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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:16 am
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    black chanel bag,gucci fashion,prada tote bag,omega de ville,motorcycle balenciaga@@@@@Hearn prodded the bed, which was made very neatly, the extra blanket folded squarely at the foot, the pillow centered at the head with its ends tucked in"Good job on that bed, Clellan," Hearn said
    "You think so, Lieutenant?" Clellan didn't move
    Hearn turned away and inspected the flaps of the fly-tentThey were tied neatly and evenly, and when he yanked at one of the black chanel bag tie cords the knot did not slipHe strode about the outside of the tent, examining the stakesThey were all in line, all slanted at the same angle -- since there had been a heavy rain the night before, Hearn knew that Clellan had already straightened themHe walked back inside the tent, and looked at the board floor, which had been swept and washedClellan looked sullenly gucci fashion at Hearn's feet"You're tracking it up, Lieutenant," he said
    Hearn stared at the muddy marks his shoes had left"I'm sorry, Clellan," he said
    "It's a lot of work, Lieutenant
    Hearn's temper flared"Clellan, you don't work so hard
    "Cain't say as any of us do," Clellan drawled
    Well, what the hell! All right, he had deserved that answerHearn turned away again, examined prada tote bag the map boardThe cover was draped smoothly over it, and the red and blue pencils at its base had been sharpened and separated into their compartmentsHe walked about, opening the General's foot locker to see that his clothing was stacked tidily, sat down before the General's desk to open the drawers and inspect the insidesSearching for dust, he trailed his fingers under omega de ville the ledgeHearn grunted with distaste and stood up to inspect the rain ditch that ran around the tentClellan had already removed the silt from the night's rain, and the ditch was clean with new soil
    "Yes?"
    "Everything seems okay today except the flowers
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    2:15 am
    @@@@@"Young kid, didn't even know what the fuggin
    @@@@@"Young kid, didn't even know what the fuggin score was," he thoughtHe remembered abruptly that when they had picked Hennessey up to move him farther away from the water, his helmet had fallen offIt had landed with a dull grating sound, and it spun once with a gritty noise in the sandGuy's dead, and that's all he getsHe began to tremble as he remembered the letter in his shirt pocketHe had taken one look at the date, and he had known it would be the last one he would ever getMaybe she wrote another one, he thought, and kicked some sandHe sat down, looked about him with the suspicious attitude of an animal about to eat in its lair, and then ripped open the flapThe sound tore at his nerves; he was beginning to feel the finality of each of his motions nowAbruptly, he realized the irony of pitying Hennessey"I got my own fuggin troubles," he mutteredThe sheets of paper felt pitifully flimsy in his hands
    He reread the last paragraph when he had finished"Roy, honey, this'll be the last letter I'll write for a coupel of days, the pain started just a little while ago, and Jamie went down to get Dr NewcomeI'm awful scared cawse he said I'm going to have a hard time, but dont worrie cawse everything will be alright, I know itI wish you could be with me, you got to take awful good care of youeself cawse I would be afraide to be aloneI love you so much, honey
    He folded the letter and put it back in his pocketHe felt a dull ache, his forehead was burningFor several minutes he did not think of anything at all, and then he spat bitterlyAaah, the fuggin women, that's all they know, love, I love you, honey, just want to hold a man downHe trembled again; he was remembering the frustrations and annoyances of his marriage for the first time in many monthsAll a woman wants is to get a man and then she goes to pot, to hell with it allHe was thinking of how wan Mary looked in the morning, and how the left side of her jaw would swell in sleepIncidents, unpleasant fragments of their life churned turgidly in his brain like a pot of thick stew coming to a boil
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:16 am
    @@@@@ "I'd love to meet her, EleanorWhat do you
    @@@@@
    "I'd love to meet her, EleanorWhat do you think of this flounder?
