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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    7:58 am
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    @@@@@
    You're an idiot,I told her
    I forced her to see it from my perspective: to see the threatening shapes inside the dirty jeans
    and light cotton shirts, brown with dustThey might have been human–as she thought of the
    word–once, but at this moment they were something elseThey were barbarians, monstersThey
    hung over us, slavering for blood
    There was a death sentence in every pair of eyes
    Melanie saw all this and, though grudgingly, she had to admit that I was rightAt this moment,
    her beloved humans were at their worst–like the newspaper stories we'd seen in the abandoned
    shackWe were looking at killers
    We should have been wiser; we should have died yesterday
    Why would Uncle Jeb keep us alive for this?
    A shiver passed through me at the thoughtI'd skimmed through the histories of human
    atrocitiesI'd had no stomach for themPerhaps I should have concentrated betterI knew there
    were reasons why humans let their enemies live, for a little whileThings they wanted from their
    minds or their bodies…
    Of course it sprang into my head immediately–the one secret they would want from meThe
    one I could never, never tell themNo matter what they did to meI would have to kill myself
    first
    I did not let Melanie see the secret I protectedI used her own defenses against her and threw
    up a wall in my head to hide behind while I thought of the information for the first time since
    implantationThere had been no reason to think of it before
    Melanie was hardly even curious on the other side of the wall; she made no effort to break
    through itThere were much more immediate concerns than the fact that she had not been the
    only one keeping information in reserve
    Did it matter that I protected my secret from her? I wasn't as strong as Melanie; I had no doubt
    she could endure tortu
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    7:58 am
    @@@@@"Thass what it come down to "Maybe at first
    @@@@@"Thass what it come down to
    "Maybe at first Melda thought Shannington was
    moving the lawn jockey around as a kind of joke -
    because he knew the three little girls were scared
    of it
    "Why in God's name would they be?" Wireman asked
    Noveen said nothing, so I passed my missing hand
    over the Noveen in my drawing - the Noveen leaning
    against the breadbox - and then the one on Jack's
    knee spoke upAs I sort of knew she would
    "Nanny din' mean nothin badShe knew they 'us
    scairt of Charley - this 'us befo the bad things
    started - an so she tole em a bedtime story to try
    an make it betterMade it worse instead, as
    sometimes happens with small chirrunThen the bad
    997
    woman come - the bad white woman from the sea - n
    dat bitch made it worse stillShe made Libbit
    draw Charley alive, for a jokeShe had other
    jokes, too
    I threw back the sheet with Libbit going Shhhh,
    seized my Burnt Umber from my pack - now it didn't
    seem to matter whose pencils I used - and sketched
    the kitchen againHere was the table, with Noveen
    lying on her side, one arm cast up over her head,
    as if in supplicationHere was Libbit, now
    wearing a sundress and an expression of dismay
    achieved in no more than half a dozen racing lines
    And here was Nan Melda, backing away from the open
    breadbox and screaming, because inside -
    "Is that a rat?" Wireman asked
    "Big ole blind woodchuck," Noveen said"Same
    thing as Charley, reallyShe got Libbit to draw
    it in the breadbox, and it was in the breadboxLibbit 'us sorry, but the bad water-woman?
    Nuh-uh
    "And Elizabeth - Libbit - had to draw," I said
    "Didn't she?"
