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"Madame Fantomas," Bessette said, his voice a whisper But his eyes shifted Quin noted the twitch, calculated the probabilities, and moved to the side just as Bessette atteroin

"Where will I find Madaain

"Catacoo of the scarf, allowing him to fall to his knees, but he kept his weapon trained on the man’s head

"Madame Fantomas put her in the catacombs" Bessette’s shoulderanother attack One swift and well-airound instead, hands between his legs, sobbing with a high-pitched squeal

"Where are the catacombs?" Quin demanded He scooped up Bessette’s pistol to e he smelled s out of the sround No wonder Lucy had been barking--so was on fire

Damn it, he didn’t have time for this; he had to find the catacombs But Bessette had scurried into the woods thechase, but he was likely needed to help with the fire The drunken captain certainly didn’t seem capable, if indeed he had , ducking to avoid the cloud of black s from the s It had an acrid, deeply unpleasant odor, as if putrid water had caught on fire

Lucy raced ahead of hiht an idea to mind so terrible that he al at Olivia--which would arrison?

He burst into the courtyard to find it full of soldiers darting here and there chaotically No one see a concerted effort to put out the fire The captain was standing at the top of the steps, bellowing and waving his ar out crates that clinked gently It seeht Quin’s arhtened soldier stood before him, face blackened with soot

"She’s in there," the boy panted "Past the kitchens She was supposed to coot Madame to leave her kitchen--she had the key!--but she hasn’t coh the s, to a doorway from which sasped "She’s in the catacombs and there’s no other exit!"

Quin looked in tih the door

A curse ripped from his lips as he pulled off his coat and jerked sharply on his linen shirtsleeve, tearing it off "Ignore that bloody captain and his brandy," he shouted at the boy "Youfor a response, he tied the sleeve around his nose and ed down the steps, bent double to avoid the thickest smoke Olivia Olivia, Olivia, Olivia It felt as if the very beat of his heart was sending her nah his body

At the bottoh to realize that he was in a kitchen Past the kitchen, the boy had said He saw s on years of grease He couldn’t see a door, but he heard Lucy bark soht He , toward the bark