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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:26 am
    @@@@@ He was watching Wilson talk to Hearn, and
    @@@@@ He was watching Wilson talk to Hearn, and he felt a trace of jealousy
    Unconsciously, Stanley copied Croft's speech"Do you reckon old Wilson is sucking?"
    Croft laughed quietly and coldly"Goddam, I don't know, he's been dicking-off lately
    "I wonder if he's really sick," Stanley said doubtfully
    Croft shook his head"You cain't trust Wilson any further'n you can throw him
    "That's the way I had him tabbedBrown was always saying that nobody could get along with Croft, but he didn't know how to work itCroft was okay, you just had to approach him on the right tackIt was all right when you could buddy with the noncoms over you
    Yet Stanley had been very tense all the while he had been talking to CroftIn his first weeks in the platoon he had acted similarly toward Brown, but now that tension was switched to CroftStanley never said anything to him without some purposeIt was an automatic process, howeverHe never thought consciously, It's a good idea to agree with CroftAt the moment he believed what he was saying; his mind worked more quickly, more effectively than his speech, so that sometimes Stanley was almost surprised at his own words"Yeah, Wilson's an odd guy," he muttered
    Yet for a moment Stanley was depressedPerhaps he had started to buddy with Croft too lateWhat good was it to him now that the Lieutenant had come into the platoon? One of the reasons he resented Hearn was that he had hoped Croft would be commissioned, and there might have been a chance for him to fill the vacancyHe could not visualize either Martinez or Brown as platoon sergeantActually, this ambition was vague precisely because he did not want to halt thereStanley had no single goal; his dreams were always vague
    Indeed, as they talked, Croft and Stanley were sensing a similarity between themselves, and it drew them toget
    2:20 am
    @@@@@ "You know if E Company was in it?" "Ask
    @@@@@
    "You know if E Company was in it?"
    "Ask the General," the medic said
    "I'm glad I wasn't in it," one of the patients muttered
    "You ain't just a bird-turding, Jack," the orderly said
    Minetta turned overWhat a way to get waked up, he thoughtThere was a patient at the far end of the tent who was weeping with loud thick sounds that seemed to writhe out of his chest and throatMinetta closed his eyesWhat a setup, he thought disgustedlyHis annoyance was suppressing a great deal of fear; he had become conscious suddenly of the thrumming of the jungle night outside the tent, and he had the childish horror that comes from waking suddenly in the darknessWith the exception of the minor exertions that had been required to use the bed pan under the cot and to eat the food that had been set before him, he had been completely inactive for two and a half days, and it made him extremely restlessI can't take this, he said to himselfThe patient who had been weeping had begun to scream now, and the sounds had such terror that Minetta ground his teeth and held the blanket over his ears"NEEEE-YOWWWWWWW, NEEEEEEE-YOWWWWWRR," the patient wailed, imitating the sound of a mortar, and then he screamed again, "God, you got to save me, you got to save me!'
    There was a long silence afterward with no sound at all in the black tent, and then one of the patients muttered, "Another psycho
    "What the hell are we in the loony ward for?"
    Minetta shiveredThat nut could kill me when I'm asleepHis thigh, which was almost healed, began to throbHe pitched restlessly, listening to the crickets and the animals in the brush beyond the tentA few shots were fired far in the distance, and he began to shudder againI will be nuts by morning, he thought, and began to giggle to himselfHis stomach felt empty; he was hungryWhat did I get into this for? he wondered
    One of the new patients began groaning, and lapsed at last into a bubbly coughThat guy sounds bad, Minetta thoughtIt seemed at the moment almost tangibleHe became afraid to breathe, as if the air were poll
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:26 am
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    friend, who is also a close cousin, drew me to one side and
    volunteered
    to serve as my second when I challenge Middleton Courtney to a duel
    He never doubted that that must be my intentionRegardless of the
    truth of the matter, your good name had to be defendedFor the sake
    of the family Scarlett's small white teeth chanel earrings bit into her lower lip
    "What did you say to him?"