    "You know dat," Noveen saidBecause the gift is hungry
    998
    viii
    Once upon a time, a little girl fell and did her
    head wrong in just the right wayAnd that allowed
    something - something female - to reach out and
    make contact with herThe amazing drawings that
    followed had been the come-on, the carrot dangling
    at the end of the stic
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    7:58 am
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    I hope?” turning to her with a look of anxious entreaty, which softened
    her a little; but while she hesitated what to say, her brother
    again interposed with Miss Crawford’s better claim
    “No, no, Julia must not be AmeliaIt is not at all the part for her
    She would not like itShe would not do wellShe is too tall and
    robustAmelia should be a small, light, girlish, skipping figureIt is
    fit for Miss Crawford, and Miss Crawford onlyShe looks the part,
    and I am persuaded will do fake prada it admirably
    Without attending to this, Henry Crawford continued his supplication
    “You must oblige us,” said he, “indeed you mustWhen
    you have studied the character, I am sure you will feel it suit you
    Tragedy may be your choice, but it will certainly appear that comedy
    chuses youYou will be to visit me in prison with a basket of
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    Mansfield Park
    provisions; you will not refuse to visit me in prison? I think I see
    you coming in with your basket”
    The influence of his voice was feltJulia chanel top wavered; but was he only
    trying to soothe and pacify her, and make her overlook the previous
    affront? She distrusted himThe slight had been most determined
    He was, perhaps, but at treacherous play with herShe looked suspiciously
    at her sister; Maria’s countenance was to decide it: if she
    were vexed and alarmed—but Maria looked all serenity and satisfaction,
    and Julia well knew that on this ground Maria could not be
    happy but at her expenseWith hasty indignation, therefore, and a
    tremulous voice, she replica omega said to him, “You do not seem afraid of not
    keeping your countenance when I come in with a basket of provisions—
    though one might have supposed—but it is only as Agatha
    that I was to be so overpowering!” She stopped—Henry Crawford
    looked rather foolish, and as if he did not know what to sayTom
    Bertram began again—
    “Miss Crawford must be AmeliaShe will be an excellent Amelia
    “Do not be afraid of my wanting the character,” cried Julia, with
    angry quickness: “I am not to be Agatha, and I am sure birkin hermes I will do
    nothing else; and as to Amelia, it is of all parts in the world the most
    disgusting to meAn odious, little, pert, unnatural,
    impudent girlI have always protested against comedy, and this
    is comedy in its worst form And so saying, she walked hastily out
    of the room, leaving awkward feelings to more than one, but exciting
    small compassion in any except Fanny, who had been a quiet
    auditor of the whole, and who could not think of her as under the
    agitations of jealousy without great new louis vuitton pity
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    8:06 am
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    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 prada tote bag spoke“Do you
    mean to sit there and tell us that the assassin we knew as Jason Bourne was an invention? That he
    wasn’t the killer we all presumed he was?”
    “He killed when he had to kill in order to survive, but he was no assassinWe created the myth
    as the ultimate challenge to Carlos, to draw the Jackal out
    “Good Christ!” exclaimed Casset“How?”
    “Massive disinformation throughout the Far EastWhenever a killing of consequence took
    place, whether in Tokyo or Hong Kong, Macao or fendi sale Korea—wherever—Bourne was flown there and
    took the credit, planting evidence, taunting the authorities, until he became a legendFor three
    years our man lived in a world of filth—drugs, warlords, crime, tunneling his way in with only one
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    21
    objective: Get to Europe and bait Carlos, threaten his contracts, force the Jackal out into the open if
    only for a moment, just long enough to put a bullet in his head
    The silence around the table was gucci tote electricDeSole broke it, his voice barely above a whisper
    “What kind of man would accept an assignment like that?”
