic position would be the front desk After about thirty seconds of intense vigilance he decided maybe he should play free cell on the computer while he waited for either Gamache to arrive or the witch to kill him No need to be bored As he moved the mouse a picture popped up on the screen

Ephedra, it said Gabri read, considered placing an order, then decided to call Olivier instead

‘I wonder if he’s seen it,’ Clara said, lowering her toast She was finally full, if not fed up

‘He looked perfectly relaxed e ran into hi,’ said Myrna

‘He’d hardly show it, would he?’ said Peter, taking Clara’s toast

‘What is it with that Arnot case? That was years ago,’ said Myrna

‘Five at least,’ agreed Peter He sat up and put his hands on the table in a studied, relaxedpompous and pedantic Both unfair, he knew, but still it had stung Since then he’d been careful not to appear too forht not know Like how to cut a to them information, like the Arnot case

Peter had read about it at the tirave;bre for months

‘I remember now’ Myrna turned to Peter ‘You became obsessed with it’

‘I did not become obsessed It was an ireed Clara ‘Of course, we didn’t know Gamache yet, but everyone had heard of him’

‘He was one of the stars of the Sûreté,’ said Myrna

‘Until the Arnot case,’ said Peter ‘The defensehypocrite Happy to take the honors that ith power but fundamentally weak Driven by jealousy and pride’

‘That’s right,’ agreed Myrna, re more as she cast her mind back ‘Didn’t the defense imply he’d set Arnot up?’

Peter nodded ‘Arnot was a superintendent in the serious crinored some violent crimes, even murder Just let it happen’