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"No, but you found out within a h Once it airs, so that word hasn’t leaked before now"

Three Pines was good at keeping its secrets, thought Ga up "Stop the car, please"

Beauvoir pulled over and Ga over, one hand on the car, one on his knee, as though he was about to retch

Jean-Guy hurried around the car "Are you all right?"

Gaht his breath Then he walked away, along the dirt shoulder of the back road

"What’s happened?" asked Jean-Guy, pursuing hiive him space

Beauvoir had only heard Gaet the gist

Arard "We have four hours before word of the gun is all over the CBC national news"

"Shit"

Beauvoir felt his own stomach lurch They both knehat that meant Within moments of the broadcast it would be all over the Internet, social media, other un would be blasted around the world

"They don’t yet knohere it is," said Gamache "They don’t know about Three Pines I’hwater yet But they will And when they do…"

Pandeht Jean-Guy

Beauvoir studied his father-in-law and felt light-headed

"My God, you can’t be considering…"

But he could tell by the expression on Ga

"You’d release Fle?" asked Beauvoir, barely able to make the words audible

"We have to find the plans before the broadcast The problem won’t be journalists or curiosity seekers Every aranization, every terrorist group and corrupt dictator will hear about it These people aren’t bu opportunists They’re s here Jesus, Jean-Guy, you knohat’ll happen if an arms dealer finds the plans before we do"