    Conklin looked at the analyst and answered in a monotone“A man who felt there wasn’t much
    left to live for, someone who had a death wish, perhaps a decent human being who was driven
    into an outfit like Medusa out of hatred and frustration The former intelligence officer stopped;
    his anguish was apparent
    “Come on, Alex,” said Valentino softly“You can’t leave us chanel tote with that Conklin blinked several times, adjusting to the present“I was thinking how
    horrible it must be for him now—the memories, what he can rememberThere’s a lousy parallel I
    hadn’t considered
    “What’s the parallel?” asked Casset, hunched forward, staring at Alex
    “Years ago, during Vietnam, our man was a young foreign service officer stationed in Phnom
    Penh, a scholar married to a Thai woman he’d met here in graduate schoolThey had two children
    and lived on the banks of a dior bag ri
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    7:58 am
    @@@@@You'll be pleased with your Ballyhara, I'm
    @@@@@You'll be pleased with your
    Ballyhara, I'm certain of it Scarlett was much more than pleasedThe townspeople had erected arches covered with
    fresh greenery and gold ribbon over her route through Ballyhara town
    They stood outside the arches waving handkerchiefs and hats,
    cheering
    her return"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you," she cried over and
    over, with tears brimming from her eyes
    Fitzpatrick and the three ill-assorted maids and the four dairymaids
    and the stablemen were lined up to greet herScarlett could barely
    keep herself from hugging MrsFitz, but she obeyed the housekeeper's
    rules and maintained her dignityCat was bound by no rulesShe
    laughed and held out her arms to MrsFitzpatrick and was immediately
    caught up in an emotion-ridden embraceLess than an hour later
    Scarlett was dressed in her Galway peasant clothes striding quickly
    over her fields, Cat in her armsIt felt so good to be moving,
    stretching her legsThere'd been too many hours, days, weeks of
    sittingOn trains, and ships, in offices and armchairsNow she
    wanted to walk, ride, bend, reach, run, danceShe was The O'Hara,
    home again, and the sun was warm between gentle, cooling, swiftly
    passing Irish rainsFragrant mounds of golden hay stood in field
    cocks seven feet tall on the meadowsScarlett made a cave in one
    and
    crawled inside it with Cat to play houseCat shrieked with delight
    when she pulled part of the "roof" down on themAnd then when the
    dust made her sneezeShe picked off dried blossoms and put them in
    her mouthHer expression of disgust when she spat them out made
    Scarlett laughScarlett's laughter made Cat frownWhich made
    Scarlett laugh all the
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    7:58 am
    @@@@@Why this crazy human should be such a
    @@@@@Why this crazy human should be such a comfort
    to me, I couldn't understandI supposed it was like Melanie had said,desperate times
    “Not too shabby, eh?” he asked, a grin of pride on his face
    I nodded once again and returned the flashlight
    “These caves are a great gift,” he said as we started back toward the dark passageway“We
    wouldn't be able to survive in a group like this without themMagnolia and Sharon were getting
    along real well–shockingly well–up there in Chicago, but they were pushing their luck hiding
    twoIt's mighty nice to have a community againMakes me feel downright human
    He took my elbow once more as we climbed the rough stair-case out
    “I'm sorry about the, um, accommodations we've got you inIt was the safest place I could
    think ofI'm surprised those boys found you as quick as they did“Well, Kyle gets
    real… motivatedBut I suppose it's all for the bestMight as well get used to how things are
    going to beMaybe we can find something more hospitable for you While I'm
    with you, at least, you don't really have to cram yourself into that little holeYou can sit in the
    hall with me if you preferThough with Jared…” He trailed off
    I listened to his apologetic words in wonder; this was so much more kindness than I'd hoped
    for, more compassion than I'd thought this species was capable of giving their enemiesI patted
    the hand on my elbow lightly, hesitantly, trying to convey that I understood and wouldn't cause
    a problemI was sure Jared much preferred to have me out of sight
    Jeb had no trouble translating my wordless communication“That's a good girl,” he
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    7:58 am
    @@@@@Don't try to follow me I raised the
    @@@@@Don't try
    to follow me I raised the flashlight and pointed
    it at Wireman"You're on your honorMy honor's a tattered thing,
    but I swear on itOne practical question: are you
    sure two Tylenol will be enough to get you down
    the beach to your house on your feet, or are you
    going to wind up doing the Crawly-Gator?"
    "I'll get there upright
    "And you'll call when you do
    He opened his arms then, and I stepped into them
    He kissed me on both cheeks"I love you, Edgar,"
    he said"You're a hell of a manSano como una
    manzana
    "What does that one mean?"
