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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:07 am
    @@@@@He said he could stay in touch with Miss
    @@@@@He said he could stay in touch with
    Miss Eastlake via walkie-talkieI told him it
    could wait a littleIt was important, I said, but
    not urgentNot in the 911 sense, at leastIf Tom were to commit suicide on his
    cruise, there was little I could do to prevent it
    245
    But I didn't think he'd do it as long as his
    mother and brother were with him
    I had no intention of telling Wireman about my
    furtive hunt through my daughter's purse; that was
    something of which I'd grown more rather than less
    ashamedBut once I started, beginning with LINKBELT,
    I couldn't stopI told him almost
    everything, finishing with Tom Riley standing at
    the head of the stairs leading up to Little Pink,
    pale and dead and minus an eyeI think part of
    what kept me going was the simple realization that
    Wireman couldn't commit me to the nearest lunatic
    asylum - he had no legal authorityPart of it was
    that, attracted as I was by his kindness and
    cynical good cheer, he was still a stranger
    Sometimes - often, I think - telling stories that
    are embarrassing or even downright crazy is easier
    when you're telling them to a strangerMostly,
    though, I pushed on out of pure relief: I felt
    like a man expressing snake-venom from a bite
    Wireman poured himself a fresh glass of tea with a
    hand that was not quite steadyI found that
    interesting and disquietingThen he glanced at
    his watch, which he wore nurse-style, with the
    246
    face on the inside of his wrist"In half an hour
    or so I really have to go up and check her," he
    said"I'm sure she's fine, but-"
    "What if she wasn't?" I asked"If she fell, or
    something?"
    He pulled a walkie-talkie from the pocket of his
    chinosIt was as slim as a cell phone"I make
    sure she always carries hersThere are also Rapid
    Response call-buttons all over the house, but-" He
    tapped a thumb on his chest"I'm the real alarm
    system, okay? The only one I trust
    He looked out at the water and sighed
    "She's got Alzheimer
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:07 am
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    What was it that made this human love so much more desirable to me than the love of my own
    kind? Was it because it was exclusive and capricious? The souls offered love and acceptance to
    allDid I crave a greater challenge? This love was tricky; it had no hard-and-fast rules–it might
    be given for free, kelly bag hermes as with Jamie, or earned through time and hard work, as with Ian, or
    completely and heartbreakingly unattainable, as with Jared
    Or was it simply better somehow? Because these humans could hate with so much fury, was
    the other end of the spectrum that they could love with more heart and zeal and fire?
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    was worth every ounce of risk and agony it had costIt was better than I'd imagined
    By the time the food was prepared and consumed, the late–or rather early–hour had gotten to
    us allPeople stumbled out of the crowded room toward their bedsAs they left, there was more
    space
    Those remaining slouched down where we were as room became replica tiffany jewelry availableGradually, we
    melted in place until we were horizontalMy head ended up pillowed on Jared's stomach; his
    hand stroked my hair now and thenJamie's face was against my chest, and his arms were
    around my neckOne of my arms wrapped around his shouldersIan's head was cushioned on
    my stomach, and he held my other hand to his faceI could feel Doc's long leg santos cartier watch stretched beside
    mine, his shoe by my hipDoc was asleep–I could hear him snoringI may have even been
    touching Kyle somewhere
    Jeb was sprawled on the bedHe belched, and Kyle chuckled
    “Nicer night than I was plannin' forI like it when pessimism goes unrewarded,” Jeb mused
    “Mmm,” I sighed, half asleep
    “Next time she raids…” Kyle said, somewhere on the other side of Jared's omega watches prices bod
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:15 am
    @@@@@He was a diversion for the General, and he
    @@@@@He was a diversion for the General, and he resented it deeply with a cold speechless anger that came to some extent from the knowledge that he had acquiesced in the dog-role, had even had the dog's dreams, carefully submerged, of someday equaling the masterAnd Cummings had probably understood even that, had been amused
    He remembered a story Cummings had told him about an employee in the War Department who had been discharged after some Communist documents had been planted in his desk
