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"I’d heard he liked his drink and could get pretty nasty at tirandson, or was it a little girl? A DUI He quit drinking after that"

Ga the tray into their kitchen Then hesaying anything to Thérèse and Jérôme But if there was ever a time, it was now And if there was ever a couple, it was them

As they stood on the threshold, Gamache slowly closed the door and looked at them "I have another question for you," he said quietly "Nothing to do with the case It’s about so else"

"Oui?"

"The video of the attack," he said, watching them closely "Who do you really think released it onto the Internet?"

Jérôme looked perplexed, but Superintendent Brunel didn’t

She looked angry

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Thérèse led them back into the apartment, away from the door, and away from the open French s Into the diation," she said, her voice low and angry "You know that, Armand They discovered it was a hacker Some kid who found the file and probably didn’t even knohat it was That’s all"

"If it was some kid with dumb luck why haven’t they found hiators," she said, her voice softer now

Gamache considered the two people in front of him An older man and woman Creased, worn

But then, so was he

Which hy he’d warned Beauvoir away froned this to any of his other hundred agents Any one of the deeper

But ould they find buried there?

No, best to do it himself With the help of two people he trusted And the Brunels had one other, outstanding, qualification They were nearer the end than the beginning As was he The end of all their careers The end of all their lives If they lost either now, they’d still have lived fully