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"Mary Fraser and Sean Delorme," said Myrna "They aren’t CSIS?"

"I don’t knoho they are," said Lacoste

"Well, I’et far," said Clara

"What do youafter them, aren’t you?"

"For what?"

Clara looked du to kill the professor and Arun on us, yes," said Armand "But stood down No one was hurt Beyond that they did nothing wrong"

"Isn’t that enough?" asked Gabri

"We have to choose our battles," said Beauvoir "And if there’s a trial, we’d have to explain about Bull and the plans--"

"And why you burned them," said Gamache He knehy Beauvoir had dropped them in the fire It was a father’s instinct Jean-Guy would rather die than have his child born into a world that contained Gerald Bull’stheerous world," said Armand "Even nine-year-old boys know that"

"But, but--" Clara sputtered

"But they killed Antoinette," said Brian "And Laurent Theyto kill you too, for those goddamned plans"

He waved toward the fireplace, where the plans were no longer even ash Project Babylon had disappeared into the atmosphere