    "Exactly what I am about to say to you'A duel will not be
    necessary
    My wife is unaccustomed to society and acted in a way subject to
    misinterpretation because she didn't know any better
    I'll instruct her in what is expected of her" His arm moved as
    rapidly as a striking snake, and his hand closed cruelly around miu miu bag her
    wrist"Lesson one," he saidHe pulled her to him with a sudden
    jerkScarlett was pinned against his chest with her arm twisted and
    held high on her backRhett's face was close above her, his eyes
    boring into hers"I do not mind if the entire world thinks I'm a
    cuckold, my dear, devoted little wife, but I will not be forced to
    fight Middleton Courtney Rhett's breath was warm and louis vuitton duffle bag salty in her
    nose and on her lips"Lesson two," he said"If I kill the jackass,
    I will have to leave town or be hung by the military, and that would be
    inconvenient for meAnd I certainly have no intention of making
    myself an easy target for himHe might accidentally shoot straight
    and wound me, which would be another kind of inconvenience
    Scarlett
    struck at him with her ladies watches gucci free hand, but he trapped it easily in his and
    twisted it up next to the otherHis arms were a cage holding her
    against himShe could feel the moisture in his shirt seeping through
    her nightdress to her skin"Lesson three," said Rhett"It would be
    the irony of the age for me-or even an imbecile like Courtney-to risk
    death in order to save your dishonest little soul from tiffany wholesale dishonor
    2:20 am
    @@@@@If his father hadn't starved himself to
    @@@@@If his father hadn't starved himself
    to death to pay for a big life insurance, his mother and sister would
    probably have died of neglectScarlett ground her teeth to keep from
    shouting at PaulineIt wasn't true about the insurance! Rhett had
    never, never for a minute, stopped caring about his mother, but
    his father wouldn't let her accept anything from him! It was only when
    MrButler died that Rhett was able to buy Miss Eleanor the house and
    give her moneyButler had to put the story around
    about the insurance to account for her prosperityBecause Rhett's
    money was considered dirtyMoney was money, couldn't these
    stiff-necked Charlestonians see that? What difference did it make
    where it came from if it kept a roof over their heads and food in their
    bellies? Why didn't Pauline stop preaching at her? What on earth was
    she talking about now? The stupid fertilizer business
    That was another jokeThere wasn't enough fertilizer in the world to
    account for the money Rhett was throwing away on foolishness like
    chasing down his mother's old furniture and silver and pictures of
    greatgrandparents, and paying perfectly healthy men to baby his
    precious camellias instead of growing good money cropsthere
    are a number of Charlestonians doing very well from phosphates, but
    they don't make a show of itYou must guard against this tendency to
    extravagance and ostentationHe's your husband, it's your duty to
    warn himEleanor Butler thinks he can do no wrong, she's always
    spoiled him, but for her good as well as yours and Rhett's you've got
    to
    see to it that the Butlers don't make themselves conspicuous Jc "I
    tried to speak to Eleanor," sniffed Eulalie, "but she didn't hear a
    word I said, I'm sure of it Scarlett's narrowed eyes glinted
    dangerously"I'm more grateful than I can tell you," she said with
    exaggerated sweetness, "and I'll pay attention to every wordNow I
    really have to runThank you for the delicious breakfast She
    stood, pecked a kiss on the cheek of each aunt, and hurried to the
    doorIf she didn't get away this very minute, she'd screamStill,
    she'd better talk to Rhett about what the aunts had said"You do see,
    don't you, Rhett, why I thought I'd better tell you about it? People
    are criticizing your motherI know my aunts are tiresome old
    busybodies but it's tiresome old busybodies who always seem to cause
    all the trouble
    Scarlett had hoped Rhett would thank herShe certainly wasn't
    prepared
    for his laughter
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:26 am
    @@@@@Perhaps things would relax a bit and
    @@@@@Perhaps things would relax a bit and long-standing enmities fade into a once
    hostile horizonStill, horizons did not really change; they were always horizons, distant, flat, fired
    with color or darkness, but still distant, flat and unreachable
    He was a survivor, Rodchenko understood that, and a survivor protected himself on as many
    points of the compass as he could readHe also insinuated himself into as many degrees of that
    compass as possibleTherefore, he had labored diligently to become a trusted mouth to the
    chairman; he was an expert at gathering information for the Komitet; he was the initial conduit to
    the American enterprise known to him alone in Moscow as Medusa, through which extraordinary
    shipments, had been made throughout Russia and the bloc nationsOn the other hand, he was also a
    liaison to the monseigneur in Paris, Carlos the Jackal, whom he had either persuaded or bought off