    He shrugged
    Jack offered his hand - the left one, the boy was
    a learner - and then decided a hug was in order,
    1096
    after allIn my ear he whispered, "Give me the
    flashlight, boss
    In his I whispered back: "Can't
    I started along the path to the back of the house,
    the one that would take me to the boardwalkAt
    the end of that boardwalk, a thousand or so years
    ago, I'd met the big man I was now leaving behind
    He had been sitting under a striped umbrellaHe
    had offered me iced green tea, very coolingAnd
    he had said, So - the limping stranger arriveth at
    last
    And now he goeth, I thoughtThey were watching me
    "Muchacho!" Wireman called
    I thought he was going to ask me to come back so
    we could think about this a little more, talk it
    over a little moreBut I had underestimated him
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    7:58 am
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    “But I cannot be satisfied without Fanny Price, without making a
    small hole in Fanny Price’s heartYou do not seem properly aware of
    her claims to noticeWhen we talked of her last night, you none of
    you seemed sensible of the wonderful improvement that has taken
    place in her looks within the last six weeksYou see her every day,
    and therefore do not notice it; but I assure you she is quite a different
    creature from what she was in the autumnShe was then merely
    a quiet, modest, not plain-looking girl, but she is now absolutely
    prettyI used to think she had neither complexion nor countenance;
    but in that soft skin of hers, so frequently tinged with a blush as it
    was louis vuitton prices yesterday, there is decided beauty; and from what I observed of
    her eyes and mouth, I do not despair of their being capable of ex199
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    pression enough when she has anything to expressAnd then, her
    air, her manner, her tout ensemble, is so indescribably improved! She
    must be grown two inches, at least, since October
    “Phoo! phoo! This is only because there were no tall women to
    compare her with, and because she has got a new gown, and you
    never saw her so well dressed beforeShe is just what she was in
    October, believe meThe truth is, that she was the only girl in company
    for you to notice, and you must have a somebodyI have always
    thought her pretty—not strikingly pretty—but ‘pretty enough,’
    as people say; a sort of Tiffany Bracelets beauty that grows on oneHer eyes should be
    darker, but she has a sweet smile; but as for this wonderful degree of
    improvement, I am sure it may all be resolved into a better style of
    dress, and your having nobody else to look at; and therefore, if you
    do set about a flirtation with her, you never will persuade me that it
    is in compliment to her beauty, or that it proceeds from anything
    but your own idleness and folly
    Her brother gave only a smile to this accusation, and soon afterwards
    said, “I do not quite know what to make of Miss FannyI do
    not understand herI could not tell what she would be at yesterday
    What is her character? Is she solemn? Is she queer? Is she prudish?
    Why did she draw back and look so grave at me? I hermes kelly bag could hardly get
    her to speakI never was so long in company with a girl in my life,
    trying to entertain her, and succeed so ill! Never met with a girl who
    looked so grave on me! I must try to get the better of thisHer looks
    say, ‘I will not like you, I am determined not to like you’; and I say
    she shall
    “Foolish fellow! And so this is her attraction after all! This it is,
    her not caring about you, which gives her such a soft skin, and
    makes her so much taller, and produces all these charms and graces!
