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"Where?"

Lacoste peered, and then her eyes widened and her face went smooth onder

"What is it?" she asked

"It’s ca?"

"I think you need to see," said Beauvoir

Chief Inspector Lacoste turned to Ga, but he shook his head and shtly

"Non, ht with you"

"Oui Oh, and patron" Gamache paused a few paces away Lacoste walked back to hi about Laurent I should have looked more closely"

"I know you’ll find out who did this to him That’s all that matters"

Gamache waited until she’d disappeared inside, then walked over to the two young agents

"I know you think this is beneath you," he said "And that I’ you Stay alert Keep your eyes open This is no joke Do you understand?"

"Yessir," said Agent Brassard

"Agent Favreau?"

"You’re not with the force anymore You have no authority over me"

Gamache stared into the defiant eyes "We’ll see"

Lacoste looked around, acclie new environ the Scene of Crime and forensics teaether they walked over to the spot where agents were setting up a cordon of yellow police tape Beauvoir’s flighty bearound then came to rest on the stick It was about ten feet from the entrance