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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:24 am
    @@@@@ The brother-in-law fingers his chinYou
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    The brother-in-law fingers his chinYou know, Edward, I suppose it's one of the laws of government, but there are always many points of view in a departmentI'll tell you, I've been wondering if you couldn't be sent on a little joust to France, in your capacity as an officer of course
    What about, Minot?
    Oh, it's nebulousA few talks here and thereAn element in the department is attempting to change our Spain policyI don't think they're going to succeed but it would be disastrous if they should, be tantamount to handing Gibraltar to the RussiansWhat worries me is FranceSo long as they stay on the fence I don't think there's a chance of our trying anything by ourselves
    I'm to keep them on the fence?
    Nothing so big as thatI've got some assurances, some financial contracts which might put a little pressure in the proper placesThe thing to remember is that everyone in France can be bought, none of them has clean hands
    I wonder if I could get away
    We're sending a military mission to France and ItalyI can work it through the War DepartmentI'll have quite a briefing to give you, but that should give you no trouble
    I'm very interested, Cummings saysThe problems of manipulationHe trails off, not finishing the sentence
    The water slaps past, resolves itself again behind the stern, quietly, softly, like a cat grooming its furBeyond the catboat the sunlight is scattered over the bay, tinkling upon the water
    We might as well put back, the brother-in-law says
    The shore line is wooded, olive-green, a pristine cove
    I never get over this, he says to CummingsI still expect to see Indians in the forest
    2:22 am
    @@@@@ "It's my back," Red muttered in
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    "It's my back," Red muttered in embarrassment at last
    "Well, take off your shirt, I can't see through your clothing," the medic snapped
    This broke the spell for Red"If I took it off you wouldn't know any more," he flared"You guys can figure out more waysGo over there to the doctor Red noticed a shorter line, and walked over to it without answeringHe was tense with angerI don't have to take that crap, he told himself
    Wilson joined him in a moment"They don' know nothin'Jus' shuffle ya from man to man
    Red was about to be examined when an officer walked into the tent and greeted the doctor"Come on over," the doctor called to himThey talked for a few minutes as Red listened"I picked up a head cold," the officer said"It's this hellish climateCan you give me something to snap out of it, and I don't want any of your bloody aspirin"I've got something for you, Ed; we got a little of it in the last shipmentNot nearly enough to go around, but you're welcome to it
    Red turned to Wilson and snorted"If we came in with a cold, they'd give us a t He spoke loudly enough for the officers to hear, and the doctor looked at him coldly
    The officer left, and the doctor stared at Red"What's the matter with you?"
    "Nephri
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:24 am
    @@@@@ Eulalie and Pauline were shocked
    @@@@@ Eulalie and Pauline
    were shocked speechlessGood! thought ScarlettHer eyes gleamed
    triumphantly at them above the rim of her cup while she drank her
    coffeeYou don't have an answer to that, do you? He's never done
    anything for me, and he's never done a thing for you, eitherWho
    gave
    you the money to keep body and soul together when this house was
    about
    to go for taxes? Not your precious father, that's for sureIt was me who paid for Uncle Carey to get a decent burial when
    he
    died, too, and it's my money that puts clothes on your backs and food
    on your table-if Pauline can bear to open the pantry door on the stuff
    she hoards in thereSo you can gape at me like a pair of goggle-eyed
    frogs, but there's not one single thing you can say! But Pauline,
    echoed by Eulalie, found plenty to say
    About respect for one's elders, loyalty to one's family, duty and
    manners and good breedingScarlett set her cup on its saucer with a
    crash"Don't you dare preach over me, Aunt PaulineI'm sick to
    death of it! I don't care a fig for Grandfather RobillardHe was
    horrid to Mother and he's been horrid to me, and I hate himAnd I
    don't care if I burn in Hell for it!" It felt good to lose her
    temper
    She'd been holding it in too longThere'd been too many tea parties,
    too many receiving lines, too many calls, and too many callersToo
    many times when she'd had to curb her tongue-she who'd always said
    what
    she thought and devil take the hindmostMost of all, too many hours
    of listening politely to Charlestonians brag about the glories of their
    fathers and grandfathers and great-grandfathers, on and on, all the
    way
    back to the Middle Ages
    The very last thing Pauline should have mentioned was respect due to
    her familyThe aunts cowered before Scarlett's outburst, and their
    frightened faces gave her an intoxicating joyful feeling of power
    She'd always been contemptuous of weakness, and in the months
    she'd
    spent in Charleston she had had no power, she'd been the weak one,
    and
    she'd begun to feel contempt for herselfNow she unleashed on her
    aunts all the disgust she had felt at her own craven desire to
    please
    "There's no need to sit there staring at me as if I had horns on my
    head and a pitchfork in my hand, either!
