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"She must have been, I suppose," said Clara "But I didn’t invite her"

"Who is she?" asked Gabri

"Did you get a look at her?" Gamache persisted, not quite ready to answer the question

They nodded

"After we called the police I went back into the garden, to look," said Clara

"Why?"

"I had to know if I knew her See if she was a friend or neighbor"

"She wasn’t," said Gabri "I was preparing breakfast for our B and B guests when Olivier called to tell me what had happened"

"So you cae man

"I’m a homicide detective," said Gamache "I sort of have to You don’t"

"I’m a nosy son-of-a-bitch," said Gabri "I sort of have to too And like Clara, I needed to see if we knew her"

"Did you tell anyone else?" asked Gaarden to look?"

They shook their heads

"So you all took a good look, and none of you recognized her?"

"Who was she?" asked Clara again

"We don’t know," admitted Gamache "She fell on her purse and Dr Harris doesn’t want to h"

Gabri hesitated then turned to Olivier "Doesn’t she re?"

Olivier was silent, but Peter wasn’t

"The witch is dead?"

"Peter," said Clara quickly "The wo to say"