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"And yet now that he’s gone life feels emptier, less vibrant I envied hily about anything And he wasn’t a fool, you know, he knew the price he paid, but he illing to pay it"

"And as that price?" Émile asked

"He was mocked and ridiculed, but more than that, no one liked hi "He was lonely, you know, in the end But still he couldn’t stop, couldn’t trade a dead explorer for living friends"

"When did he bring these books to you?" Gao There’re four boxes He said his aparted a quick glance Renaud’s apartment was certainly cramped, but it was already a disaster, four ht the

"Did he bring you anything else?" Émile asked

She shook her head "He was secretive by nature, soood cheer and Gaustin Renaud, who’d chosen her as his wife For a few bright years had he known happiness? Had that been his one shining attee course? And find a place on the shore with this jovial, kind woman? But he couldn’t, of course

Gamache watched Madame Renaud chat with Éht Ga or a curse?

And he wondered if that would go aith time Would the voice fade, the features blur? Would the memories recede and take their place with other pleasant, but neutral events from the past?

Avec le teh the boxes?" Gamache asked

"Not at all The other officers took a look but didn’t see for exactly?"

"Two books," said Gamache They’d walked to the back of the aparte, old-fashioned kitchen "Unfortunately we don’t knohat they are"

"Well, I hope you find theht