    You know I'm right, but you're just too lily-livered to say it for
    yourselfGrandfather treats everybody like dirtI'll bet you a
    hundred dollars that he never answers all the mealymouth letters you
    write himHe likely doesn't even read t
    2:22 am
    @@@@@Perhaps she'd been just a little bit
    @@@@@Perhaps she'd been just a little bit too-lively, that was
    itBut she hadn't had fun like that in so long, and it wasn't her
    fault that she attracted so much more attention than the prissy
    Charleston ladies, was it? Besides, she was really only doing it for
    Rhett, so he would stop being so cold and distant to herNo one could
    blame a wife for trying to hold her marriage togetherShe suffered in
    silence the heavy unexpressed disapproval of her equally silent aunts
    during the walk to and from Saint Mary's
    Eulalie's mournful sniffling during Mass set her teeth on edge, but she
    managed to block it out by daydreaming about the moment when
    Rhett would
    abandon his stiff-necked pride and admit that he still loved herFor
    he did, didn't he? Whenever he held her in his arms to dance she felt
    like her knees had turned to waterSurely she couldn't feel the
    lightning in the air when they touched unless he felt it tooCould
    she? She'd find out soonHe'd have to do more than just rest
    his gloved hand on her waist for dancing when New Year's Eve came
    He'd
    have to kiss her at midnightOnly five more days to get through, and
    then their lips would meet and he'd have to believe how much she
    truly
    loved himHer kiss would tell him more than words ever could The
    ancient beauty and mystery of the Mass unfolded before her unseeing
    eyes while Scarlett imagined her wishes coming truePauline's sharp
    elbow stabbed her whenever her responses were lateThe silence
    continued unbroken when they sat down for breakfastScarlett felt as
    if every nerve in her body were exposed to the air, to Pauline's icy
    stare, to the sound of Eulalie's sniffingShe couldn't stand it any
    longer, and she burst out in angry attack at them before they could
    attack her"You told me that everybody walked everywhere, and I've
    got broken blisters all over my feet from doing what you saidLast
    night the street in front of the Wentworths' ball was chock full of
    carriages!" Pauline raised her eyebrows and tightened her lips"Do
    you see what I mean, Sister?" she said to Eulalie"Scarlett is
    determined to turn her back on everything that Charleston stands
    for
    "It's hard to see what importance the carriages have, Sister, compared
    with the things we agreed we should talk about to her
    "As an example," Pauline insisted"It's an excellent example of the
    attitude behind all the other things Scarlett drained her cup of the
    pale, weak coffee Pauline had poured and set it down in the saucer
    with
    a cra
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:26 am
    @@@@@ “Your surveillance is rotten and you know
    @@@@@
    “Your surveillance is rotten and you know it,” said Alex“They fall over toilet seats in the
    women’s room when they’re chasing a guy
    “Not this time, for I chose them myself,” insisted Krupkin“Outside of four of our own people,
    each trained in Novgorod, they’re defectors from the UK, America, France and South Africa—all
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    with intelligence backgrounds who could lose their dachas if they screw up, as you Westerners say
    I really would like to be appointed to the Presidium, perhaps even the Central CommitteeI might
    be posted to Washington or New York
    “Where you could really steal,” said Conklin
    “You’re wicked, Aleksei, very, very wickedStill, after a vodka or six, remind me to tell you
    about some real estate our chargé d’affaires picked up in Virginia two years agoFor a song, and
    financed by his lover’s bank in RichmondNow a developer wants the property at ten times the
    price!
    “I don’t believe this conversation,” said Bourne, picking up the flight bags
    “Welcome to the real world of high-tech intelligence,” explained Conklin, laughing quietly“At
    least from one point of view
    “From all points of view,” continued Krupkin as they started toward the limousine“However,
    we will dispense with this conversation while riding in an official vehicle, won’t we, gentlemen?