    from contracts that might point to the Soviet UnionHe had been the ultimate bureaucrat, working
    behind the scenes on the international stage, seeking neither applause nor celebrity, merely
    survivalThen why had he done what he did? Was it mere impetuousness born of weariness and
    fear and the sense of a plague-on-both-your-houses? No, it was a logical extension of events,
    consistent with the needs of his country and, above all, the absolute necessity that Moscow
    disassociate itself from both Medusa and the Jackal
    According to the consul general in New York, Bryce Ogilvie was finished in AmericaThe
    consul’s suggestion was to find him asylum somewhere and, in exchange, gradually absorb his
    myriad assets in EuropeWhat worried the consul general in New York was not Ogilvie’s financial
    manipulations that broke more laws than there were courts to prosecute, but rather the killings,
    which as far as the consul could determine were widespread and included the murder of high U
    government officials and, unless he was grossly mistaken, the assassination of the supreme
    commander of NATOCompounding this chain of horrors was New York’s opinion that in order to
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    376
    save a number of his companies from confiscation, Ogilvie might have ordered additional killings
    in Europe, primarily of those few powerful executives in various firms who understood the
    complex international linkages that led back to a great law firm and the unspoken code name
    MedusaShould those contracted murders take place while Ogilvie was in Moscow, questions
    might arise that Moscow could not tolerateTherefore, get him in and out of the Soviet Union as
    fast as possible, a recommendation more easily made than accomplished
    Suddenly, Rodchenko reflected, into this danse macabre had come the paranoid monseigneur
    from ParisIt was imperative they meet immediately! Carlos had fairly screamed his demand over
    the arranged public telephone communication they employed, but every precaution had to be taken
    The Jackal, as always, demanded a public place, with crowds, and numerous available exits, where
    he could circle like a hawk, never showing himself until his professional eyes were satisfiedTwo
    calls later, from two different locations, the rendezvous was setBasil’s Cathedral in Red Square
    during the height of the early evening’s summer tourist onslaughtIn a darkened corner to the right
    of the altar where there were outside exits through the curtained walkways to the sacristyDone!
    Then, during that third telephone call, like a crack of thunder over the Black Sea, Grigorie
    Rodchenko was struck by an idea so dramatically bold, yet so patently obvious and simple, that he
    had momentarily lost his breathIt was the solution that would totally distance the Soviet
    government from any involvement or complicity with either the Jackal or Medusa’s Ogilvie should
    such distance be necessary in the eyes of the civilized world
    Quite simply, unknown to each other, bring the Jackal and Ogilvie together, if only for an
    instant, just long enough to get photographic evidence of their being seen within the same frameIt
    was all that was needed
    2:20 am
    @@@@@The body of the slain man had been placed
    @@@@@The body of the slain man had been placed carefully
    in the Citro?n’s trunk, and the official Soviet comment, if asked for, was one of noninvolvement:
    Two lower-level diplomatic staff had gone out for a country lunch when the massacre occurred
    Several killers were in stocking masks, the others barely seen as the staff members escaped through
    a back door, running for their livesWhen it was over they returned to the restaurant, covering the
    victims, trying to calm the hysterical women and the lone surviving manThey had called their
    superiors to report the hideous incident and were instructed to inform the local police and return at
    once to the embassySoviet interests could not be jeopardized by the accidental presence at the
    scene of an act of French criminality
    “It sounds so Russian,” Krupkin said
    “Will anyone believe it?” Alex wondered
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    323
    “It doesn’t matter,” answered the Soviet“Epernon reeks of a Jackal reprisalThe blown-apart
    old man, two subordinate terrorists in stocking masks—the S?reté knows the signsIf we were
    involved, we were on the correct side, so they won’t pursue our presence
    Bourne sat silently by the windowKrupkin was beside him with Conklin in the jump seat in
    front of the RussianJason broke his angry silence, taking his eyes off the rushing scenery and
    slamming his fist on the armrest“Oh, Christ, the kids!” he shouted“How could that bastard have
    learned about the Tannenbaum house?”
    “Forgive me, MrBourne,” broke in Krupkin gently“I realize it’s far easier for me to say than
    for you to accept, but very soon now you’ll be in touch with WashingtonI know something about
    the Agency’s ability to protect its own, ,and I guarantee you it’s maddeningly effective
    “It can’t be so goddamned great if Carlos can penetrate this far!”
