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conditioning, pools and spas, both the in-house and landscape lighting, the phone system, and much more.Crestron panels were positioned throughout the mansion, but the same features could also be station, such as the one in Ethan’s study.After Ethan activated the screen with a touch, three columns of icons were presented for his consideration. He tapped the one that represented the exterior surveillance cameras.Because eighty-the exterior-camera menu. He pressed the icon for the house alarm system.Not all staff members were authorized to activate and deactivate the alarm; consequently, the screen requested Ethan’s password. He entered it, was granted access, and set the house-perimeter alarm.All public areas of the mansion—virtually everything except bedrooms, bathrooms, and staff quarters—featured motion detectors that would register the passage of anyone moving along six outdoor cameras were positioned across the estate, he was next presented with eighty-six designating numbers. For the most part, to obtain quickly a view of any specific portion of the [466] grounds, you had to have memorized the numbers—at least those that, in your particular staff position, you were most likely to use frequently.He touched 03, and the Crestron screen at once filled with a view of the main gate as seen from outside the estate wall. This was the same camera that had captured Rolf Reynerd delivering the package that contained the doll’s eye in the apple.The gate rolled open. Mr. Hachette’s car drove off the grounds, onto the public street, turned right, and disappeared from the frame.As the front gate rolled shut, Ethan touched the screen and exited