    Incidentally, you have a two-bedroom suite at the Metropole on the Marx ProspektIt’s convenient
    and I’ve personally shut down all listening devices
    “I can understand why, but how did you manage it?”
    “Embarrassment, as you well know, is the Komitet’s greatest enemyI explained to internal
    security that what might be recorded could prove most embarrassing to the wrong people, who
    would undoubtedly transfer any who overheard the tapes to Kamchatka They reached the car, the
    left rear door opened by a driver in a dark brown business suit identical with the one worn by
    Sergei in Paris“The fabric’s the same,” said Krupkin in French, noting his companions’ reaction to
    the similar apparel“Unfortunately the tailoring is notI insisted Sergei have his refitted in the
    Faubourg
    The Hotel Metropole is a renovated, prerevolutionary structure built in the ornate style of
    architecture favored by the czar who had visited fin-de-siècle Vienna and ParisThe ceilings are
    high, the marble profuse, and the occasional tapestries pricele
    2:22 am
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    front of him was a large electronic console with myriad switches, dials and a keyboardRodchenko
    sat down in a steel chair next to the man; catching his breath, he spoke
    “You have word from Colonel Krupkin in Paris?”
    “I have words concerning Colonel Krupkin, GeneralIn line with your instructions to monitor
    the colonel’s telephone conversations, including those international lines authorized by him, I
    received a tape from Paris several minutes ago that I thought louis vuitton denim you should listen to
    “As usual, you are most efficient and I am most grateful; and as always, I’m sure Colonel
    Krupkin will inform us of events, but as you know, he’s so terribly busy
    “No explanations are necessary, sirThe conversations you are about to hear were recorded
    within the past half hourThe earphones, please?”
    Rodchenko slipped on the headset and noddedThe operator placed a pad and a container of
    sharpened pencils in front of the general; he touched a number on the chanel knockoff keyboard and sat back as the
    powerful third direktor of the Komitet leaned forward listeningIn moments the general began
    taking notes; minutes later he was writing furiouslyThe tape came to an end and Rodchenko
    removed the headsetHe looked sternly at the operator, his narrow Slavic eyes rigid between the
    folds of lined flesh, the crevices in his face seemingly more pronounced than before
    “Erase the tape, then destroy the reel,” he ordered, getting out of the chair“As usual, you have
    heard replica omega nothing
    “And, as usual, you will be rewarded
    It was 4:17 when Rodchenko returned to his office and sat down at his desk, studying his notes
    It was incredible! It was beyond belief, yet there it was—he had heard for himself the words and
    the voices saying those words! Not those concerning the monseigneur in Paris; he was secondary
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    331
    now and could be reached in minutes, if it was necessaryThat could wait, but the other could not
    wait, not an top chanel instant longer! The general picked up his phone and rang his secretary
    “I want an immediate satellite transmission to our consulate in New YorkAll maximum
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    How could it happen?
    Medusa!
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    32
    Frowning, Marie listened to her husband’s voice over the telephone, nodding at Mo Panov across
    the hotel room“Where are you now?” she asked
    “At a pay phone in the Plaza-Athénée,” answered Bourne“I’ll be back in a couple of prada tote bag hour
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:24 am
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    as Axl Rose on The BoneI raised my fingers to a
    spot just over my right eye, where a headache was
    starting upThere would be no painting for me
    today, and it was Wireman's faultWireman was to
    blameFor one moment I wished him blindNot dior bag just
    half-blind but blind blind, and realized I could
    paint him that wayAt that the anger collapsed
    Wireman saw my hand go to my head and let up a
    little"Look, most of the people she's contacted
    unofficially have already said hell yes, of course,
    they'd love toYour old line foreman Angel
    Slobotnik told Pam he'd bring you a cartier must 21 jar of pickles
    She said he sounded thrilled
    "Not pickles, pickled eggs," I said, and Big