    “Perhaps he didn’t,” said the Soviet“Perhaps he had another source
    “One never knows, sir
    They sped through the streets of Paris in the blinding afternoon sun as the pedestrians sweltered
    in the summer heatFinally they reached the Soviet embassy on the boulevard Lannes and raced
    through the gates, the guards waving them on, instantly recognizing Krupkin’s gray Citro?nThey
    swung around the cobblestone courtyard, stopping in front of the imposing marble steps and the
    sculptured arch that formed the entra
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
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    I saw that every seat was taken but no seat was
    taken because they were on their feet, they were
    giving me a standing OHigh above me, on the
    domed ceiling, angels black quilted bag flew in airy disregard of
    the earthly matters below, and how I wished I was
    one of themDario stood beside the podium, hand
    outstretchedIt was the wrong one; in his own
    nervousness he had extended his right, and so my
    return handshake was awkward and bass-ackwardsMy
    notes were crumpled briefly between our palms,
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    I'd said it aloud for the mike to pick up and
    broadcast all over the roomI was aware of how
    bright the spotlight was as Dario left me there on
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    its flexible chrome rod, and thinking it looked
    like a cobra rising out of a snake-charmer's
    basketI was aware of bright points of fake hermes light
    shining on that chrome, and on the rim of the
    water glass, and on the neck of the Evian bottle
    next to the water glassI was aware that the
    applause was starting to taper off; some of the
    people were resuming their seatsSoon an
    expectant silence would replace the applauseThey
    would wait for me to beginOnly I had nothing to
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    would wait and the silence would stretch out
    There would be a few nervous coughs, and then the
    murmuring would startBecause they were assholes
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    2:19 am
    @@@@@Do you feel that?" 437 "Yes," I saidI
    @@@@@Do you feel
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    "Yes," I saidI didn't know what she was talking
    aboutI did know what she was talking aboutPlease stay on the Key, no matter what
    happensI need you, and Duma Key
    needs youRemember I said that, when I slip away
    again
    "Look for Nan Melda's picnic basketIt's in the
    attic, I'm quite sure
    "What would that be, Elizabeth?"
    She nodded
    And as simply as that, I knew the slipping-away
    had begun once moreBut Wireman would get her
    insideWireman would take care of herBut until
    he was able to, she would take care of them both
    I left them standing on the cobbles beneath the
    gate arch, between the walker and the wheelchair,
    she with her arms around him, he with his head on
    her breast
    x
    438
    I was exhausted from the stress of driving - I
    think from spending the day among so many people
    after being alone for so long, too - but the
    thought of lying down, let alone going to sleep,
    was out of the questionI checked my e-mail and
    found communiqués from both my daughtersMelinda
    had come down with strep in Paris and was taking
    it as she always took illness - personallyIlse
    had sent a link to the Asheville, North Carolina,
    Citizen-TimesI clicked on it and found a
    terrific review of The Hummingbirds, who had
    appeared at the First Baptist Church and had had
    the faithful shouting hallelujahThere was also a
    picture of Carson Jones and a very good-looking
    blonde standing in front of the rest of the group,
    their mouths open in song, their eyes locked
    Carson Jones and Bridget Andreisson duet on "How
    Great Thou Art," read the captionMy If-So-
    Girl had written, "I'm not a bit jealous
    I made myself a bologna and cheese sandwich (three
    months on Duma Key and I was still a go for
    bologna), then went upstairsLooked at the Girl
    and Ship paintings that were really Ilse and Ship
    439
    Thought of Wireman asking me what I was painting
    these d
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:26 am
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    My husband, Michael, followed a similar pathWe both came from hard-working families, of modest means but with strong work ethicsMichael also graduated with honors, but he did it twice: first as an engineer and then from law schoolHe was quickly recruited by a prestigious Washington, D law firm that specialized in patent law, and his future seemed bright, career path well-defined and early retirement guaranteed
    Although we have been successful in our careers, they have not turned out quite as we expectedWe both have changed positions several times-for all the right reasons-but there are no pension plans vesting on our behalfOur retirement funds are growing only through our individual contributions
    Michael and I have a wonderful marriage with three great childrenAs I write this, two are in college and one is just beginning high schoolWe have spent a fortune making sure our children have received the best education available
    One day in 1996, one of my children came home disillusioned with schoolHe was bored and tired of studying"Why should I put time into studying subjects I will never use in real life?" he protested
    Without thinking, I responded, "Because if you don't get good grades, you won't get into college
    "Regardless of whether I go to college," he replied, "I'm going to be rich