    I was planning on sheepshead, but they're not in yet, and I can't
    wait
    I don't know why the fishing boats can't be more punctual, and don't
    talk to me about no wind for the sailsMy bonnet nearly blew right
    off my head this morning
    "I really prefer flounder myself, Minnie, it takes to a sauce so much
    betterLet me present Rhett's wife, Scarlett Tell me, does this flounder look good to you?" It
    looked disgusting to her, but Scarlett murmured, "I've always been
    partial to flounder myself She hoped that all Miss Eleanor's friends
    wouldn't ask her opinionShe didn't even know what flounder was, for
    pity sakes, much less if it was any good or not
    In the next hour, Scarlett was introduced to more than twenty ladies,
    and a dozen varieties of fishShe was receiving a thorough education
    in seafoodButler bought crabs, going to five different sellers
    until she had accumulated eight"I suppose I seem awfully picky to
    you," she said when she was satisfied, "but the soup's just not the
    same if it's made with he-crabsThe roe gives it a special flavor,
    you seeIt's a lot harder to find she-crab this time of year, but
    it's worth the effort, I think
    Scarlett didn't care a bit what gender the crabs wereShe was
    appalled that they were still alive, scuttling around in the tubs,
    reaching out their claws, making nervous rustling noises as they
    climbed on top of one another trying to reach up the sides to get
    out
    And now she could hear them in Celie's basket, pushing at the paper
    sack that held themThe shrimp were worse, even though they were
    deadTheir ice were horrible black balls on stalks, and they had long
    trailing whiskers and feelers and spiky stomachsShe couldn't believe
    that she'd ever eaten anything that looked like that, much less
    enjoyed
    itThe oysters didn't bother her; they just looked like dirty
    rocksButler picked up a curved knife from a table and
    opened
    one, Scarlett felt her stomach heaveIt looks like a hawk of spit
    floating in old dishwater, she thoughtAfter the seafood the meats
    had a reassuring familiarity even though the swarms of flies around
    the
    blood-soaked newspapers under them made her queas
    2:15 am
    @@@@@"Was he a wicked little boy, too?" Behind
    @@@@@"Was he a wicked little
    boy, too?" Behind her she sensed Rhett's abrupt movementHa!
    That
    had struck homeHe'd felt guilty for years about the pain he'd caused
    his mother when his escapades made his father disown him
    "Supper's served, Miz Butler," said Manigo from the doorwayRhett
    offered his mother his arm, and Scarlett felt a stab of jealousy
    Then she reminded herself that his devotion to his mother was the
    very
    thing that permitted her to stay, and she swallowed her anger
    "I'm so hungry I could eat half a cow," she said, her voice bright,
    "and Rhett's just starving, aren't you, darling?" She had the upper
    hand now; he had admitted that muchIf she lost it, she'd lose the
    whole game, she'd never get him backAs it turned out, Scarlett
    needn't have worriedRhett took command of the conversation the
    moment
    they were seatedHe recounted his search for the tea service in
    Philadelphia, transforming it into an adventure, painting deft word
    portraits of the succession of people he talked to, mimicking their
    accents and idiosyncrasies with such skill that his mother and Scarlett
    found themselves laughing until their sides ached"And after
    following that long trail to get to him," Rhett concluded with a
    theatrical gesture of dismay, "just imagine my horror when the new
    owner seemed to be too honest to sell the tea service for the twenty
    times its value I offeredFor a minute, I was afraid I'd have to
    steal it back, but fortunately he was receptive to the suggestion that
    we amuse ourselves with a friendly game of cards Eleanor Butler
    tried to look disapproving"I do hope you didn't do anything
    dishonest, Rhett," she saidBut there was laughter beneath the
    wordsI only deal from the bottom when I'm playing
    with professionalsThis miserable ex-colonel in Sherman's army was
    such an amateur I had to cheat to let him win a few hundred dollars to
    ease hispainHe was like the reverse side of an EllintonAnd his wife-my heart goes out
    to
    her Rhett's mother leaned toward Scarlett"Some of the skeletons
    in
    my side of the family," Eleanor Butler said in a mock whisperShe
    laughed again and began to reminisceThe Ellintons, Scarlett learned,
    were famous all up and down the East Coast for the family weakness:
    they would gamble on anythingThe first Ellinton to settle in
    Colonial America was part of the shipload only because he had won a
    land grant in a wager with the owner as to who could drink the most
    ale
    and remain standin
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:17 am
    @@@@@Her anxiety had kept her awake after she
    @@@@@Her anxiety had kept her awake
    after she returned to the hotel shortly past midnight, having made the rounds of five cafés she and
    David had frequented so many years ago in ParisFinally by four-something in the morning,
    exhaustion had short-circuited her tossing and turning; she fell asleep with the bedside lamp
    switched on, and was awakened by the same light nearly six hours laterIt was the longest she had
    slept since that first night on Tranquility Isle, itself a distant memory now except for the very real
    pain of not seeing and hearing the childrenDon’t think about them, it hurts too muchNo, think about Jason Bourne! Where? Concentrate!
