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Gae? The sober guy leading the drunks?"

"Well, the one responsible for the ," said Gamache

"We’re all responsible," said Thierry

The Chief Inspector glanced over to a rees," ads A few people here knohat I do for a living, but most know me as plain old Thierry P"

But Ga "plain old" about him

Thierry turned his attention to Beauvoir "I’ve seen you in the courthouse too"

"Jean Guy Beauvoir," said Beauvoir "I’nized you sooner I just didn’t expect to see you here But then, obviously you didn’t expect to see s you here?"

He looked from Beauvoir to Gamache

"A case," said Gamache "Can we speak in private?"

"Absolutely Coh a rear door then down a series of corridors, each dingier than the last Finally they found themselves in a back stairwell Mr Chief Justice Pineault indicated a step as though inviting them into an opera stall, then he took one himself

"Here?" asked Beauvoir

"It’s about as private as this place gets I’ the e in the Eastern Townships," said Ga on the filthy step beside the Chief Justice "A place called Three Pines"

"I know it," said Thierry "Wonderful bistro and bookstore"

"That’s right" Gamache was a little taken aback "How do you know Three Pines?"

"We have a country place close by In Knowlton"

"Well, the wo the village We found this near her body," Gainner’s chip, "and this was in her apartave Thierry thewas circled"

"Who was she?" asked Thierry, looking at thelist and coin

"Lillian Dyson"

Thierry looked up, into Gamache’s deep brown eyes "Are you serious?"