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‘Her nah he was certain of the answer

‘Eleanor Allaire’

Gahed and closed his eyes There He’d done it

‘El, short for Eleanor,’ he whispered

Émilie nodded ‘May I?’ Her tiny hands reached across the table and took the box, holding it in open pal it to fly away ‘I haven’t seen this in years Mother gave it to her when El left the ashraether, you know’

‘She was the L in B KLM, wasn’t she?’

Em nodded

‘Mother Bea is B, Kaye is K and you’re M Bea, Kaye, El and Em’

‘You’re very clever, Chief Inspector We would have been friends anyway, but the coincidence of our na like letters of the alphabet appealed to us Especially since we all adored reading It also seemed romantic, a kind of secret code’

‘Is that where Be Calured that out as well? How?’

‘There were too many references to Be Calm in this case Then I visited Mother’s meditation center’

‘Be Calave it away’

‘That seems to happen to you a lot Must be helpful in your trade to have the ansritten on the wall’

‘It’s recognizing them that’s the trick It was a ive the i not of this world, but I suspect she’s very much here She’d never have put Be calm, and know that I am God on her wall unless she meant to’

‘Be still, and know that I am God,’ quoted Em correctly ‘That was El’s problem She couldn’t be still Kaye was the one who noticed that we could put our letters together and h to h away to ured it out, Chief Inspector’

‘Took s?’