    I do desire that you will not be making her really unhappy; a little
    love, perhaps, may animate and do her good, but I will not have
    you plunge her deep, for she is as good a little creature as ever lived,
    and has a great balenciaga motorcycle deal of feeling
    “It can be but for a fortnight,” said Henry; “and if a fortnight can
    kill her, she must have a constitution which nothing could save
    No, I will not do her any harm, dear little soul! only want her to
    look kindly on me, to give me smiles as well as blushes, to keep a
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    I take it and talk to her; to think as I think, be interested in all my
    possessions and pleasures, try to keep me longer at Mansfield, and
    feel when I go away that she shall be never happy again
    “Moderation itself!” said Mary“I can have no scruples nowWell,
    you will have opportunities enough of endeavouring to recommend
    yourself, for we are a great deal black chanel bag toge
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    8:06 am
    @@@@@If it was ever established that Washington
    @@@@@If it was ever established that
    Washington was behind Medusa, the reputation of some very important people in the White House
    and the State Department would be ruinedThey’re global power brokers now, but twenty years
    ago they were hotheaded junior staffers in Command SaigonWe can live with questionable
    tactics in time of war, but not with being accomplices in the slaughter of noncombatants and the
    diversion of funds totaling millions, both unknowingly paid for by the taxpayersIt’s like those
    still-sealed archives that detail how so many of our fat-cat financiers bankrolled the NazisSome
    things we never want out of their black holes, and Medusa’s one of them
    Webb again leaned back in the chair—now, however, taut, his eyes steady on his old friend, who
    was once briefly his deadly enemy“If what memory I have left serves me, Bourne was identified
    as having come out of Medusa
    “It was an entirely believable explanation and a perfect cover,” agreed Conklin, returning
    David’s gaze“We went back to Tam Quan and ‘discovered’ that Bourne was a paranoid
    Tasmanian adventurer who disappeared in the jungles of North VietnamNowhere in that very
    creative dossier was there the slightest clue of a Washington connection
    “But that’s all a lie, isn’t it, Alex? There was and is a Washington connection, and the Jackal
    knows it nowHe knew it when he found you and Mo Panov in Hong Kong—found your names in
    the ruins of that sterile house on Victoria Peak where Jason Bourne was supposedly blown away
    He confirmed it last night when his messengers approached you at the Smithsonian and—your
    words—‘our men were very obvious He knew finally that everything he’s believed for thirteen
    years is trueThe member of Medusa who was called Delta was Jason Bourne, and Jason Bourne
    was a creation of American intelligence—and he’s still aliveAlive and in hiding and protected by
    his government
    Conklin slammed his fist on the arm of his chair“How did he find us, find me? Everything,
    everything, was under a black drapeMcAllister and I made sure of it!”
    “I can think of several ways, but that’s a question we can postpone, we haven’t time for it now
    We have to move now on what we know Carlos knows
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    35
    “What? Move how?”
    “If Bourne was plucked from Medusa, it has to follow that our covert operations were working
    with it—with themOtherwise, how could the Bourne switch be created? What the Jackal doesn’t
    know or hasn’t put together yet is how far this government—especially certain people in this
    government—will go to keep Medusa in its black holeAs you pointed out, some very important
    men in the White House and the State Department could get burned, a lot of nasty labels branded
    on the foreheads of global power brokers, I think you called them
    “And suddenly we’ve got a few Waldheims of our own Conklin nodded, frowning and looking
    down, his thoughts obviously rac
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    7:58 am
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    Eighteenth-century Palladian, Charlotte said, and what, pray tell, was
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    its richness and its crops, and the town, for its rents and services
    and because no one, not even Rhett, owned his own townHowever,
    she
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    next to her own, not in some nursery wing with a and Scarlett would
    do
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    costs made her wince, but she ad agreed to give Charlotte a free hand
    and it was too late to back out once she'd shaken hands on it
    Besides, money just didn't matter o her now the way it used toSo
    Scarlett took refuge in the Estate office and Cat made the itchen her
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    her
    house for months on endAt least she had the farm to run, and her
    duties as The O'HaraAlso she was buying horses"I know little or
    nothing about horses," said Charlotte MontagueIt was a statement
    that made Scarlett's eyebrows skid upwardsShe'd come to believe
    that
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    "You'll need at least four saddle horses and six hunters, eight would
    be better, and you must ask Sir chanel handbags sale olin Morland to assist you in selecting
    them
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    than five hundred pounds!"