    She put down the Paris Tribune and poured herself a third cup of black coffee, glancing over at
    the French doors that led to a small balcony overlooking the rue de RivoliIt disturbed her that the
    once bright morning had turned into a dismal gray daySoon the rain would come, making her
    search in the streets even more difficultResigned, she sipped her coffee and replaced the elegant
    cup in the elegant saucer, annoyed that it was not one of the simple pottery mugs favored by David
    and her in their rustic country kitchen in MaineOh, God, would they ever be back there again?
    Don’t think about such things! Concentrate! Out of the question
    She picked up the Tribune, aimlessly scanning the pages, seeing only isolated words, no
    sentences or paragraphs, no continuity of thought or meaning, merely wordsThen one stood out at
    the bottom of a meaningless column, a single meaningless line bracketed at the bottom of a
    meaningless page
    The word was Memom, followed by a telephone number; and despite the fact that the Tribune
    was printed in English, the French in her switchable French-thinking brain absently translated the
    word as MaymohmShe was about to turn the page when a signal from another part of her brain
    screamed Stop!
    Memom mommy—turned around by a child struggling with his earliest attempts at language
    Meemom! Jamie—their Jamie! The funny inverted name he had called her for several weeks!
    David had joked about it while she, frightened, had wondered if their son had dyslexia
    “He could also just be confused, memom,” David had laughed
    David! She snapped up the page; it was the financial section of the paper, the section she
    instinctively gravitated to every morning over coffeeDavid was sending her a message! She
    pushed back her chair, crashing it to the floor as she grabbed the paper and rushed to the telephone
    on the deskHer hands trembling, she dialed the numberThere was no answer, and thinking that in
    her panic she had made an error or had not used the local Paris digit, she dialed again, now slowly,
    preciselyBut it was David, she felt it, she knew it! He had been looking for her at the
    Trocadéro and now he was using a briefly employed nickname only the two of them would know!
    My love, my love, I’ve found you! She also knew she could not stay in the confining quarters of
    the small hotel suite, pacing up and down and dialing every other minute, driving herself crazy with
    every unanswered ringWhen you’re stressed out and spinning until you think you’ll blow apart,
    find someplace where you can keep moving without being noticedKeep moving! That’s vitalYou
    can’t let your head explod
    2:15 am
    @@@@@Jason reached for the weapon in
    @@@@@Jason reached for the weapon in his
    belt—the gun he had borrowed from Bernardine—knowing that his companion already had his
    backup automatic out of his pocketThe beam of the left searchlight shot over their bodies as
    Bourne whispered, “Good work, but how did you spot it?”
    “The moving reflections of the lamps on the side windows,” replied old Fran?ois“I thought for
    a moment it was my former colleague returning to finish the job he had contemplatedNamely, my
    stomach in the streetMy God, look!”
    The van swept past the first two buildings, then suddenly swerved into the curb and stopped in
    front of the last structure, nearly two hundred feet from the storefront, the building farthest from the
    Jackal’s telephoneThe instant the vehicle came to a halt the rear door opened and four men
    jumped out, automatic weapons in their hands, two running to the street side, one racing down the
    pavement to the front, the last guard standing menacingly by the open doors, his MAC-10 ready to
    fireA dull wash of yellow light appeared at the top of the brick steps; the door had been opened
    and a man in a black raincoat came outsideHe stood for a moment looking up and down the
    boulevard Lefebvre
    “Is that him?” whispered Francois
    “No, not unless he’s wearing high heels and a wig,” answered Jason, reaching into his jacket
    pocket“I’ll know him when I see him—because I see him every day of my life!” Bourne took out
    one of the grenades he had also borrowed from BernardineHe checked the release, laying down
    his gun and gripping the pockmarked steel oval, tugging at the pin to make certain it was free of
    corrosion
    “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” asked the old Deuxième veteran
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    271
    “That man up there is a decoy,” replied Jason, his soft voice suspended in a cold monotone“In
    moments another will take his place, run down the steps and get into the van, either in the front seat
    or through the rear doors—I hope the latter, but it won’t make much difference
    “You’re mad! You’ll be killed! What good is a corpse to that family of yours?”
