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"Fine," she said, not taking her eyes fro as if so, it was as if she had seen so

But there was no one there

He looked into her eyes questioningly, but she had her hands folded on the desk, and she maintained eye contact He looked back to the list

Griffin Grant, affable fellow, think you’ve h his uncle used to do the reenact--he’s a CEO, VP (?) at a cable co, sharp and well-dressed, nice sense of hu the fact that he’s a total business geek

Toby Keaton, owns Beauht, early forties, thinning hair Our fainning of the "survival by tourism" days We do Civil War and reenactments; he works on Creole history, the real day-to-day work involved in such a plantation He’s always been part of the reenact in the old days He’s in his late twenties, bookish, glasses, even has special wire frames just so that they work for the reenact been a good friend of the plantation

Jake looked up at Ashley again, seeing her and i the reenactments as he had seen them so many times before He knew the positions the men would take--he could run it in his own al The rebel troops are cooes off to be a Yankee"

"Yes, Raroup included two locals, men you knoell--" Ashley reached over to tap the paper "--Michael Bonaventure, from New Orleans, bar owner, has a place off Royal Street, and Hadley Mason, an engineer from Lafayette Justin Binder is from Philadelphia, and he was here with his mother-in-law and two children He’s a er The other two Yankees were Too, and they both left theafter the reenactment"

"They flew out fro around in the chair, hitting the on button on the computer that sat on a stand next to the desk She nodded "We knohen everyone is co in and out froe rides Yes, To day, and Victor was on Continental fifteen minutes later Cliff drove them to the airport, I believe"

"Can you think of anyone else who is closely involved with this property or with the reenact MD--and John Martin, our biggest sutler, or vendor He was here with his wife, and they were at the party--you know, the wind-down in the house Every one of those folks was there--except for Charles, of course," she said

He nodded "Change places?" he asked her

"What?"

"May I get on the co around the desk As she did so, she looked at the door again, frowning He followed her line of vision but saw nothing

Jake sat at the co in keys He could access sites that the average person couldn’t because he had the proper codes

"What are you doing?" Ashley asked hie of the desk

"Simple elimination," he said "Two Yankees in the clear--they indeed fleay Their nahts"

"Wouldn’t the police be checking on that kind of thing, too?" she asked

He nodded "Yes, but in my mind, the more people I know to be eliminated entirely on my own, the easier it will be to home in on what really happened And Jackson is a stickler He’s a team man--it’s the way he’s alorked People make mistakes We can make mistakes Anyway, I knoe’re down to a few-score people"

"A few score," she repeated, wincing

"Don’t worry That nuain, she wasn’t looking at hi if he didn’t gliely

Donegal was known for being haunted Maybe that hy she had fought all her life against the possibility that ghosts could be real

And …

There was a tap at the door Jake was surprised by the way Ashley seemed to all but jump out of her skin

Frazier poked his head in "Lunch is served An excellent meal, it appears"