Chapter 79

           LieutenantCollethelpedhimselftoaPerrierfromTeabing’srefrigeratorandstrodebackoutthroughthedrawingroom.RatherthanaccompanyingFachetoLondonwheretheactionwas,hewasnowbaby-sittingthePTSteamthathadspreadoutthroughChâteauVillette.

           Sofar,theevidencetheyhaduncoveredwasunhelpful:asinglebulletburiedinthefloor;apaperwithseveralsymbolsscrawledonitalongwiththewordsbladeandchalice;andabloodyspikedbeltthatPTShadtoldColletwasassociatedwiththeconservativeCatholicgroupOpusDei,whichhadcausedastirrecentlywhenanewsprogramexposedtheiraggressiverecruitingpracticesinParis.

           Colletsighed.Goodluckmakingsenseofthisunlikelymélange.

           Movingdownalavishhallway,Colletenteredthevastballroomstudy,wherethechiefPTSexaminerwasbusydustingforfingerprints.Hewasacorpulentmaninsuspenders.«Anything?»Colletasked,entering.Theexaminershookhishead.«Nothingnew.Multiplesetsmatchingthoseintherestofthehouse.»«Howabouttheprintsonthecilicebelt?»«Interpolisstillworking.Iuploadedeverythingwefound.»

           Colletmotionedtotwosealedevidencebagsonthedesk.«Andthis?»Themanshrugged.«Forceofhabit.Ibaganythingpeculiar.»Colletwalkedover.Peculiar?

           «ThisBrit’sastrangeone,»theexaminersaid.«Havealookatthis.»Hesiftedthroughtheevidencebagsandselectedone,handingittoCollet.

           ThephotoshowedthemainentranceofaGothiccathedralthetraditional,recessedarchway,narrowingthroughmultiple,ribbedlayerstoasmalldoorway.

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