    "I'm surprised it worked," Hearn had said"You say everybody knew the man was harmless
    "Those things always work, RobertYou can't begin to imagine how effective the Big Lie isYour average man never dares suspect that the men in power have all the nasty impulses he has, except they're more effective about carrying them outBesides, there's never a man who can swear to his own innocenceWe're all guilty, that's the truthThis particular fellow began to wonder if perhaps he had belonged to the partyWhy do you think Hitler was able to stay unmolested so long? The diplomat mentality at its poorest just couldn't believe that he wasn't playing the old game with some new wrinklesIt took an outside observer like you or me to see that he was the interpreter of twentieth-century man
    Certainly Cummings would have been perfectly capable of planting those documents if he had thought it necessaryJust as he had finagled the whisky labelAnd he was not going to become a chess piece for the General to directNo doubt Cummings saw him now as a diversion
    Hearn stared around the tentIt would be a pleasure to wait for the General and tell him that he had brought back the supplies successfully, but it was a tainted pleasure and Cummings would be quite aware of it"Had to extend yourself a bit, didn't you, Robert?" he might sayHearn lit a cigarette, and walked over to the wastebasket to drop the match
    There it was, that instinctive reaction, don't drop a match on the General's floorThere was a limit to how far he could let the General prod himIf you looked at it clearly without the aura of military mumbo-jumbo, it became absurd, perverted, a revolting idea
    He dropped the match near the General's foot locker, and then with his heart beating stupidly, he threw his cigarette carefully onto the middle of the General's spotless floor, ground his heel down brutally upon it, and stood looking at it with amazement and a troubled pri
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:15 am
    @@@@@ He was accustomed to having his elders tell
    @@@@@
    He was accustomed to having his elders tell him what to do, and he
    liked
    the way MrButler called him "Tom
    Before the afternoon was over and Tom was delivered back to his
    mother,
    the boy was looking at Rhett with such hero-worship in his young eyes
    that Rhett knew he'd be saddled with Tom Cooper for years to come
    He
    was also confident that Tom would never forget the friends they'd
    gone
    to seeAmong Charleston's many historic "firsts" was the first
    recorded whorehouse "for gentlemen only It had moved its location
    many times in the nearly two centuries of its existence, uppose the
    train's early, Rhett?" Eleanor Butler looked at the clock for the tenth
    time in two minutes"I hate to think of Rosemary being at the station
    with nobody there when it's getting darkHer maid's only
    half-trained, you knowAnd half-witted, too, to my way of thinking
    I don't know why Rosemary puts up with her
    "That train has never in its history been less than forty minutes late,
    Mama, and even if it were on time, that's a half hour from now
    "I asked you most particularly to allow plenty of time to get thereI
    should have gone myself, like I planned when I didn't know you'd be
    home
    "Try not to fret, Mama
    Rhett explained again what he had already told his mother"I hired a
    hackney to pick me up in ten minutesThen it's a five-minute ride to
    the stationI'll be fifteen minutes early, the train will be an hour
    late or more, and Rosemary will arrive home on my arm just in time
    for
    supper
    "May I ride with you, Rhett? I'd love a breath of air Scarlett
    pictured the hour enclosed in the small cab of the hackneyShe'd ask
    Rhett all about his sister, he'd like thatHe was crazy about
    Rosemary
    And if he talked enough, then maybe Scarlett would know what to
    expect
    She was terrified that Rosemary wouldn't like her, that she'd be
    another RossHer brother-in-law's florid letter of apology had done
    nothing to make her stop loathing
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:07 am
    @@@@@ Weeping out of control, she fell to her
    @@@@@
    Weeping out of control, she fell to her knees, then collapsed in the street, her screams of despair
    clear to the man who suddenly was above heroh God, my children!”
    “Our children,” said Jason Bourne, his voice not the voice of David Webb“We’re getting out of
    here, can you understand that?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    287
    “Yes yes!” Marie awkwardly, painfully, swung her legs behind her and lurched to her feet,
    held by the husband she either knew or did not know“David?”
    “Of course I’m DavidCome on!”
    “You frighten me—”
    “I frighten myselfLet’s go! Bernardine gave us our exitRun with me; hold my hand!”
