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The three of thedon, whose face turned a deep shade of red He nodded his thanks andelse”

“Go on, Langdon, before you have a stroke”

Langdon disappeared

“Unfortunately, thishiolo, if you will”

“Not a bad job if you can get it,” Sam said

Reo”

“I’, there are worse jobs out there”

“Enough”

They chatted and drank coffee until Langdon returned thirtyfor you”

They excused thedon down to the study Yvette’s MacBook Air sat open on a don had already arranged a pair of club chairs before the laptop Once they were seated, he left and closed the door behind him

The laptop’s screen displayed Selma’s workroom back in La Jolla “Selma, are you there?” Sam called

Pete Jeffcoat’s tanned face appeared before the camera He smiled at them “Hi, Sam Hi, Remi”

“How’re you, Pete?”

“Fantastic, couldn’t be better” Pete’s sunny attitude knew no bounds He could not only turn lerove of lemon trees