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    My son smirked and slowly shook his head with mild boredomWe have had this talk many times beforeHe lowered his head and rolled his ey
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:26 am
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    The platoon reached the end of the jungle after five hours of cutting trailThe jungle was bordered by another stream, and on the other side yellow hills covered only with kunai grass or an occasional grove of shrubbery rolled away toward the northThe sunlight was brilliant, reflected with an incredible glare from all the bare hills and the clear blazing arch of the skyThe men, accustomed to the gloom of the jungle, blinked their eyes, were uncertain, a little afraid of the vast open spaces before themIt was all so bare, so painful
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    The Time Machine:
    JOEY GOLDSTEIN
    THE COVE OF BROOKLYN

    A sturdy man about twenty-seven, perhaps, with blond straight hair and eager blue eyesHis nose is sharp, and there are deep sad lines which extend from his nose to the corners of his mouthIf it were not for this, he would look very youngHis speech is quick and sincere and a little breathless as if afraid he will not be permitted to finish

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    2:19 am
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    The Time Machine:
    GENERAL CUMMINGS
    A PECULIARLY AMERICAN STATEMENT

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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
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    @@@@@Middleton's wife, Edith, looked increasingly drawn and
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    didn't
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    yearly races were second only to the Saint Cecilia Ball as the crowning
    event of Charleston's social seasonIndeed there were many
    people-largely bachelors -who considered them the only event"You
    can't gamble on a bunch of waltzes," they grumbled mutinously
    Before
    the War, the Season had included a full week of racing, and the Saint
    Cecilia Society hosted three ballsThen came the years of siege; an
    artillery shell ignited a path of fire through the city that consumed
    the building where the balls had always been held; and the long,
    landscaped oval track, its clubhouse, and its stables were used as a
    Confederate Army encampment and hospitals for the woundedIn I
    865 the city surrenderedIn I 866 an enterprising and ambitious Wall
    Street banker named August Belmont bought the monumental carved
    stone
    entrance pillars of the old Race Course and had them transported
    north
    to become the entrance to his Bellmont Park racetrackThe Saint
    Cecilia
    Ball found a borrowed home only two years after the end of the War
    and
    Charlestonians rejoiced that the Season could begin againIt took
    longer to regain and restore the fouled and rutted land of the Race
    CourseNothing was quite the samethere was one ball, not three;
    Race
    Week was Race Day; the entrance pillars could not be recovered, and
    the
    Clubhouse had been replaced by half-roofed tiers of wooden benches
    But on the bright afternoon in late January 1875, the entire remaining
    population of old Charleston was en route for the second year of
    racing
    The streetcars of all four City Railway lines were diverted to the
    Rutledge Avenue route that ended near the Race Course, the cars
    were
    hung with green and white bunting, the Club colors, and the horses
    pulling them had green and white ribbons braided in their tails and
    manesRhett presented his three ladies with green and white striped
    parasols when they were ready to leave the house and inserted a
    white
    camellia into hisbuttonholeHis white smile was brilliant in
    his tanned face"The Yankees are taking the bait," he saidBelmont himself has sent down two horses, and
    Guggenheim
    has oneThey don't know about the brood mares Miles Brewton hid in
    the swampTheir get grew into a mettlesome family-a bit shaggy
    from
    swamp living and unbeautiful from crossbreeding with strays from the
    cavalry-but Miles has a wonder of a three-year-old that's going to
    make
    every big-money pocket a lot lighter than it expected to be
    "You mean there's betting?"
    Scarlett asked"Why else would anyone race?"
    Rhett laughedHe tucked folded banknotes into his mother's reticule,
    Rosemary's pocket, and Scarlett's glove"Put it all on Sweet Sally
    and buy yourselves a trinket with your winnin
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:26 am
    @@@@@Control was his byword, his addiction,
    @@@@@Control was his byword, his addiction, really, and if he could control the
    infamous Jackal for the Motherland’s interests, what a profound exhilaration for the old manYet
    the Jackal killed him with those symbolic bullets in his throatWas it betrayal, or was it
    carelessness on Rodchenko’s part at having been discovered? Which? We’ll never know The
    telephone rang and Krupkin’s hand shot down, picking it up“Da?” Shifting to Russian, Dimitri
    gestured for Conklin to restrap the prosthetic boot as he spoke“Now listen to me very carefully,
    comradeThe police are to make no moves—above all, they are to remain out of sightCall in one
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    frequency
    “Breakthrough?” asked Bourne, stepping away from the window as Dimitri slammed down the
    phone
    “Maximum!” replied Krupkin“The car was spotted on the Nemchinovka road heading toward
    Odintsovo
    “That doesn’t mean anything to meWhat’s in Odintsovol, or whatever it’s called?”