    They raced down the rue de Rivoli, swinging east into the boulevard StMichel until the
    Parisian strollers in their nonchalance de jour made it clear that the fugitives were safe from the
    horrors of the MeuriceThey stopped m an alleyway and held each other
    “Why did you do it?” asked Marie, cupping his face“Why did you run away from us?”
    “Because I’m better without you, you know that
    “You weren’t before, David—or should I say Jason?”
    “Names don’t matter, we have to move!”
    “Where to?”
    “I’m not sureBut we can move, that’s the important thingBernardine gave
    it to us
    “He was the old Frenchman?”
    “Let’s not talk about him, okay? At least not for a while
    “All right, we won’t talk about himStill, he mentioned Les Capucines—what did he mean?”
    “It’s our way outThere’s a car waiting for me in the boulevard des CapucinesThat’s what he
    was telling meLet’s go!”
    They raced south out of Paris in the nondescript Peugeot, taking the Barbizon highway to
    Vilieneuve-StMarie sat close to her husband, their bodies touching, her hand clutching
    his armShe was, however, sickeningly aware that the warmth she intended was not returned in
    equal measureOnly a part of the intense man behind the wheel was her David; the rest of him was
    Jason Bourne and he was now in command
    “For God’s sake, talk to me!” she cried
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:07 am
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    has a package for them," Wireman saidHe was
    referring to the UPostal Service's fat and
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    the Godfreys were scheduled to miu miu bag arriveThe
    crushed-shell driveway was glistening a damp pink
    Wireman had turned on the sprinklers"He just
    leaves whatever he's got at the foot of the
    mailbox post, honks, and then rolls wheels for El
    PalacioAnd do I blame him? Non, non, Nannette
    "Wireman, about the doctor-"
    "March, muchacho, and before the Ides
    339
    "You're just putting it off," I saidI have only one busy season, and this be
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    it's not going to happen this time aroundIt
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    Miss Eastlake's going to be far less capable of
    pitching inAt least the Mean Dogs are returners,
    known quantities, and so are the BaumgartensI
    like the Baumgartens
    "Either of them girls?" I asked, thinking about
    Elizabeth's prejudice concerning daughters and
    Duma
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    their foreheadsThe people coming into the other
    four houses are all newI can hope that none of
    them will be the rock-and-roll-all-night, partyevery-
    day type, but what are the odds?"
    "Not good, but you can at least hope they left
    their Slipknot CDs home
    "Who's Slipknot? What's Slipknot?"
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    if one of the Baumgarten boys gets stung by a
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:07 am
    @@@@@ “Are you sure? Where did you get this
    @@@@@
    “Are you sure? Where did you get this information?”
    “I saw them in Chicago, piles and piles of themEven the little facility we went to in Tucson
    had a small store of them, crated outside the delivery bay
    “If they were crated, then how can you be sure –”
    “Haven't you noticed our fondness for labels?”
    “I'm not doubting you,” he said“I just want to make sure that you've thought this through
    I heard the double meaning in his words
    “Let's get it done, then
    Doc was already gone–already with Jeb, as we hadn't passed him on the wayHe must have left
    right behind meI wondered how his news was being takenI hoped they weren't stupid enough
    to discuss it in front of the SeekerWould she shred her human host's brain if she guessed what I
    was doing? Would she assume I'd turned traitor entirely? That I would give the humans what
    they needed with no restrictions?
    Wasn't that what I was about to do, though? When I was gone, would Doc bother to keep his
    word?
    Yes, hewould tryI had to believe thatBut he couldn't do it aloneAnd who
    would help him?
