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He glared at the se fetid, sohts flickered, then diht fought to stay on

And then it left

And they were left with the wavering candle-light

No one spoke Instead they waited, to see if so worse They could hear the furious lashing of the wind in the trees, and the rain against the s and the roof

Gah, never took his eyes off Denis Fortin

"If you hated e at the Musée?" Clara asked

Fortin turned back to Gaize," said Gamache

Fortin smiled "Once Lillian left and the howl in "

"How to kill twice," said Garâce," said Fortin

"Grace had nothing to do with it," said Gamache "It was a plan filled with hatred"

"If it was, it was put there by Lillian," said Fortin "She made the monster She shouldn’t have been surprised when it turned on her And yet, you know, she was"

"How did you know Lillian even knewGoing around and apologizing to people She said she’d tried to find you in the Montréal phone book, but you weren’t there She wondered if I’d ever heard of you"

"And what did you tell her?"