    “I don’t know specifically, but I must assume he doesRemember, he knows Moscow and its
    environsOdintsovo is what you might call an industrial suburb about thirty-five minutes from the
    city—”
    “Goddamn it!” yelled Alex, struggling with the Velcro straps of his boot
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    396
    “Let me do that,” said Jason, his tone of voice brooking no objection as he knelt down and
    swiftly manipulated the thick strips of coarse cloth“Why is Carlos still using the Dzerzhinsky
    car?” continued Bourne, addressing Krupkin“It’s not like him to take that kind of risk
    “It is if he has no choiceHe has to know that all Moscow taxis are a silent arm of the state, and
    he is, after all, severely wounded and undoubtedly now without a gun or he would have used it on
    youHe’s in no condition to threaten a driver or steal an automobileBesides, he reached the
    Nemchinovka road quickly; that the car was even seen is pure chanceThe road is not well
    traveled, which I assume he also knows
    “Let’s get out of here!” cried Conklin, annoyed by both Jason’s attention and his own infirmity
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    @@@@@I’ve got to say it, Saint Alex, that serpentine brain
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    “I hear a professor I once knewI thought he’d left us
    “Only for a while, I hope
    “Well done, AlekseiYou still have the touch; you may remain abstemious if you must, much as
    it pains meIt’s always the nuances, isn’t it?”
    “Not always by any means,” disagreed Conklin simply, shaking his head“Most of the time it’s
    foolish mistakesFor instance, our new colleague here, ‘Domie,’ as you affectionately call her, was
    told she was still trusted, but she wasn’t, not completelySo an old man was dispatched to watch
    her apartment—no big deal, just a little insurance in a car that doesn’t belong in a street with
    Jaguars and Rolls-RoycesSo we pay off on the small policy, and with luck cash in on the big one
    “Let me intellectualize,” said Krupkin“Although you were always far better in that department
    than I, AlekseiI prefer the best wine to the most penetrating thoughts, although the latter—in both
    our countries—invariably leads to the former
    “Merde!” yelled Dominique Lavier, crushing out her cigarette“What are you two idiots talking
    about?”
    “They’ll tell us, believe me,” answered Bourne
    “As has been reported and repeated in secure circles too often for comfort,” continued the
    Soviet, “years ago we trained a madman in Novgorod, and years ago we would have put a bullet in
    his head had he not escapedHis methods, if sanctioned by any legitimate government, especially
    the two superpowers, would lead to confrontations neither of us can ever permitYet, withal, in the
    beginning he was a true revolutionary with a capital R, and we, the world’s truest revolutionaries,
    disinherited himBy his lights, it was a great injustice and he never forgets itHe will always
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    339
    yearn to come back to the mother’s breast, for that’s where he was bornGood God, the people
    he’s killed in the name of ‘aggressors’ while he made fortunes is positively revolting!”
    “But you denied him,” said Jason flatly, “and he wants that denial reversedHe has to be
    acknowledged as the master killer you trainedThat psychopathic ego of his is the basis for every
    thing Alex and I mountedSantos said he continuously bragged about the cadre he was building
    in Moscow—‘Always Moscow, it’s an obsession with him’—those were Santos’s word
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:26 am
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    "What caused all that growth?" I asked"Do you
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    She might not have heard"Just the one house,"
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    620
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    "Twenty years ago I would have tried to get you
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    scared you away for good
    She laughed, a caw both barren and cheery"Then I
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    and led me to the doorHer body was thin and hot
    and rock-hard beneath her clothesHer gait was
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    So I proceeded to my third and final deed: I lied
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    “I'm tired, Ian,” I said
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    “Have a nice night, Doc,” Ian said, pulling me toward the exitWe'll be back
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    “Night, Kyle,” I murmured
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