    Ainge's broad, flat, smiling face was for a moment
    almost close enough to touchAngel, who had been
    555
    right there beside me for twenty years, until a
    major heart attack sidelined himAngel, whose
    most common response to any request, omega sale no matter how
    seemingly outrageous, was Can do, boss
    "Pam and I made the flight arrangements," Wireman
    said"Not just for the people from Minneapolis-St
    Paul, but from other places, as well He tapped
    the brochure"The Air France and Delta flights in
    here are real, and your daughter Melinda is really
    booked on emShe knows chanel silver what's going onThey're only waiting to be officially
    invitedIlse wanted to call you, and Pam told her
    to waitShe says you have to pull the trigger on
    this, and whatever she may have been wrong about
    in the course of your marriage, muchacho, she's
    right about that
    "All right," I saidNow I want to talk to you about fake cartier the
    lec
    2:22 am
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    receiving room at the beach end of El Palacio's
    glassed-in center hallHe used this room as an
    office, although how a man who couldn't read for
    more than five minutes at a stretch could deal
    with correspondence was beyond meI guessed - and
    this touched me - that Elizabeth might have helped
    him, and quite a lot, before her own condition
    began to worsen
    Coming in for breakfast, I had glanced into this
    room and spied a certain gray folder lying on gucci ladies watches the
    closed lid of a laptop for which Wireman probably
    had little use these daysI flipped it open now
    and took one of the three X-rays
    "Big glass or little glass?" Wireman called from
    the kitchen, startling me so badly that I almost
    dropped the sheet in my hand
    "Medium's fine!" I called backI tucked the X-ray
    film into my collection pouch and flipped the
    folder closed againFive minutes later I was
    trudging back up the beach
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    463
    I didn't like the idea of stealing from a ladies omega constellation friend -
    not even a single X-ray photographNor did I like
    keeping silent about what I was sure I'd done to
    Candy BrownI could have told him; after the Tom
    Riley business, he would have believed meEven
    without that little twinkle of ESP, he would have
    believed meThat was the trouble, actually
    Wireman wasn't stupidIf I could send Candy Brown
    to the Sarasota County Morgue with a paintbrush,
    then maybe I could do for a certain brain-damaged
    ex-lawyer what the doctors could quilted chanel bag notBut what if
    I couldn't? Better not to raise false hopesat
    least outside of my own heart, where they were
    outrageously high
    By the time I got back to Big Pink, my hip was
    yellingI slung my duffle coat into the closet,
    took a couple of Oxycontins, and saw the messagelight
    on my answering machine was blinkingHe was delighted to hear from me
    Yes indeed, he said, if the rest of my work was on
    a par with what he'd seen, the Scoto would be
    pleased and proud to sponsor an exhibition necklace chanel of my
    work, and before Easter, when the winter people
    went homeWould it be possible for him and one or
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    more of his partners to come out, visit me in my
    studio, and look at some of my other completed
    work? They would be happy to bring a sample
    contract for me to look at
    It was good news - exciting news - but in a way it
    seemed to be happening on some other planet, to
    some other Edgar FreemantleI saved the message,
    started to go upstairs with the pilfered X-ray,
    then bags dolce gabbana sto
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:24 am
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    here with you–he said he didn't care what you looked likeHe wouldn't let anyone else put a
    finger on your tank at all, not even me or MelBut Doc let me watch this timeIt was way cool,
    WandaI don't know why you wouldn't let me watch beforeThey tiffany price wouldn't let me help,
    thoughIan wouldn't let anyone touch you but him
    Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hairHis voice was so low that I
    was the only one who could hear“I held you in my hand, WandererAnd you were so
    beautiful
    My eyes got all wet, and I had to men omega watch sniff
    “You like it, don't you?” Jamie asked, his voice worried now“You're not mad? There's nobody
    in there with you, is there?”
