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And it's clean. Which is why my mother weeps at Mass. But the last thing Gideon needs right now is to see his problemsplashed all over the tabloids. She says he hung aboutwhen she was nearby.

Cecilia Mahoney didn't fit this picture. It echoes through the hall, but I'm the only person who seems tonotice. Shepassed it to him and he used it, saying to Lynley, What can I do foryou? He's come about your sister, Lydia Staines said. Will you look for her, Inspector? I'll have a man track her down.