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“Rachael Dobbs would be my first suspect But it wasthe phone”

Paul slid a piece of paper under Brimmer’s cell and flipped it over so the display screen showed

“He was calling the police,” he said “He got as far as 91”

“I think we can conclude that Brimmer was forced to come here,” she said “He would never have let anyone into his forgery workshop otherwise And, judging fro for so”

“The 1848 logbook?”

“As Holmes would say, eliminate the impossible and you have the possible”

“His body is still warm, Ms Holmes What does that tell you?”

“That we had better be on our toes,” she said “And theto see Brimmer”

“Doesn’t that seem far-fetched?” he asked

Gamay pointed to the corpse

“Tell Mr Brimmer that it’s far-fetched”

“Okay,” Paul said with a tight smile “You’ve convinced me”

Paul put his finger to his lips and opened a door opposite the one they had coed over to the railing, and looked down the stairs He saw a tiny orange glow and s up the shaft He backed up into the office, shut the door quietly, and turned the lock

He picked up Brimmer’s cell phone, punched in the second 1 to coency call When the police dispatcher answered, Paul said his naave the address, and said so He suspected they were arerous

Paul hung up and put the phone back in Briers