    “I'm not mad, exactly,” I whispered“And I–I can't find anybody elsePet's
    been in here since… I can't remember when she wasn't hereI can't remember any other vintage hermes name
    “You're not a parasite,” Melanie said firmly, touching my hair, pulling up a strand and letting
    the gold slide between her fingers“This body didn't belong to Pet, but there's nobody else to
    claim itWe waited to make sure, WandaWe tried to wake her up almost as long as we rolex watch prices tried
    with Jodi
    “Jodi? What happened to Jodi?” I chirped, my little voice going higher, like a bird's, with
    anxietyI struggled to get up, and Ian pulled me–it took no effort, no strength to move my tiny
    new body–into a sitting position with his arm supporting meI could see all the faces tank louis then
    2:22 am
    @@@@@I'm plain torn between kickin' ya out and
    @@@@@I'm plain torn between kickin' ya out and shootin' ya now
    The little face, pale under the deep tan of her skin, peeped around Kyle's elbow again with a
    swish of long, curly black hairThe girl's mouth was hanging open in horror, her dark eyes
    franticI thought I could see a faint sheen to those eyes, a hint of silver behind the black
    “But right now, let's calm everybody down Jeb turned around, gun held low across his body,
    and suddenly it was as if he were guarding Kyle and the little face behind himHe glared at the
    mob“Kyle's got a guest, and you're scarin' the snot out of her, peopleI think you can all dig up
    some better manners than thatNow, all of you clear out and get to work on something useful
    My cantaloupes are dyingSomebody do something about that, hear?”
    He waited until the muttering crowd slowly dispersedNow that I could see their faces, I could
    tell that they were already getting over it, most of them, anywayThis wasn't so bad, not after
    what they'd been fearing the last few daysYes, Kyle was a self-absorbed idiot, their faces
    seemed to say, but at least he was back, no harm doneNo evacuation, no danger of the
    SeekersNo more than usual, anywayHe'd brought another worm back, but then, weren't the
    caves full of them these days?
    It just wasn't as shocking as it used to be
    Many went back toward their interrupted lunch, others returned to the irrigation barrel, others
    to their roomsSoon only Jared, Ian, and Jamie were left beside meJeb looked at these three
    with a cross expression; his mouth opened, but before he could order them away again, Ian took
    my hand, and then Jamie grabbed the otherI felt another hand on my wrist, just above Jamie's
    Jeb rolled his eyes at the way they'd tethered themselves to me to avoid expulsion, and then
    turned his back on us
    “Thanks, Jeb,” Kyle said
    “Shut the hell up, Kyle
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:24 am
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    They came to another rapids which was too rocky, too swift, to be crossed on footCroft and Hearn discussed it for a minute, and then Croft clambered up the bank with Brown, hacked his way a few feet into the brush, and cut some thick vines which he tied together with large square knotsHe started to tie one end about his waist"I'm gonna take it across, Lootenant," he said
    Hearn shook his headCroft, effectively had been leading the patrol until Gucci Indy Bag now, but this was something he could do himself"I'll take a whack at it, Sergeant
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    Croft was the first one across, carrying Hearn's pack and carbine besides his ownSlowly, one by one, the men struggled across the river, holding to the vineSome of them lopped their pack straps about it, and pulled themselves along hand over hand, their legs thrashing in the surf of the rapids or floundering anxiously to fend themselves off the rocksThe water would have reached only to their thighs rolex daytona cosmograph if they had been able to stand upright, but all of them were drenched by the time they reached the other bankThey collected in a little eddy ahead of the rapids, and sat in the water panting, enervated for the moment
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    2:22 am
    @@@@@ This is all of course beneath words, would
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    This is all of course beneath words, would be unbearable if it were ever said, but their marriage re-forms, assumes a light and hypocritical companionship with a void at the center, and very little love-making now, painfully isolated when it occursHe retreats from her, licks his wounds, and twists in the circle beyond which he cannot breakTheir social life becomes far more important
    She busies herself with running her house, keeping a list of the delicate debits and credits of entertainment and visitingIt always takes them two hours to figure out the list for their monthly party
    Once they spend a week wondering if they can invite the General to their house, discuss the elaborate arguments on either sideThey conclude it would be in bad taste, might hurt them even if he came, but a few nights later Captain Cummings wrestles with the problem again, wakes up at dawn and knows it is a chance he must take
    They plan it very carefully, picking a weekend when the General has no obligations and it seems as if none will developFrom the General's house orderly, Margaret finds out which foods he likes; at a post dance she talks to the General's wife for twenty minutes, discovers an acquaintance of her father's whom the General knows
    They send out the invitations and the General acceptsThere is the nervous preceding week, the tension at the partyThe General walks in, stands about at the buffet table, picking not without zeal at the smoked turkey, the shrimp for which she has sent to Boston
    It is finally a success and the General smiles at Cummings mistily, pleased with his eighth Scotch, the puffed and tufted furniture (he had been expecting maple), the sharp sweet bite of the shrimp sauce through the fur of drinkingWhen he says good-bye he pats Cummings on the shoulder, pinches Margaret's cheekThe tension collapses, the junior officers and their wives begin to singBut they are too exhausted and the party ends early
    That night when they congratulate each other Cummings is satisfied
    But Margaret ruins it; she has a facility for ruining things nowYou know, honestly, Edward, I wonder what the point to it all was, you can't get promoted any faster, and the old fart (she has taken to swearing mildly) will be dead by the time it's a question of recommending you for general's rank
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    Oh, what a perfectly vague thing to sayYou know I'm feeling now as if we were silly to have invited himIt would have been much more fun without him
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:24 am
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    And Rhett was rubbing her shoulders raw"I don't know," he
    answered
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    sermon!
