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"But ould it be a secret if it was just members of the theater company?" asked Gamache

"Because it wasn’t," said Beauvoir "I called them just now Neither has heard from Antoinette since they quit So either Antoinette lied to Brian or he lied to us"

"But he ht for a moment "It’sover"

"And why?" said Gamache "Who could her visitors have been?"

"And did they kill her?" said Beauvoir "It see a risk Suppose Antoinette told Brian as really co over?"

"They must’ve known she wouldn’t tell hi she wanted to keep secret"

"So out ideas "Soal or unethical? An affair?"

They stared at each other Then Gamache’s eyes were drawn to the script So oddamned play

Beauvoir followed the glance "Yes, ondering the sa to do with the Fle for it? Does that explain the mess in their home? Brian had taken it to Montréal, but they couldn’t have known that"

Ga it There’s nothing hidden in the plot that I can see Do you need etting late, and with this news, I think I’ll stay here Do you ht as well tell everyone," said Lacoste, joining him "I’ll co else you need to know, Isabelle"

He stopped, and she turned to hihwater They know that we know they were there"

"And her reaction?"

"She asked if I was threatening her"

"Huh," said Lacoste "That’s strange I wonder what she hwater"

"I’ll look it up when I get back to the Incident Roos to do," he said "I can look it up I still have e you could do, patron," Lacoste said, with a sh, Mary Fraser see involved in Laurent’s death and soun"