    “You’re not thinking, Fran?oisThe guards will run back and climb up through the rear doors
    because there’s no room in frontThere’s a lot of difference between climbing into a truck and
    jumping out of itFor starters, it’s a slower sequenceBy the time the last man gets in and
    reaches out to close those wide doors, I’ll have a primed grenade inside that vanAnd I have no
    intention of becoming a corpseStay here!”
    Before Bernardine could object further, Medusa’s Delta crawled out into the dark boulevard,
    dark but for the harsh stationary beams of the searchlights, which were now angled on the flanks,
    thus actually enhancing Bourne’s concealmentThe hot white light around the vehicle obscured the
    darkness beyond; his only extreme risk was the guard posted by the open doorsHugging the
    shadows of the successive storefronts as though he were threading his way through the high grass
    of the Mekong Delta toward a floodlit prisoner compound, Jason crept slowly forward with each
    wayward glance of the rear guard, his eyes darting continuously up to the man by the door above
    the brick steps
    Suddenly another figure emerged; it was a woman carrying a small suitcase in one hand, a large
    purse in the ot
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:16 am
    @@@@@ Wireman sat up and stretched"It's been a
    @@@@@
    Wireman sat up and stretched"It's been a hell of
    a day, but I won't be sorry to see my bed tonight,
    boysI guess I'm getting old, huh?"
    x
    328
    Although my leg was stiff, I got out of the van
    and stood next to him while he opened the door of
    the little iron box beside the gate to reveal a
    state-of-the-art security keypad
    "Thanks for coming with me, Wireman"But if you thank me again,
    muchacho, I'm going to have to punch you in the
    mouthSorry, but that's just the way it's gotta
    be
    "Good to know," I said
    He laughed and clapped me on the shoulderYou got style, you got class, you got
    the lips to kiss my ass
    I could have told him about what had just happened
    to himIn the end, I decided not to
    I didn't know if it was the right decision or the
    wrong one, but I did know he might have a long
    night with Elizabeth Eastlake ahead of himAlso,
    that headache was still sitting in the back of my
    skullI settled for asking him again if he
    wouldn't consider letting me turn my promised
    doctor's appointment into a double date
    329
    "I will consider it," he said"And I'll let you
    know
    "Well don't wait too long, because-"
    He raised a hand, stilling me, and for once his
    face was unsmilingEnough for one
    night, okay?"
    "Okay," I saidI watched him go in, then went
    back to the van
    Jack had the volume up He went
    to turn it down and I said, "No, that's okay
    "Really?" He turned around and headed back up the
    roadYou ever heard em before?"
    "Jack," I said, "that's StyxDennis DeYoung?
    Tommy Shaw? Where have you been all your life? In
    a cave?"
    Jack smiled guiltily"I'm into country and even
    more into old standards," he said
    2:15 am
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    raised ghost-hands over his head and took big
    wavery ghost-steps across the light blue living
    room carpetThe effect was to a large degree
    spoiled by his shirt, which was covered with
    tropical birds and flowers"After that, whatever
    walked in Big Pinkwalked alone!"
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    a Lucille Ball dolly I spy sitting on the couch in
    the Florida room?"
    "That's Reba, the Anger-Management QueenShe was
    given to me by my psychologist friend, Kramer
    But that wasn't rightMy missing arm began to
    294
    itch madlyFor the ten thousandth time I tried purse louis vuitton to
    scratch it and got my still-mending ribs instead
    "Wait," I said, and looked at Reba, who was
    staring out at the GulfI can do this, I thought
    It's like where you put money when you want to
    hide it from the government
    Wireman was waiting patientlyThe one that
    sometimes wanted to drawIt wanted chanel handbags sale to draw then
    I thought it wanted to draw WiremanWireman and
    the bowl of fruit
    Stop the weird shit, I thought
    I can do this, I thought
    You hide money from the government in offshore
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    "Well now that we've got that solved," Wireman
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:16 am
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    louis vuitton multicolore,rolex submariner price,gucci horsebit hobo,logo chanel,louis vuitton men@@@@@The Seeker was alive; the Seeker was here
    I shouldn't have been afraid of her
    Of course, it made sense to be afraid that her disappearance would bring the other Seekers
    down on usEveryone was afraid of thatSpying on the search for my body, the humans had
    seen how vocal she was about her convictionsShe'd been trying to convince the other Seekers
    that there were humans hiding in this louis vuitton multicolore desert wastelandNone seemed to take her seriouslyThey
    had gone home; she was the only one who kept looking
    But now she'd vanished in the middle of her searchThat changed everything
    Her vehicle had been moved far away, left in the desert on the other side of TucsonIt looked
    as though she'd disappeared in the same way it was believed I had: pieces of her bag left torn
    nearby, the snacks rolex submariner price she'd carried with her chewed open and scatteredWould the other souls
    accept such a coincidence?
