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"It ht matter, monsieur And if it doesn’t I promise to keep it between us"

"Well, I’d hoped to approach Peter Morrow He’s a fine artist"

"But not as good as his wife"

François Marois spoke quietly Not much more than a whisper But everyone turned to look at hiood?" Chief Inspector Gamache asked

Marois looked at Gamache for a moment "I’ll be happy to answer that, but I’e You were the one who pointed out that rein Mary"

"The what?" asked Castonguay "There was no Virgin Mary painting"

"There was if you looked," Marois assured hi back to the Chief Inspector "You were one of the few people actually paying attention to her art"

"As I ht, Clara and Peter Morrow are personal friends," said Gaht a look of surprise and suspicion froating friends for murder, n’est-ce pas?"

Beauvoir stepped forward "In case you didn’t know it, Chief Inspector Gaed to stop himself

"It’s a fair question" Gauay "They are friends and yes, they’re also suspects In fact, I have a lot of friends in this village, and all of them are suspects as well And I realize this could be interpreted as a disadvantage, but the fact is, I know these people Well Who better to find thethem than someone who knows their weaknesses, their blind spots, their fears? Now," Gauay, "if you’re thinking I o…"

The words were friendly, there was even a mild smile on the Chief Inspector’s face But even André Castonguay couldn’t ravity in the voice and eyes

"No I don’t believe you’d do that"