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And he left As he had that dreadful day As he alould, Beauvoir knew
Gamache would always leave hi the tiny bottle, he shook a pill into the palm of his hand By the ti just fine
"What did you find?" asked Chief Inspector Ga breakfast at the bistro, since they needed to talk and didn’t want to share the B and B dining roouests
The waiter had brought theent Lacoste placed the photocopies of the article on the wooden table and stared out the hile Chief Inspector Gamache and Inspector Beauvoir read
The drizzle had turned into a Scotch e so that Three Pines felt particularly intih the rest of the world didn’t exist Only here Quiet and peaceful
A log fire crackled in the grate Just enough to take the chill off
Agent Lacoste was exhausted She wished she could take her bowl of café au lait and a croissant, and curl up on the large sofa by the fireplace And read one of the orn paperbacks froret Read and nap Read and nap In front of the fireplace While the outside world and worries receded into the mist
But the worries were in here, she knew Trapped in the village with the her eyes
"Well done," he said, tapping the article with his fingers "Must have taken all night"
"Just about," she admitted
They looked over to the Chief, who see time to read as a short, sharp review
Finally he lowered the page and took off his reading glasses just as the waiter arrived with their food Toast and home-made confiture for Beauvoir Pear and spiced blueberry crêpes for Lacoste She’d kept herself awake on the drive down fro what breakfast she’d have This won A bowl of porridge with raisins, creaar was placed in front of the Chief
He poured the brown sugar and crea this, also laid her knife and fork down "Is that it, do you think, Chief? Why Lillian Dyson was murdered?"
He took a deep breath "I do We need to confirm, to backfill some of the dates and information, but I think we have a motive And we know there was opportunity"
When they’d finished breakfast Beauvoir and Lacoste went back to the Incident Roo he still needed to do in the bistro