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"We don’t know that either We do know that there’s no evidence of hiraph?"

Brian pursed his lips, thinking, then shook his head "There ht’ve been and I just didn’t notice I don’t think I’m all that observant I wish I’d been home I should’ve been hoone the next ti you could’ve done"

Gamache didn’t say it, but he believed Antoinette’s life was over as soon as Laurent found the gun and started telling everyone, and when the CSIS agents decided not to tell anyone about her uncle

"Did anyone ever co about Guillaume Couture?" Armand asked

"Not that I know of He died before I h he’d never seen one before "I don’t knohat to do"

Armand nodded He understood that with loss ca lost Directionless

"I can’t go home," said Brian "Not yet"

Gamache knew he meant emotionally, but he also wouldn’t be allowed ho with the news that Mary Fraser and Sean Delorme had an injunction to search Antoinette’s ho the injunction was just for show He was pretty sure they’d already been there Already searched Without benefit or need of legal approval

"I o to the theater today," said Brian "I think I’d feel close to her there Better than sitting around the B and B all day And I don’t really want to talk to anyone, you know?"

"Letin that direction

"Here," said Armand "Put on one of the sweaters while I make a phone call"

He went into the study, closed the door firht thirty After a brief exchange he hung up

By noon they should knowfor hi Ar for you, I’ up the sleeves for hi to Knowlton too?" Brian asked

"No, a few kilometers beyond I can drop you at the theater then pick you up in a couple of hours, if that’s all right"