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    determination"I don't need courage half as much as something to
    eat," she said"Why the devil didn't you grab that dirty old bag of
    yours when we turned over?"
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    the
    saving of usI'd forgotten all about itPray it's still there
    The rum spread life-restoring tentacles of Gucci Purse warmth through her thighs,
    her legs, her feet, and Scarlett began to push them back and forth
    The pain of returning circulation was intense, but she welcomed itIt
    meant she was alive, all of herWhy, rum just might be better than
    brandy, she thought after a second drinkIt sure did warm a person
    upToo bad that Rhett insisted on rationing it, but she sale gucci handbags knew he was
    rightIt would be too awful to run out of the warmth in the bottle
    before they were safe on landIn the meantime she was even able to
    join in Rhett's tribute to their prizeY0, ho, ho, and a bottle of
    rump" she sang with him when he finished each verse of the sea
    chanty
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    Their voices echoed so loudly inside the hull that it was possible to
    pretend that they weren't growing weaker as the cold gripped their
    bodiesRhett put his arms around Scarlett and held her close to
    his body to share its warmthAnd they sang all the favorites they
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    to
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:24 am
    @@@@@ There was a rustling among the captive
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    There was a rustling among the captive audience, a collective hesitancy, a wave of quiet throat
    clearingThe television newscaster spoke again, now softly, her wide brown eyes riveted on the
    man in priest’s clothes
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    384
    “You may be whatever you say you are, sir,” she began, “but you do not listen to Radio
    Moscow’s all-night stationIt was reported over an hour ago that General Rodchenko was shot to
    death this morning by foreign criminalsIt was also reported that all high officers of the Komitet
    have been called into an emergency session to evaluate the circumstances of the general’s murder
    The speculation is that there had to be extraordinary reasons for a man of General Rodchenko’s
    experience to be lured into a trap by these foreign criminals
    “They will tear apart his files,” added the cautious bureaucrat, stiffly getting to his feet“They
    will put everything under a KGB microscope, searching for those “extraordinary reasons ” The
    circumspect public official looked at the killer in priest’s clothes“Perhaps they will find you, sir
    “No,” said the Jackal, perspiration breaking out on his high forehead“No! That is impossibleI
    have the only copies of these dossiers—there are no others!”
    “If you believe that, priest,” said the obese man from the Ministry of Military Supply, “you do
    not know the Komitet
    “Know it?” cried Carlos, a tremor developing in his left hand“I have its soul! No secrets are
    kept from me, for I am the repository of all secrets! I have volumes on governments everywhere,
    on their leaders, their generals, their highest officials—I have sources all over the world!”
    “You don’t have Rodchenko anymore,” continued the black-suited man from Military Supply,
    he, too, getting out of his chair“And come to think of it, you weren’t even surprised
    “What?”
    “For most of us, perhaps all of us, the first thing we do upon rising in the morning is to turn on
    our radiosIt’s always the same foolishness and I suppose there’s comfort in that, but I’d guess
    most of us knew about Rodchenko’s deathBut you didn’t, priest, and when our television lady
    told you, you weren’t astonished, you weren’t shocked—as I say, you weren’t even surprised
    “Certainly I was!” shouted the Jackal“What you don’t understand is that I have extraordinary
    controlIt’s why I’m trusted, needed by the leaders of world Marxism!”
