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"The goddaoing to have a fit I feel like such a shit"

"Did you realize that all rhymed?" asked Gabri "Quit, fit, shit Like a Shakespearean sonnet"

"You feel you’re letting down a friend," said Reine-Marie

"Partly, but I run a bookstore," said Myrna, looking at the row upon row of books, lining the walls and creating corridors in the open space "So many of them were banned and burned That one," she pointed to the Fahrenheit 451 Clara still had in her hands "To Kill a Mockingbird The Adventures of Huck Finn Even The Diary of Anne Frank All banned by people who believed they were in the right Could we be wrong?"

"You’re not banning it," said Clara "He’s allowed to write and you’re allowed to pull your support"

"But it co If Gabri and I pull out and tell the others, it’ll ruin the production And you knohat? I want it to Once she kneho’d written the play, Antoinette should never have produced it Right, Ar a hesitation, souish over the answer, they were disappointed His ansas quick and unequivocal

Armand Gamache was in absolutely no doubt This was a play that should never have seen the light of day Just as its author should never again see the light of day

"But other killers have written books, plays even," said Myrna

"John Fle is different," said Clara "We all know it"

"You’re an artist," said Reine-Marie "Do you think a work should be judged by its creator? Or should it stand on its own?"

Clara gave a huge sigh "I know the right answer to that And I kno I feel Would I want a painting by Jeffrey Dahmer, or to serve a meal from the Stalin family cookbook? No"

"That’s not the issue," said Gabri "It’s about options, letting people make their own choices Maybe Antoinette should produce it, and let people decide if they’ll go or not"