    We already knew they would notWould the search become
    more intense?
    But to be afraid of the Seeker herself… That didn't make much senseShe was physically
    insignificant, probably smaller than JamieI was stronger and faster than she wasI was
    surrounded by friends and allies, and she, inside gucci horsebit hobo these caves at least, was all aloneTwo guns,
    the rifle and her own Glock–the very gun Ian had once envied, the gun that had killed my friend
    Wes–were trained on her at every momentOnly one thing had kept her alive until now, and it
    couldn't save her for long
    Jeb had thought I might want to talk to her
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    So why did I feel as though I was at the disadvantage? Why this strange premonition thatshe
    would be the one to walk away from our confrontation?
    I hadn't decided if I wanted to talk to herAt least, that was what I'd told Jeb
    Without a doubt, I didnot want to talk to herI was terrified to ever see her face again–a face
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    2:15 am
    @@@@@ “The Brady Bunch?” I laughedI'd seen that
    @@@@@
    “The Brady Bunch?”
    I laughedI'd seen that show in San Diego, and Melanie knew it from her childhood“It
    condoned aggressionI remember one where a little male child punched a bully, and that was
    portrayed as being the right thing to do
    Ian shook his head in disbelief but returned to the show with the former See WeedHe laughed
    at the wrong parts, the parts that were supposed to be touching
    I stared out the window, watching something much more interesting than the predictable story
    on television
    Across the two-lane road from the inn was a small park, bordered on one side by a school and
    on the other by a field where cows grazedThere were a few young trees, and an old-fashioned
    playground with a sandbox, a slide, a set of monkey bars, and one of those hand-pulled
    merry-go-roundsOf course there was a swing set, too, and that was the only equipment being
    used currently
    A little family was taking advantage of the cooler evening airThe father had some silver in his
    dark hair at the temples; the mother looked many years his juniorHer red brown hair was pulled
    back in a long ponytail that bobbed when she movedThey had a little boy, no more than a year
    oldThe father pushed the child in the swing from behind, while the mother stood in front,
    leaning in to kiss his forehead when he swung her way, making him giggle so hard that his
    chubby little face was bright redThis had her laughing, too–I could see her body shake with it,
    her hair dancing
    “What are you staring at, Wanda?”
    Jared's question wasn't anxious, because I was smiling softly at the surprising scene
    “Something I've never seen in all my livesI'm staring at… hope
    Jared came to stand behind me, peeking out over my shoulder“What do you mean?” His eyes
    swept across the buildings and the road, not pausing on the playing family
    I caught his chin and pointed his face in the right directionHe didn't so much as flinch at my
    unexpected touch, and that gave me a strange jolt of warmth in the pit of my stomach
    “What am I looking at?”
    “The only hope for survival I've ever seen for a host species
    “Where?” he demanded, bewildered
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:15 am
    @@@@@Hearn? Your opinion means an awful lot to
    @@@@@Hearn? Your opinion means an awful lot to me
    Oh, yes, it's a very successful job
    And George Andrew Johannesson, how is he?
