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‘Cripple the them to be independent’

‘But it’s not just mothers and children,’ said Gaes Any intimate relationship Love wants the best for others Attaches’

Gaes weren’t allowed to escape, and when they tried tragedy followed

‘And the last?’ He leaned forward again ‘What was it?’

‘Equanimity and indifference I think that’s the worst of the near enemies, theoverwhelly but we also have an ability to overcome it You must have seen it People who soist I saw it all the tirief and sorrow But deep down inside people find a core That’s called equanis and move on’

Gamache nodded He’d been deeply affected by families who’d risen above the ive

‘How’s that like indifference?’ he asked, not seeing the connection

‘Think about it All those stoic people Stiff upper lip Caledy And some really are that brave But some,’ she lowered her voice even more, ‘are psychotic They just don’t feel pain And you knohy?’

Gaainst the leaded glass as though desperate to interrupt their conversation Hail ha out the village beyond until it felt as though he and Myrna were in a world all their own

‘They don’t care about others They don’t feel like the rest of us They’re like the Invisible Man, wrapped in the trappings of humanity, but beneath there’s erow cold and he knew goose bu up on his ar one frorocer ‘People with equanimity are unbelievably brave They absorb the pain, feel it fully, and let it go And you knohat?’

‘What?’ Gamache whispered

‘They look exactly like people who don’t care at all, who are indifferent Cool, calm and collected We revere it But who’s brave, and who’s the near enemy?’

Gamache leaned back in his seat, warmed by the fire The eneents Lacoste and Lemieux had left for the day and Inspector Beauvoir was alone in the Incident Room Except for Nichol She was hunched over her co dead

The clock said six Tio He picked up his leather coat and opened the door Then closed it quickly