    We scrambled up the tight black vent that opened onto the southern face of the rocky hill,
    about halfway up the low peakThe eastern edge of the horizon was turning gray, with just a
    hint of pink bleeding into the line between sky and rock
    My eyes were locked on my feet as I climbed downIt was necessary; there was no path, and
    the loose rocks made for treacherous footingBut even if the way had been paved and smooth, I
    doubted I would have been able to lift my eyesMy shoulders, too, seemed trapped in a slumpNot a misfit, not a wandererI was putting my gentle brothers' and sisters'
    lives into the angry and motivated hands of my adopted human family
    My humans had every right to hate the soulsThis was a war, and I was giving them a weapon
    A way to kill with impunity
    I considered this as we ran through the desert in the growing light of dawn–ran because, with
    the Seekers looking, we shouldn't be out in the dayl
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:15 am
    @@@@@She has a heavy strong face, and she yawns
    @@@@@She has a heavy strong face, and she yawns evenly and turns to him
    Hubby? He shakes his head and slowly assembles the events of the past nightYou two sure you want to get married? the jGoddam! He is trying to think of where he met her
    Where's ol' Slim?
    He'n Clara are in the nex' room
    Ol' Slim's married too? That's right, he isWilson begins to laugh againHe is beginning to remember their making love, and he feels a spasm of heatSlowly he caresses herYou're pretty good, honey, as I remember
    You're a fine man, Woodrow, she says huskilyFor a moment, he is thinking(Guess Ah had to git married, sometimeAh can move out from Pa's, and git that house over on Tolliver Street, an' we can set up He looks at her again, gazes at her body(Knew what Ah was doin' even if Ah was drunkMarried, goddam, let's give us a kiss, honey

    The day after his first child is born, he talks to his wife in the hospital
    Alice, honey, Ah want ya to gimme some money
    What for, Woodrow, you know why Ah been keeping the money, same thing's gonna happen as last time, Woodrow, we need that money, we got the kid to pay for, bein' born in a hospitalAlice, a man wants to git drunk once in a while, Ah been workin' goddam hard at the garage, and Ah feel like havin' me a little time, Ah couldn' be more hones' with ya
    She looks at him suspiciouslyYou ain't gonna be layin' up with no woman
    Ah'm sick an' tired of that, Alice, ifen you don' trust your own husband, you're pretty bad off, Ah'm kinda hurt you talk like that
    She signs a check for ten dollars, scrawling her name laboriously
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:15 am
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    bang She giggled like a girl
    "What fun that was!"
    "Honestly, Mama!" said Rosemary"How can you call those bluecoated
    wretches 'poor' Yankees?"
    "Because they'd much rather be home with their own families for the
    holidays than here badgering usI think they're chanel purses embarrassed
    "You and your cronies have something up your lace-edged sleeves, I'll
    bet
    "Only if we're driven to it
    "We figure today's calm was only because their colonel is such a
    Biblethumper he won't order any action on the SabbathTomorrow
    will
    tell the taleIn the old days they used to harass us by going through
    our baskets to search for contraband cartier pasha watch when we left the MarketIf they
    try it again, they'll be dipping their hands into some interesting
    things underneath the turnip greens and rice
    "Broken eggs?" Scarlett offered"Itching powder," suggested Rhett
    Miss Eleanor giggled for the third time
    "And a few more things, besides," she said complacently"We
    developed
    a number of interesting omega replica watches tactics back thenThis crop of soldiers
    wasn't around; it will all be new to themI'll bet a lot of these men
    never even heard of poison sumacI dislike being so uncharitable at
    Christmas, but they've got to learn that we quit being afraid of them a
    long time ago"I do wish Ross could be here," she added abruptly, all
    laughter gone"When do you suppose bag dolce gabbana it will be safe for your brother
    to come back home, Rhett?"
    "It depends on how quickly you and your friends get the Yankees
    whipped
    into shape, MamaCertainly in time for the Saint Cecilia
    "That's all right, thenIt doesn't matter if he misses all the rest
    as long as he's home for the Ball Scarlett could hear the capital B
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:07 am
    @@@@@ “You’re not only rude, my dear, you’re
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    “You’re not only rude, my dear, you’re terribly ungratefulWhere were we?”
    “At the moment with Prefontaine,” replied Alex sharply, looking at Bourne“But he may not
    matter because he probably won’t survive BostonI’ll call you at the inn at Barbizon tomorrow
    and set up a time for lunchClock yourself on the drive back so we’re not hanging around
    like mateless snow geeseAlso, if that fat guy’s right about his ‘cuisine,’ Kruppie will love it and
    tell everybody he discovered itI told you, we go back a long time
    “And don’t go into it,” added Panov“You really don’t want to hear about Istanbul and
    AmsterdamThey’re both a couple of thieves
    “We pass,” said Marie“Go on, Alex, what about tomorrow?”
