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Samuel de Champlain wasn’t simply one more explorer, he was the Father of Québec, and as such he’d becoreatness And freedonty Of separation from Canada

Gamache remembered the extres, theseparatists of the 1960s becaenteel lounges and sipped aperitifs

And plotted?

Samuel de Champlain was found and found to be a Protestant What would the church make of that? What would the separatists make of that?

"How did you find the books?" É at Gamache’s side

"It was his satchel Why carry it just for a s else in it Then e couldn’t find the books I realized he probably kept theustin Renaud would have refused to let them out of his possession, even for a moment He must have taken them to the Literary and Historical Society when he met his murderer But they weren’t on his body That meant the killer must have taken them And done what?"

É the path Armand had laid out Then he smiled "The murderer couldn’t take them home with him If they were found in his possession they’d incriminate him"

Gamache watched his mentor

"He could have destroyed theh "Thrown the himself to do that So what did he do?"

The two men stared at each other in the crowded hall of the hotel People swirled around theainst the cold, some in formal wear off to a cocktail party Some in the colorful, traditional sashes of the Carnaval, les ceinture fléchée All ignoring the twostock-still in the current

"He hid them in the library," said É thousands of other old, leather, unread, unappreciated volu and finally found them," said Ga as the cold hit their faces

"You found the books, but what happened to Chaainst the freezing cold "What did Jalas and Chiniquy do with him?"

"We’re about to find out"