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"Then why did she take the things to the theater?" asked Beauvoir, then held up his hand "Wait Don’t tell et them out of the house, so that the buyer can’t find them without her And she won’t tell, without the money"

He slammed his hand down on the conference table

"Solved"

"Aren’t you leaving out one detail?" asked Arot us this far, I think the Chief Inspector can do the rest, don’t you?"

Isabelle Lacoste was leaning back in her chair, tapping a pen against her lips No longer listening, which ise, but thinking

"The wine," she said "Why would Antoinette drink a whole bottle before an i? Wouldn’t she want a clear head?"

"Maybe she needed courage more," said Beauvoir "Besides, we don’t know that she drank it all herself The killer lasses then washed up Or Antoinette ht’ve been nervous and dranksomeone who’d already killed at least one person"

Lacoste was nodding "That could also explain her injury It doesn’t look deliberate If she was drunk and got into an arguht’ve lost her balance"

"And once she was out of the way, the buyer was free to search the house," said Ga away"

"Well, now, there’s another proble No firing mechanism, no plans So where did she put them?"

They stared at each other

"We seem to have hit a dead end," said Lacoste "We obviously need more infor at a desk staring at his co up, she crossed the room

"We’re ready for your report"

His hands rested on the keyboard but didn’t move as he stared at what Lacoste was relieved to see was text Documents, it seemed