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@@@@@ ?An eternity in this business,? said Fontaine as yet another streak of lightning, separated only milliseconds from its crash of thunder, interrupted the pounding rain on the windows and the roof ?It?s dangerous enough to be outside; that bolt was too near for safety ?If you believe that, think how the guards feel ?The ?slight change,? please? Also an explanation ?I?ll give you no explanation except to say that it is an order from Argenteuil and you were responsible ?The judge?? ?Draw your own conclusions ?Then he was not sent to?? ?I?ll say no moreThe change is as followsRather than running up the path from here to the guards at Villa Twenty and demanding emergency assistance for your ill wife, I will say I was returning from the front desk where I was complaining about the telephone and saw a fire in Villa Fourteen, three away from oursThere?ll no doubt be a great deal of confusion, what with the storm and everyone yelling and calling for helpThat will be your signalUse the confusion; get through and take out whoever remains at the woman?s villa?make sure your silencer is secureThen go inside and do the work you have sworn to do ?So I wait for the fire, for the guards and for you to return to Number ElevenStay on the porch with the door closed, of course ?It may take me five minutes or perhaps even twenty, but stay thereMay I ask, madame?or perhaps mademoiselle, although I see no evidence?? ?What is it?? ?It will take you five or twenty minutes to do what?? ?You?re a fool, old man The nurse pulled her raincoat around her, looped the belt and walked to the front door of the villa?Get your equipment together and be out here in three minutes,? she commanded The door swung back with the wind as the woman opened it; she went outside into the torrential rain, pulling it shut behind herAstonished and confused, the old Frenchman stood motionless, trying to make sense out of the inexplicableThings were happening too fast for him, blurred in the agony of his woman?s deathThere was no time to mourn, no time to feelOnly think and think quicklyRevelation came hard upon revelation, leaving unanswered questions that had to be answered so the whole could be understood?so that Montserrat itself made sense! The nurse was more than a conduit for instructions from Argenteuil; the angel of mercy was herself an angel of death, a killer in her own r