    “Mo and I will take a taxi out to your place, and your husband and I will drive back hereWe’ll
    call you after lunch
    “What about that driver of yours, the one Casset got you?” asked the Chameleon, his eyes cold,
    inquiring
    “What about him? He’ll be paid double what he can make in a month with his taxi for tonight,
    and after he drops us off at a hotel, he’ll disappearWe won’t see him again
    “Will he see anyone else?”
    “Not if he wants to live and send money to his relatives in AlgeriaI told you, Casset cleared
    him
    “Tomorrow, then,” said Bourne grimly, looking across the table at Marie and Morris Panov
    “After we leave for Paris, you’re to stay out at Barbizon, and you’re not to leave the innDo you
    both understand that?”
    “You know, David,” answered Marie, bristling and rigid on the pine banquette“I’m going to
    tell you somethingMo and Alex are as much a part of our family as the children, so I’ll say it in
    front of themWe all, all of us, humor you and in some ways pamper you because of the horrible
    things you went throughBut you cannot and you will not order us around as if we were inferior
    beings in your august pres
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:07 am
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    The cost of finishing the job had been high, but
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    The storm had faded to a few faint rumbles
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    lamp on if I wanted to; Reba would never tellI
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:17 am
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    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    10:14 am
    @@@@@It was a collection of killers, misfits,
    @@@@@It was a
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    sentences, but they knew every inch of Southeast Asia and operated behind enemy lines—funded
    by us
    “Medusa,” whispered Steven DeSoleThey were animals, killing wantonly
    without reason or authorization and stealing millions
    “Most, not all,” said Conklin“But the original Bourne fitted every rotten profile you could
    come up with, including the betrayal of his own menThe leader of a particularly hazardous
    mission—hazardous, hell, it was suicidal—found Bourne radioing their position to the North
    VietnameseHe executed him on the spot, shoving the body into a swamp to rot in the jungles of
    Tam QuanJason Bourne disappeared from the face of the earth
    “He obviously reappeared, MrConklin,” observed the director, leaning forward on the table
    “In another body,” agreed Alex, noddingThe man who executed Bourne
    in Tam Quan took his name and agreed to be trained for an operation that we called Treadstone
    Seventy-one, after a building on New York’s Seventy-first Street, where he went through a brutal
    indoctrination programIt was a brilliant strategy on paper, but ultimately failed because of
    something no one could predict, even considerAfter nearly three years of living the role of the
    world’s second most lethal assassin and moving into Europe—as Steve accurately described—to
    challenge the Jackal in his own territory, our man was wounded and lost his memoryHe was found
    half dead in the Mediterranean and brought by a fisherman to the island of Port NoirHe had no
    idea who he was or what he was—only that he was a master of various martial arts, spoke a couple
    of Oriental languages, and was obviously an extremely well-educated manWith the help of a
    British doctor, an alcoholic banished to Port Noir, our man started to piece his life—his identity—
    back together from fragments both mental and physicalIt was a hell of a journey and we who
    had mounted the operation, who invented the myth, were no help to himNot knowing what had
    happened, we thought he had turned, had actually become the mythical assassin we’d created to
    trap CarlosI, myself, tried to kill him in Paris, and when he might have blown my head off, he
    couldn’t do itHe finally made his way back to us only through the extraordinary talents of a
    Canadian woman he met in Zurich and who is now his wifeThat lady had more guts and brains
    than any woman I’ve ever metNow she and her husband and their two kids are back in the
    nightmare, running for their lives
    Aristocratic mouth agape, his pipe in midair in front of his chest, the director spo
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:11 am
    @@@@@"Thank you for waiting for me," she said to
    @@@@@"Thank you for waiting for me," she
    said to the ship's officer at the head of the gangplank"Oh, there
    are more to come," he said, and Scarlett transferred her anger to the
    captain of the FleeceIf he said five o'clock, he should sail at five
    o'clock
    The sooner she got away from Charleston, the happier she would be
