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He spoke with such sincerity, Beauvoir didn’t know if Cohen was serious And he didn’t knohether to laugh or cry Or to tell hiht very well lose more than his job

Chief Inspector Lacoste wrote up a letter of authorization, printed it out on Sûreté letterhead, and handed it to Agent Cohen Then they walked him to the car

"If you haven’t heard froo into the SHU, do you understand?" said Chief Inspector Lacoste "The moment the Gerald Bull story airs on CBC"

"Yes, sir Mom Ma’am"

"Oh God," Beauvoir whispered

"You’ll be fine, son," said Ar any infor He’ll try to engage you, just ignore him" He put out his hand "Shalom aleichem"

Adam Cohen looked surprised and pleased He took Gamache’s hand "And peace be upon you too, sir How did you know?"

"I was raised by randmother," said Gamache

"B’ezrat hashe into the car

They watched him drive off

"What did he say to you?" Beauvoir asked

"He said, God willing," said Ga that’s happening," said Lacoste Then she turned to the two men "If the location of the plans really is hidden soh it, closely and quickly"

"I’ve been thinking about that," said Gamache "Both Jean-Guy and I have already read it and found nothing"

"You need new eyes," said Lacoste "Do you want e to read it," said Ga to put on the play?" asked Beauvoir "Wait a minute It can be done Mom can do the costumes and we can use Uncle Ned’s barn"

"Calh We need people to read it while we listen"

"It’s not a bad idea," said Lacoste "But it’ll take time An hour and a half at least by the time you even start By then it’ll be al we have Agent Cohen in place," said Gaht all work," said Lacoste "Don’t these things usually turn out well?"