    Scarlett shoutedShe brought her voice down to
    normal
    sound, she'd learned that shouting at MrsMontague was a waste of
    energy; nothing bothered the woman"I'll educate you a little about
    horses," she said with venomous sweetness"You can only ride one
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    7:58 am
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    “Yes,” he interrupted me, shaking his head“But it's different here–Jeb has a gun for the
    slackers
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    Jeb was in attendance about every other nightHe didn't hermes bag participate; he just sat thoughtfully in
    the back of the room, occasionally grinning
    He was right about the entertainment factor; oddly, for we all had legs, the situation reminded
    me of the See WeedsThere had been a special title for entertainers there, likeComforter
    orHealer orSeekerI was one of theStorytellers, so the transition to a teacher here on Earth had
    not been such a change, profession-wise, at leastIt was much the same in the kitchen after
    dark, chloe white with the smell of smoke and baking bread filling the roomEveryone was stuck here, as
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    usual–the same endlessly repeated sweaty chores, the same thirty-five faces, the same memories
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    I was in about my fourth week as an informal teacher when life in the caves changed again
    The kitchen was crowded, as was usualJeb and Doc were the only ones missing besides the
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    the size they'd started atThey were ready for the oven, as soon as the current tray was done
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    8:08 am
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    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    7:59 am
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    "Don't you have anything better to do with your time than bully a
    household of women?" Rosemary glared at the Union captain, her
    fisted
    hands on her hips"Sit down and be quiet, Rosemary," said Mrs"I apologize for my daughter's rudeness, Captain The
    officer was not won over by Eleanor's conciliatory politeness"Go
    ahead and search the house," he ordered his menScarlett lay supine
    on
    the couch with chamomile compresses on her sunburned face and
    swollen
    eyesShe was grateful for their protection; she didn't have to look
    at the YankeesWhat a cool head Miss Eleanor had, to think of
    arranging a sickroom scene in the libraryStill, curiosity was nearly
    killing herShe couldn't tell what was going on with only sound to
    guide herShe could hear footsteps, and doors closing, and then
    silenceWas the captain gone? Were Miss Eleanor and Rosemary
    gone,
    too? She couldn't stand itShe moved one hand slowly up to her
    eyes
    and lifted a corner of the damp cloth that covered themRosemary
    was
    sitting in the chair near the desk, calmly reading a book"Ssst,"
    Scarlett whisperedRosemary quickly closed the book and covered
    the
    title with her hand"What is it?" she said, also whispering
    "Did you hear something?"
    "No, I don't hear a thingWhat are they doing? Where's Miss
    Eleanor?
    Did they arrest her?"
    "For heaven's sake, Scarlett, what are you whispering for?"
    Rosemary's
    normal voice sounded terribly loud"The soldiers are searching the
    house for weapons; they're confiscating all the guns in Charleston
    Mama's following them around to make sure they don't confiscate
    anything else Was that all? Scarlett relaxedThere were no guns
    in the house; she knew because she'd looked for one hersel
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    7:58 am
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    “Exactly what you did,” answered Holland, a tight grin on his lips“But you’re supposed to be
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    “For that I do thank youAnd you’re right, of courseIt had to be DeSole; how he did it, I don’t
    know, but it had to be himIt probably went back years inside his head—he never really forgot
    anything, you knowHis mind was a sponge that absorbed everything and never let a recollection
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    296
    drip awayHe could remember words and phrases, even spontaneous grunts of approval or
    disapproval the rest of us forgotAnd I gave him the whole Bourne-Jackal history—and then
    someone from Medusa used it in Brussels
    “They did more than that, Alex,” said Holland, leaning forward in his chair and picking up
    several papers from his desk“They stole your scenario, usurped your strategyThey’ve pitted
    Jason Bourne against Carlos the Jackal, but instead of the controls being in your hands, Medusa has
    themBourne’s back where he was in Europe thirteen years ago, maybe with his wife, maybe not,
    the only difference being that in addition to Carlos and Interpol and every other police authority on
    the continent ready to waste him on sight, he’s got another lethal monkey on his back
    “That’s what’s in those pages you’re holding, isn’t it? The information from New York?”
