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"Me?" asked Clara, dumbfounded "Why? Who?"

She looked around the roo for someone who could hate her so much And her eyes came to rest on one person

TWENTY-NINE

All eyes turned to look

The murderer smiled tentatively, then his eyes darted around the roo in the doorway to the kitchen The only way out Blocked

"You?" said Clara, barely above a whisper "You killed Lillian?"

Denis Fortin turned to face Clara

"Lillian Dyson deserved what she got The only surprise is that so her neck sooner"

Olivier, Gabri and Suzanneover to the other side of the rooreat divide

Only Gamache seemed at ease Unlike the rest, he hadn’t scrambled to safety, but reone to apologize to you, hadn’t she," said the Chief Inspector, as though having a friendly chat with an excitable guest

Fortin stared at him and finally nodded, then sat back down

"She didn’t even allery Said she was sorry she’d been so horrible in her review"

Fortin had to pause, to gather hier for each word, "‘I was cruel in ers "Eleven words, and she thinks that makes us even Have you seen the review?"