Adam wrote:The nice warm buzz from the glass of wine spreading in Bennedict's head vanishes in an instant as the knock at the door comes. Out of instinct, he peers at the closet where his crossbow is stored before chiding himself. Probably just the gendarmes with another case, he thinks.
He stands, wiping his mouth with a napkin. "If you'll excuse me, I'll be right back," he says. He nods to Hornsby and walks towards the entry.
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THE FRONT DOOR AND HALLWAY
BENN finds two men in green gendarme's cloaks standing on his doorstep. Swords hang at their hips.
He recognizes one, a gray-haired, portly fellow, as a guard he dealt with a year ago on a missing persons case.
If he concentrates
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"Excuse me, Monsieur Gehrman, but there's been a killing in a riverfront boarding house. And, well, I think you will want to see her body for yourself."
He coughs.