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‘Armand?’

‘I’m here Tell me what the paper says, please’

As he listened the sorrow of the old Hadley house closed in It crept toward hi in the bowels of the old Hadley house in co each other wasn’t enough for Arnot,’ said Beauvoir He and Lacoste walked side by side through the late afternoon sun as it dappled the dirt road at their feet ‘Arnot ordered his two top officers into the reserves to stir up trouble Agents provocateurs’

‘And then?’ It was almost unbearable, but she had to know She listened to the terrible words as they walked through the tranquil forest

‘And then Pierre Arnot ordered his officers to kill’

Beauvoir found it hard to say He stopped and looked into the forest, and after a moment or two the roar between his ears settled and he could ain A robin? A blue jay? A pine? Was that what iant trees on the village green soht?

‘How many died?’

‘Arnot’s men never kept track There’s a tea to find all the remains The murderers killed so many they couldn’t remember where they put all the bodies’

‘How did they get aith it? Didn’t the families complain?’

‘To whoround between her feet The betrayal was complete

‘The Sûreté,’ she said, in a small voice

‘OneFor three months she held bake sales and sold hats and h money for a plane ticket One way To Quebec City She’d overnment to protest She spent all day in front of the National Assembly but no one stopped No one paid attention Eventually some men kicked her off the property, but she went back Every day for a ht And every day she was told to leave’

‘The National Assembly? But they can’t do that That’s public property’