    “I can’t guarantee it, but I think soIt’s the cross-pollinator I spoke about before, the bee that
    went from one rotten flower to another carrying poison
    “Nicolo Dellacroce and the higher-ups above him
    “Mafia?”
    “It’s consistent, if not socially acceptableMedusa grew out of Saigon’s officer corps and it still
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    “But I gather you found them,” said the impatient Conklin
    “Again, we think so—we being our people in quiet consultation with New York’s anticrime
    division, especially a unit called the
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    7:57 am
    @@@@@ "Not how you knew she was bumping uglies
    @@@@@
    "Not how you knew she was bumping uglies with this
    guy, but-"
    "How I diagnosed his suicidal depression from
    fifteen hundred miles away
    "Ah! And what did you say?"
    "Not having a good lawyer present, I was reduced
    to the truth
    "And she thought you were un poco loco
    "No, Wireman, she thought I was muy loco
    "Does it matter?"
    "NoBut she's going to brood about this - believe
    me when I say Pam's UOlympic Brooding Team
    material - and I'm afraid my good deed could
    explode in my younger daughter's face
    "Assuming your wife's looking for someone to
    blame
    "It's a safe assumption
    "It'd rock Ilse's world more than it deserves to
    be rockedTom's been like an uncle to her and
    Melinda their whole lives
    366
    "Then you'll have to convince your wife that you
    really saw what you saw, and your daughter had
    nothing to do with it
    "How do I do that?"
    "How about you tell her something about herself
    you have no way of knowing?"
    "Wireman, you're crazy! I can't just make
    something like that happen!"
    "How do you know? I have to get off the phone,
    amigo - by the sound, Miss Eastlake's lunch just
    went on the floorI'll see you later?"
    "Yeah," I saidI was about to add goodbye, but he
    was already goneI hung up, wondering where I had
    put Pam's gardening gloves, the ones that said
    HANDS OFFMaybe if I had those, Wireman's idea
    might not turn out to be so crazy after all
    I looked for them all over the house and came up
    emptyMaybe I threw them away after making the
    Friends with Benefits drawing, but I couldn't
    remember doing itI can't remember nowAll I
    know is that I never saw them again
    vii
    367
    The room which Wireman and Elizabeth called the
    China Parlor was filled with a sad, subtropical
    winterlight that afternoonThe rain was heavier
    now, drumming against the walls and windows in
    waves, and a wind had gotten up, clattering
    through the palms surrounding El Palacio and
    sending shadows flying across the wallsFor the
    first time since I'd been coming there, I could
    see no sense to the china figures on the long
    table; there were no tableaux, only a clutter of
    people, animals, and buildingsA unicorn and one
    of the blackface guys lay side by side next to the
    overturned schoolhous
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    8:05 am
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    you
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    the
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    Michael's tolling the hour Every other Sunday, she had gone to Mass at ten o'clockShe had more important things to doShe slid out of bed and
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    on the work at Tara
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    "Stop that babbling and
    get out my valises"I'm going to Savannah
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    depotThe train left for Savannah at ten of twelveAnd tomorrow
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    each other
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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    And did Melinda know?
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    "Are you taking care of yourself?" I asked her I could almost see her rolling her
    eyes"How many bunches?"
    "A million and one for under your pillow," she
    said, as if humoring a child
    I sat there for a little while, looking out at the
    water, rubbing absently at my eyes, then made what
    I hoped would be the day's last call
    vii
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    Jones, calling either to beg for another chance or
    to explainThat was a hunch
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    "Hey, If-So-Girl, whatcha doon?"
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    572
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    tell you they were good? I mean, did I tell you,
    or what?"
    "You told me," I said, grinning in spite of myself
    She might have sounded older to Lin, but after
    that first tentative hello, she sounded to me like
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    words, and little ones at that, but in those five
    words I heard the different, older Illy, one who
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