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"What about the tape?" asked Suzanne

"Oh, it doesn’t estion than a command Besides, I know the felloho put it up"

"Inco the tape down for Suzanne, then stepping through hi"

Agent Isabelle Lacoste slowed her car al out of Three Pines and into Montréal to help search the archives of La Presse for Lillian Dyson’s reviews To try to find out who that one particularly vicious critique ritten about

As she drove past the Morrow house she saw soht she’d see A senior Sûreté du Québec officer apparently praying to a stick

She s she could join him She’d often said silent prayers at a crime scene When everyone else had left, Isabelle Lacoste returned To let the dead know they were not forgotten

This tih, it see for She reht uess

Chief Inspector Gaht hand on the stick and cleared his mind After a moment he tied his ribbon to it and stepped back

"I said the Serenity Prayer," said Suzanne "You?"

But Gamache chose not to tell them what he’d prayed for

"And you?" Suzanne turned to Clara

She was bossy and inquisitive, Gaood qualities in a sponsor

Like Gamache, Clara kept quiet

But she had her answer

"I need to leave for a little while I’ll see you later" Clara hurried into her home She was now in a rush Too much time had already been wasted

EIGHTEEN

"Are you sure I can’t come with you?" Peter followed Clara down their front path, to the car parked just outside their gate

"I won’t be long Just one quick thing I need to do in Montréal"

"What? Can’t I help?"