    This must be the hottest place on the face of the earthShe shaded
    her eyes with her hand to look at the skyShe started along deck towards her rooms
    Poor baby Cat must be practically cookedAs soon as they got out of
    the harbor she'd bring her up on deck for whatever breeze the ship's
    movement might causeClattering hoofbeats and feminine laughter
    caught her attentionMaybe this was who they were waiting forShe
    glanced down at an open victoriaWith three fabulous hats on the
    women in itThey weren't like any hats she'd ever seen, and even
    from
    a distance she could tell they were very expensiveWide brimmed,
    decorated with clusters of feathers or plumes held by sparkling jewels
    and swirled with airy tulle netting, from Scarlett's perspective the
    hats were like wonderful parasols or fantastic confections of pastry on
    big traysI'd look simply wonderful in a hat like thatShe leaned
    slightly over the rail to look at the womenThey were elegant, even
    in the heat, wearing pale organdy or voile trimmed with-it looked like
    wide silk ribbon or was it ruching?-on cuirass fronts and-Scarlett
    blinked-no bustle at all, not even a hint of one, and no train
    either
    She hadn't seen anything like that in Savannah or AtlantaWho were
    these people?
    Her eyes devoured the pale kid gloves and folded parasols, lace, she
    thought, but she couldn't be sureWhoever they were, they certainly
    were having a good time laughing their heads off and not hurrying to
    get on the ship they were holding up eitherThe Panama-hatted man
    with them stepped down into the streetWith his left hand he took off
    his hatHis right hand reached upward to hand the first woman down
    Scarlett's hands clutched the rai
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    I drove her from my limbs, chased her from every hold she'd found, thrust her back into the
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    Her surrender was sudden and totalaah, she sighed, and it was almost a moan of pain
    I felt strangely guilty as soon as I'd won
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    pain
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    poorly pasha cartier considered action would mean a quick executionHer reactions were too wild and
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    and my arms–mine, not Melanie's–longed to hold himTears filled my eyes and trickled down
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
    10:42 am
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    @@@@@"If you don't
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    hell
    1078
    "I can't die tonight," he said in a thin and
    shaking voice I never would have identified as his
    "I have a date tomorrow
    "Thank y-"
    He missed the rungFor a
    moment I was sure he was going to come down on top
    of me, on top of the upheld flashlightThe water
    would spill out, she would spill out, and it all
    would have been for nothing
    "What's happening?" Wireman shouted from above us
    "What the fuck's happening?"
    Jack settled back against the wall, one hand
    gripping a lucky chunk of coral that he happened
    to find at the last crucial secondI could see
    one of his legs plunged down like a piston to the
    next intact rung, and there was a healthy ripping
    sound"Man oh man oh fucking
    man
    "What's happening?" Wireman nearly roared
    "Jack Cantori ripped out the seat of his pants," I
    said"Now shut up a minuteJack, you're almost
    thereShe's in the flashlight, but I've only got
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    He came down, first stepping on my thigh - it hurt
    - and then putting his foot on one of the empty
    Evian bottlesThen he stepped on
    something that broke with a damp pop, like a
    defective noisemaker
    "Edgar, what was that?" He sounded on the verge of
    tears I was pretty sure it had been Adie's
    skullHis hip thumped the flashlightCold water
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    something bumped and turne
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    10:16 am
    @@@@@Susan, who had an innate taste for the
    @@@@@Susan, who had an innate taste
    for the genteel and well-appointed, was eager to hear, and Fanny
    could not but indulge herself in dwelling on so beloved a theme
    She hoped it was not wrong; though, after a time, Susan’s very great
    admiration of everything said or done in her uncle’s house, and
    earnest longing to go into Northamptonshire, seemed almost to
    blame her for exciting feelings which could not be gratified
    Poor Susan was very little better fitted for home than her elder
    367
    Jane Austen
    sister; and as Fanny grew thoroughly to understand this, she began
