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"I have two pieces of bad news," said Ga them inside "There’s been a murder, and this is not Monsieur Beauvoir, the art critic for Le Monde, but Inspector Beauvoir, a hoator with the Sûreté du Québec"

The murder they already knew about, so it was the Beauvoir news they foundGamache watched with some a the Chief’s grin, whispered, "Just so you know, I also said you were Monsieur Gaht Gae number of invitations to art shows he’d received at the vernissage He made a note not to show up to any of theht?" asked the Chief, once the vitriol had been exhausted

"Well, we’d planned to head hoave a shove of her head toward Norh to indicate he’d had too ave us toiletries and bathrobes," Nor off to Cowansville in a fewback to Montréal?" asked Gaht we’d stay for a day or so Make a holiday of it"

At Ga roo side-by-side on one sofa, Beauvoir and the Chief Inspector sitting opposite them on the other

"So as killed?" Paulette asked "It wasn’t Clara, was it?"

She aled to hide her optih the answer seeht a snort of amusement from Normand

"You clearly don’t know artists, Inspector We can be civil, friendly even But friends? Better to ht you here then, if not friendship with Clara?" Beauvoir asked

"Free food and drink Lots of drink," said Nor the hair from his eyes There was a sort of world-weary style about the htly amused and saddened by it

"So it wasn’t to celebrate her art?" Beauvoir asked

"Her art isn’t bad," said Paulette "I like it better than what she was producing a decade ago"

"Toowho’d ht was an ih that wouldn’t be hard Who could forget her exhibition of massive feet?"

"But really, Nor artist does portraits anymore?"