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She shook her head and took a deep breath, exhaling before she spoke again

"We have a proble at both of the problem"

Superintendent Brunel sat and indicated chairs for the other tho joined her She paused, about to cross the Rubicon "Who do you think did it?"

Gaht eyes "You knoho I think"

"I do, but I need you to say it"

"Chief Superintendent Sylvain Francoeur"

Outside they could hear the shrieks of children chasing each other, running and laughing

"This’ll be fun," Jérôht of a thorny puzzle

"Jérô? The head of the Sûreté du Québec al, but deeply cruel An attack on officers dead and alive And their farave;se turned back to Gamache "If it was Francoeur, ould he do it?"

"I don’t know But I know he’s been trying to get rid of ht this would be the final shove"

"But the video didn’t make you look bad, Armand," said Jérôood"

"And ould cripple you, Jérôme?" Ga falsely accused or being falsely praised? Especially when there was so much pain and so little to praise"

"It wasn’t your fault," said Jérô his friend square in the face

"Merci," Gamache inclined his head, "but it wasn’t my finest hour either"

Jérô It could send a person rushing for solare of public approval