    to feel that when her own release from Portsmouth came, her happiness
    would have a material drawback in leaving Susan behind
    That a girl so capable of being made everything good should be left
    in such hands, distressed her more and moreWere she likely to
    have a home to invite her to, what a blessing it would be! And had
    it been possible for her to return MrCrawford’s regard, the probability
    of his being very far from objecting to such a measure would
    have been the greatest increase of all her own comfortsShe thought
    he was really good-tempered, and could fancy his entering into a
    plan of that sort most pleasantly
    368
    Mansfield Park
    CHAPTER XLIV
    SEVEN WEEKS of the two months were very nearly gone, when the
    one letter, the letter from Edmund, so long expected, was put into
    Fanny’s handsAs she opened, and saw its length, she prepared herself
    for a minute detail of happiness and a profusion of love and
    praise towards the fortunate creature who was now mistress of his
    fateThese were the contents—
    “My Dear Fanny,—Excuse me that I have not written before
    Crawford told me that you were wishing to hear from me, but I
    found it impossible to write from London, and persuaded myself
    that you would understand my silenceCould I have sent a few
    happy lines, they should not have been wanting, but nothing of
    that nature was ever in my powerI am returned to Mansfield in a
    less assured state that when I left itMy hopes are much weakerYou
    are probably aware of this alreadySo very fond of you as Miss
    Crawford is, it is most natural that she should tell you enough of
    her own feelings to furnish a tolerable guess at mineI will not be
    prevented, however, from making my own communicationOur
    confidences in you need not clashThere is something
    soothing in the idea that we have the same friend, and that
    whatever unhappy differences of opinion may exist between us, we
    are united in our love of youIt will be a comfort to me to tell you
    how things now are, and what are my present plans, if plans I can be
    said to haveI have been returned since SaturdayI was three weeks
    in London, and saw her (for London) very oftenI had every attention
    from the Frasers that could be reasonably expectedI dare say I
    was not reasonable in carrying with me hopes of an intercourse at
    all like that of MansfieldIt was her manner, however, rather than
    any unfrequency of meeti
    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
    10:14 am
    @@@@@Two file out and bur’d The first part was
    @@@@@Two file out and bur’d
    The first part was obvious, the second obscure but hardly concealedThe “Two” referred to the
    army’s intelligence arm, G-2, and the “file” was just that, an event or a revelation uncovered by
    intelligence personnel in Paris—7 yrs ago and removed from the data banksIt was an amateur’s
    attempt to use intelligence gibberish by misusing it“Unlock” meant “key”—Jesus, Swayne was an
    idiot! Using his notepad, Alex wrote out the notation as he knew it to be:
    “Randolph Gates will not consider the appointment for a Major Craft or Croft or even
    Christopher, for the f could be an s(But) we need Crft on his staffThe key is to use the
    information in our G-2 file about Gates in Paris seven years ago, said file removed and in our
    possession
    If that was not the exact translation of Swayne’s insertion, it was certainly close enough in
    substance to act upon, mused Conklin, turning his wrist and glancing at his watchIt was twenty
    past three in the morning, a time when even the most disciplined person would be shaken by the
    shrill bell of a telephoneWhy not? David—Jason—was rightEvery hour counted nowAlex
    picked up the phone and touched the numbers for Boston, Massachusetts
    The telephone kept ringing and the bitch would not pick it up in her room! Then Gates looked at
    the lighted square and the blood drained from his headIt was his unlisted number, a number that
    was restricted to a very fewHe thrashed wildly in the bed, his eyes wide; the strange call from
    Paris unnerved him the more he thought about itIt concerned Montserrat, he knew it! The
    information he had relayed was wrongPrefontaine had lied to him and now Paris wanted an
    accounting! My God, they’d come after him, expose him! No, there was a way, a perfectly
    acceptable explanation, the truthHe would deliver the liars to Paris, to Paris’s man here in Boston
    He would trap the drunken Prefontaine and the sleazeball detective and force them to tell their lies
    to the one person who could absolve himThe phone! He had to answer itHe could not appear
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    117
    as if he had anything to hide! He reached out and grabbed the incessantly ringing instrument,
    pulling it to his ear“Yes?”
