____ the city museum had a security system, someone managed to steal the famous Diamond Swan sculpture on Tuesday night. The lead detective, Inspector Evans, was baffled. The security footage showed nothing. ____, a young, curious officer named Lena noticed something strange. The case holding the sculpture was clean, but on ____, the floor nearby had a single, muddy footprint. The footprint seemed like a small clue. ____, Lena decided to follow it. She discovered that the print belonged to a specific type of gardening boot. ____, she found a tiny, glittering feather stuck in the mud near the display. Lena realized the thief must have known the museum's routine perfectly. In ____, they had to be someone with access to the building during the day to plant a device or study the security. She started looking at staff and regular visitors. Her investigation led her to a quiet botanist, Dr. Ada Finch, who worked in the museum's greenhouse. Dr. Finch was a respected expert on birds. Not ____ did her job give her full access to the museum, ____ her research also involved studying the Diamond Swan's design for a project on swans.

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