    “That’s not even fashionable,” mumbled the middle-aged, grayish-blond woman whose
    expertise was in personnel files; she also stood up
    “What are you saying?” Carlos’s voice was now a harsh, condemning whisper, rising rapidly in
    intensity and volume“I am the monseigneur from ParisI have made your lives comfortable far
    beyond your miserable expectations and now you question me? How would I know the things I
    know—how could I have poured my concentration and my resources into you here in this room if I
    were not among the most privileged in Moscow? Remember who I am!”
    “But we don’t know who you are,” said another man, ris
    2:22 am
    @@@@@Remember, respect, but we don’t take no
    @@@@@Remember, respect, but we don’t take no shit
    The small private dining room was a miniature version of Tetrazzini’s decorThe ambience was
    Italian in all thingsThe walls were papered with dated, now faded murals of Venice, Rome and
    Florence; the softly piped-in music was predominantly operatic arias and tarantellas, and the
    lighting indirect with pockets of shadowsIf a patron did not know he was in Paris, he might think
    he was dining on Rome’s Via Frascati, at one of the many commercialized family ristoranti lining
    that ancient street
    There was a large round table in the center covered by a deep red tablecloth, with a generous
    overhang, and four chairs equidistant from one anotherAdditional chairs were against the walls,
    allowing for an expanded conference of principals or for the proper location of secondary
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    349
    subalterns, usually armedSeated at the far end of the table was a distinguished-looking oliveskinned
    man with wavy dark hair; on his left was a fashionably dressed, well-coiffed middle-aged
    womanA bottle of Chianti Classico was between them, the crude thick-stemmed wineglasses in
    front of them not the sort one would associate with such aristocratic dinersOn a chair behind the
    diplomatico was a black leather suitcase
    “I’m DeFazio,” said the capo supremo from New York, closing the door“This is my cousin
    Mario, of who you may have heard of—a very talented man who takes precious time away from his
    family to be with us
    “Yes, of course,” said the aristocratic mafioso“Mario, il bola, esecuzione garantito—deadly
    with any weapon
    “I find such descriptions meaningless,” responded Mario, approaching a chair“I’m skilled in
    my craft, that’s all
    “Spoken like a professional, signore,” added the woman as DeFazio and his cousin sat down
    “May I order you wine, drinks?” she continued
    “Not yet,” replied LouisMy talented relative on my mother’s side,
    may she rest in the arms of Christ, asked a good question outsideWhat do we call you, MrParis, France? Which is by way of saying I don’t need no real names
    “Conte and Contessa is what we’re known by,” answered the husband, smiling, the tight smile
    more appropriate to a mask than a human face
    “See what I mean, cugino? These are people of high regardCount, bring us up to
    date, how about it?”
    “There’s no question about it, Signor DeFazio,” replied the Roman, his voice as tight as his
    previous smile, which had completely disappea
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
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    minutes, but I remember very little of itI
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    I kept expecting to wake up in my hospital bed,
    hot and shot through with pain, roaring for
    morphine
    xii
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    reception at the ScotoI had no sooner
    finished my first glass of champagne (bigger than
    a thimble, but not much) before a second chanel white j12 watch was
    thrust into my handI was toasted by people I
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    and one cry of "Maestro!" I looked around for my
    new friends and didn't see them anywhere
    Not that there was much time to lookThe
    congratulations seemed endless, both on my talk
    and on the slidesAt least I didn't have to deal
    with any extended critiques of my technique,
    because the actual paintings (plus a few sketches
    in colored pencil for good measure) santos cartier watch were
    squirreled away in two of the large back rooms,
    594
    safely under lock and keyAnd the secret of
    avoiding getting smashed at your reception if
    you're a one-armed man, I was discovering, was to
    constantly keep a bacon-wrapped shrimp in your
    remaining paw
    Mary Ire came by and asked if we were still on for
    our interview"Although I don't know what else I
    can tell youI think I said it all this evening
    "Oh, we'll think of a few things," she said, gucci for women and
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    nineteen-fifties-style cat's-eye glasses as she
    handed her champagne flute back to one of the
    circulating waiters
    "You bet," I said, restraining an urge to tell her
    that if she was going to speak French, she'd have
    to wait until I was wearing my Manet beretShe
    wafted off, kissing Dario on one cheek before
    slipping out into the fragrant March night
    Jack came over, snagging a couple of gucci fashion champagne
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    looking trim and chic in a little pink suit, was
    with himShe took a skewered shrimp, but refused
    595
    the champagneHe held out the glass to me instead,
    waiting until I swallowed the last of my hors
    d'oeuvre and took itThen he clinked his own
    against it
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    2:22 am
    @@@@@I'd like it back this afternoon, if that's
    @@@@@I'd
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    you're on commission, my friend
    That should cover both legal and talent
    498
    He sat back in his chair, laughing and groaning at
    the same time"Por Dios! Just when I thought I
    couldn't sink any lower in life, I become a
    fucking talent agent! Excuse the language, Miss
    Eastlake
    She took no notice, only stared sternly out at the
    Gulf, where - at the farthest, bluest edge of
    vision - a tanker was dreaming north toward Tampa
    It fascinated me at onceBoats on the Gulf had a
    way of doing that to me
    Then I forced my attention back to Wireman
    "You're responsible for all of this, so-"
    "Bullshit you say!"
