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"Please" Madaazed at the photographs Lillian aged as they walked around the modest room Fro wohter was found in a garden," he said, trying to ed to her friend Clara"

Madame Dyson stopped and stared at the Chief Inspector "Clara? But that’s not possible Lillian would never have gone there She’d meet the devil before she’d meet that woman"

"Did you say Lillian was killed at Clara’s home?" demanded Monsieur Dyson

"Oui In her backyard"

"Then you knoho killed Lillian," said Monsieur Dyson "Have you arrested her?"

"I haven’t," said Gamache "There are other possibilities Is there anyone else your daughter talked about since her return to Montréal? Anyone who ht wish her harm?"

"No one as obvious as Clara," snapped Monsieur Dyson

"I know this is difficult," said Gaain "But you need to think about my question It’s vital Did she talk about anyone else? Anyone she’d had an upset with recently?"

"No one," said Madame Dyson, eventually "As we said, she never seemed happier"

Chief Inspector Gaave the at the door "If you re"

"Who do we speak to about--" Madaan

"I’ll have soeht?"

They nodded Monsieur Dyson had fought to his feet and stood beside his wife, staring at Ga now a continent apart

As they walked down the stairs, their steps echoing against the walls, Gamache wondered hoo such people could produce the woman Clara had described

Wretched, jealous, bitter, ht the same about Clara

There was a lot to wonder about

Madao to Clara Morrow’s holy

Had Lillian Dyson been tricked into it? Lured there not realizing it was Clara’s place? But if so, as she killed, and why there?

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