    “Seven years ago, Counselor,” began the quiet voice on the line“Do I have to remind you that
    we’ve got the entire fileThe Deuxième Bureau was extremely cooperative, far more than you have
    b
    Monday, December 6th, 2010
    10:28 am
    @@@@@ As if the old woman had called her, Cat
    @@@@@
    As if the old woman had called her, Cat came through the door
    She was concentrating on the heavy, waterfilled kettle, and she didn't
    look at her mother and GrainneThe two of them watched silently
    while
    Cat methodically set the kettle on the iron hook over the coals, then
    raked more coals into a heap below it
    Scarlett had to turn her headIf she continued to look at her child,
    she knew she wouldn't be able to stop herself from grabbing Cat in her
    arms and holding her tightly in a protective embraceI mustn't cry, either, Scarlett told herself
    It might frighten herShe'd sense how frightened I am"Watch me,
    Momma," said CatShe was carefully pouring steaming water into an
    old
    brown china teapotA sweet smell rose I- from the steam, and Cat
    smiled"I put in all the right leaves, Grainne," she chortled
    She looked proud and happyScarlett caught hold of the wise
    woman's
    shawl"Tell me what to do," she begged"You must do what's given
    you to do I don't understand anything she
    says, thought ScarlettBut somehow her terror was relievedShe
    drank Cat's brew in the companionable silence and warmth of the
    herb-scented shadowy room, glad that Cat had this place to come toBefore she returned to Dublin, Scarlett gave orders for
    a new, stronger rope ladderScarlett went to Punchestown for the
    races this yearShe'd been invited to Bishopscourt, the seat of the
    Earl of Clonmel, who was known as EarlieTo her delight, Sir John
    Morland was also a guestTo her dismay, the Earl of Fenton was
    there
    Scarlett rushed over to Morland as soon as she coul
    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
    10:07 am
    @@@@@ared is home! “Wanda is teaching us all
    @@@@@ared is home!
    “Wanda is teaching us all about the universe,” Jamie babbled eagerly, somehow not catching on
    to Jared's fury–he was too excited to pay attention, maybe
    “Wanda?”Jared repeated in a low voice that was almost a snarl
    There were more dirty figures in the hall behind himI only noticed them when they echoed his
    snarl with an outraged muttering
    A blond head rose from the frozen audiencePaige lurched to her feet“Andy!” she cried, and
    stumbled through the figures seated around herOne of the dirty men stepped around Jared and
    caught her as she nearly fell over Wes“Oh, Andy!” she sobbed, the tone of her voice reminding
    me of Melanie's
    Paige's outburst changed the atmosphere momentarilyThe silent crowd began to murmur,
    most of them rising to their feetThe sound was one of welcome now, as the majority went to
    greet the returned travelersI tried to read the strange expressions on their faces as they forced
    grins onto their lips and peeked furtively back at meI realized after a long, slow second–time
    seemed to be congealing around me, freezing me into place–that the expression I wondered at
    wasguilt
    “It's going to be okay, Wanda,” Ian murmured under his breath
    I glanced at him wildly, searching for that same guilt on his faceI didn't find it, only a
    defensive tightening around his vivid eyes as he stared at the newcomers
    “What the hell, people?” a new voice boomed
    Kyle–easily identifiable by his size despite the grime–was shoving his way around Jared and
    heading toward… me
    “You're letting it tell you its lies? Have you all gone crazy? Or did it lead the Seekers here? Are
    youall parasites now?”
    Many heads fell forward, ashamedOnly a few kept their chins stiffly in the air, their shoulders
    squared: Lily, Trudy, Heath, Wes… and frail Walter, of all people
    “Easy, Kyle,” Walter said in his feeble voiceHe walked with deliberate steps toward me, his eyes, the same vibrant cobalt
    as his brother's, glowing with rageI couldn't keep my eyes on him, though–they kept returning
    to Jared's dark shape, trying to read his camouflaged face
    Melanie's love flowed through me like a lake bursting through a dam, distracting me even more
    from the enraged barbarian closing the distance quickl
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