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Clement Cardinal could bring them to Canada. He rode into town to find them eating breakfast in the mansion once owned by the Reeds. He'd shown up because the pilot light above the opera house had gone out. First time he'd ever seen that happen. He knew it meant something disruptive had occurred. What a relief when it turned out it was his friends who made it through the night. Did he ask what happened? No, he did not. What good are questions if the answers will only drag you in the middle of someone else's trouble?
They were eating breakfast in the kitchen and offered him a cup of coffee. Sam lay in the parlor, sleeping on the couch. Grace didn't want him out of eyesight.