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No, thought Ga up from his chair, there was still tooaround ideas, theories, speculation But he was careful not to run too far ahead of the facts They were stu theress on the motive?" he asked

"Between Inspector Beauvoir in Montréal and me here we’ve interviewed just about everyone at the party and they all agree Hardly anyone had any contact with Lillian since she’d been back, but anyone who knew her years ago, when she was a critic, hated and feared her"

"So the e?" asked Ga even e now that she was back"

"Good" He paused for a h"

He told her about his intervieith Denis Fortin and the gallery owner’s certainty that a brilliant dead artist wasone

Chief Inspector Gamache had no doubt that Lillian Dyson was both a loathsome person and a brilliant artist

A brilliant dead artist So s could now ent Lacoste, made a coupleroouette He offered the a clear head?" Reine-Marie asked

"Actually, I plan to go to an AA ht I shouldn’t have alcohol on ht not be the only one You’ve finally admitted you have a problem?"

"Oh, I have a problem, just not with alcohol" He shter, Annie "You’ve been quiet Is so?"

"I need to speak to the two of you"

THIRTEEN

Chief Inspector Gamache stood on rue Sherbrooke, in don Montréal, and stared at the heavy, red brick church across the street It wasn’t ular ox blood stones He’d passed it hundreds of ti and never really looked at it

But now he did

It was dark and ugly and uninviting It didn’t shout salvation Didn’t even whisper it What it did shout was penance and atonement Guilt and punishment

It looked like a prison for sinners Feould enter with an easy step and light heart