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"But only one person knew that Brian would be away in Montréal all night," said Beauvoir "And that was Brian He was also in the bistro when Laurent ca in"

"Most of e knew about Antoinette, and especially the night of her death, we heard fro that she was expecting guests But what he didn’t knoas that she’d begged off of Clara’s party and was taking her uncle’s things to the theater instead To get them as far away from her as possible"

"And that was another clue," said Beauvoir "The fact Antoinette did it when Brian ay instead of asking for his help"

"You think she suspected him?" asked Cohen

"I’m not sure, but it’s possible What is clear is that Brian started and even fueled the controversy surrounding the Fle wrote it And he continued to support her in producing it, when everyone else backed away"

"He wanted the controversy and the distraction," said Beauvoir

"A killer hides in chaos," said Cohen, and the hoators smiled

"I was hampered by a misconception," Lacoste admitted "I was sure the killer had to have been connected to Gerald Bull Had to have been involved with Project Babylon either as a scientist or as another arents But that would put the person well into their fifties It didn’t occur to er, who’d becoun But once I set all that aside and just looked at the facts, all the confusion cleared away"

"Brian says he didn’t mean to kill Antoinette," said Beauvoir "He says she caument she fell and hit her head"

"Do you believe hiht be true," said Lacoste "But I think he’d have killed her anyway He’d have had to For the same reason he killed Laurent To keep her quiet"

"He’d been quietly searching the ho play And he took a job surveying the area That gave hiun He admits he even caing"