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He turned his head to look along the barrel as it disappeared into the darkness Not even the floodlights could reach to the end

Gamache watched as the professor closed his eyes, took a couple of deep breaths, then with one last exhale he turned to his co chamber, to see if it’s armed"

He was all business now

"It’ll be around here," he said, walking to the rear of the gun "Did you open this?"

He pointed to a round h to walk into

"We tried, but couldn’t ht inadvertently fire it"

Professor Rosenblatt was nodding "You wouldn’t have The firing mechanism is somewhere else This is the breech If there’s a missile, it would be in here"

They watched as the professor ran his hands over the latches and handles and knobs

"Careful," warned Beauvoir, but Rosenblatt didn’t respond He was too focused on the ?" Lacoste asked Beauvoir

Before Beauvoir could answer, they saw the professor reach out and grasp a lever Leaning into it, the elderlyhappened

"I need help," he said "It’s stuck"

Beauvoir joined hiave with such suddenness bothsound, then a loud hiss

Gamache tensed Afraid Rosenblatt had just set it off, but not at all sure what to do if he had

Then thethem in

The four of the and knew it came from Jean-Guy Not because the effort had winded hihthts, Beauvoir was terrified of holes Armand stepped over to him

"Stay here," he said "If the door closes, please open it again"

Beauvoir didn’t answer, but continued to stare

"Do you need to write that down?" asked Ga out of his reverie "Right Wait, are you going in there?"

He waved to the opening, where Professor Rosenblatt was already standing