    " - so you have to be prepared to stand up and
    take your cut like a man
    "I'll take ten per cent, and that's probably too
    muchTake it, muchacho, or we start discussing
    eight I stuck out my hand and we
    shook over Elizabeth's crumb-littered trayI put
    the little recorder in my pocket"And you'll let
    me know if there's any change in your I
    pointed at his red eyeWhich really wasn't as red
    as it had been He picked up the contractThere were
    crumbs on it from Elizabeth's pastryHe brushed
    them off and handed it to me, then leaned forward,
    hands clasped between his knees, gazing at me over
    the imposing shelf of Elizabeth's bosom"If I had
    another X-ray, what would it show? That the slug
    was smaller? That it was gone?"
    "I don't know
    "Are you still working on my portrait?"
    "Yes
    "Don't stop, muchachoBut don't get your hopes up too
    high, okay?"
    "I won't Then another thought struck him, one
    that was eerily similar to Dario's stated conce
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:24 am
    @@@@@Others get angry and push backBut they push
    @@@@@Others get angry and push backBut they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wifeThey do not know it's life that's pushing
    I had no idea what he was talking about
    "Life pushes all of us aroundA few learn the lesson and move onThey welcome life pushing them aroundTo these few people, it means they need and want to learn somethingThey learn and move onMost quit, and a few like you fight
    Rich dad stood and shut the creaky old wooden window that needed repair"If you learn this lesson, you will grow into a wise, wealthy and happy young manIf you don't, you will spend your life blaming a job, low pay or your boss for your problemsYou'll live life hoping for that big break that will solve all your money problems
    Rich dad looked over at me to see if I was still listeningWe stared at each other, streams of communication going between us through our eyesFinally, I pulled away once I had absorbed his last messageI was blaming him, and I did ask to learn"Or if you're the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes youIf you're that kind of person, you'll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for some event that never happensThen, you die a boring old manYou'll have lots of friends who really like you because you were such a nice hard-working guyYou spent a life playing it safe, doing the right thingsBut the truth is, you let life push you into submissionDeep down you were terrified of taking ri
    2:22 am
    @@@@@ He reaches for my hand, and his grip is so
    @@@@@
    He reaches for my hand, and his grip is so strong
    He yanks me forward, right up to his body
    My heart beats faster, and I'm afraidI've never been scared like this before
    His hand swings toward my face, and I gaspI suck in the mist that comes from his handA
    silver cloud that tastes like raspberries
    “Wha –” I want to ask, but I can't see them anymoreI can't see anything
    “Wanda? Can you hear me, Wanda?” a familiar voice asked
    That wasn't the right name… was it? My ears didn't react to it, but something didWasn't I
    Petals Open to the Moon? Pet? Was that it? That didn't feel right, eitherMy heart beat faster,
    an echo of the fear in my memoryA vision of a woman with white-and-red-streaked hair and
    kind green eyes filled my headWhere was my mother? But… she wasn'tmy mother, was she?
    A sound, a low voice that echoed around meWe aren't letting you go
    The voice was familiar, and it was also notIt sounded like… me?
    Where was Petals Open to the Moon? I couldn't find herJust a thousand empty memoriesA
    house full of pictures but no inhabitants
    “Use the Awake,” a voice saidI didn't recognize this one
    Something brushed my face, light as the touch of fogIt was the smell of
    grapefruit
    I took a deeper breath, and my mind suddenly clear
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