    Well, to tell you the truth, Miss Helledell, I should prefer to discuss it when we've got the manuscript between usI remember the characters perfectly but I'm awfully bad on namesIt's one of my faults for which you'll have to forgive me
    And there is always the game of mentally plucking, one by one, all the feathers in her hat
    Or the young serious novelist, not quite good enough, he has decidedGodfrey, I think you've got a damn good book there and it's a damn shame that publishing exigencies being what they are, this is not quite the season, perhaps in thirty-six, it would have been a classic if it had come out in the twenties, George, for example, liked it a hell of a lot
    Yeah, I understand, but still it seems to me you could take a chance, after all, that crap you put out, I understand, bread and butter, but a serious book is a publisher's only excuse for being
    Sure, it's a damn shameSipping his drink mournfullyYou know if you intend to do another book we're awfully interested in it

    The weekends in the summer:
    You have to talk to Carnes, what a delicious humorI don't mean he's quaint or anything like that, he's a man in his own right of course that's perfectly apparent, but as a gardener he's a findEven the natives consider him one apart, with that Lancashire accent of his -- If i' twere rainin' soup, there Ay'd be stahndin' with a fork in me hand, his hostess says, putting down her drink
    And across the porch the gossip is easily overheardI can't tell you what a bitch she is, the woman is incredibleWhen she went out on tour she hand-picked her leading man, purely by the genital heft, so to speak, and when he started fooling around with poor little Judy, damn if Beroma didn't give a party to which she invited everyone but little Judy and the corpus delicti
    In the office in the middle of the afternoon: He's coming up today, Hearn, he would, we're all invitedEllison has suggested that our attendance is requested
    Get up near him when he's had five or sixHe says the most amazing thingsAnd talk to his wife, the new one, she's fantastic
    In a bar with a Harvard contemporary:
    Hearn, you have no idea what it's like working on SpaceThat man! He's hideous, he's a Fascist
    2:15 am
    @@@@@ The answer grated, made Cummings's flesh
    @@@@@
    The answer grated, made Cummings's flesh tingleHe had been absorbed in the argument, temporarily indifferent to Hearn, concerned only with unfolding his thesis, and the obscenity stirred little swirls of apprehension in himHis anger returned again
    For the moment, however, he ignored Hearn Hearn shrugged once more, his silence unpleasantly eloquentThere was something unapproachable and unattainable about Hearn which had always piqued him, always irritated him subtlyThe empty pit where there should be a manAnd at the moment he desired, with an urgency that clamped his jaws together, to arouse some emotion in HearnWomen would have wanted to excite some love from him, but for himself -- to see Hearn afraid, filled with shame if only for an instant
    Cummings went on talking, his voice quiet and expressionless"The average man always sees himself in relation to other men as either inferior or superiorWomen play no part in itThey're an index, a yardstick among other gauges, by which to measure superiority
    "Did you arrive at that all by yourself, sir? It's an impressive analysis
    Hearn's sarcasm riled him again"I'm quite aware, Robert, that you've worked out the ABC's of something like that, but you don't carry it any furtherYou stop there, go back to your starting point, and take off againThe truth of it is that from man's very inception there has been one great vision, blurred first by the exigencies and cruelties of nature, and then, as nature began to be conquered, by the second great cloak -- economic fear and economic strivingThat particular vision has been muddied and diverted, but we're coming to a time when our techniques will enable us to achieve it He exhaled his smoke slowly"There's that popular misconception of man as something between a brute and an angelActually man is in transit between brute and God
    "Man's deepest urge is omnipotence?"
    "YesIt's not religion, that's obvious, it's not love, it's not spirituality, those are all sops along the way, benefits we devise for ourselves when the limitations of our existence turn us away from the other dreamWhen we come kicking into the world, we are God, the universe is the limit of our senses
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:16 am
    @@@@@ During the reception people had to take
    @@@@@
    During the reception people had to take turns to get out onto the
    columned porch outside the crowded ballroom for a breath of air and a
    view of the helpless patrol marching in futile discipline along the
    empty streetRhett had returned to the city that afternoon with the
    news that Ross was safely in WilmingtonScarlett confessed to him
    out
    on the porch that she'd been afraid to go to the wedding, even with
    him
    as escort"I couldn't believe that a bunch of tea-party ladies could
    lick the Yankee ArmyI've got to say it, RhettThese Charleston
    folks have got all the gumption in the world"I love the
    arrogant fools, every one of themI do hope he never learns that he missed the
    Yankee by a mile, he'd be very embarrassed
    "He didn't even shoot him? I suppose he was drunk Her voice was
    thick with contempt
    Then it skidded high with fear"Then the prowler's still around!"
    Rhett patted her shoulderRest assured, my dear, you'll hear no
    more of the prowlerMy brother and little Lucinda's hasty wedding
    have put the fear of God into the Yankees He chuckled with rich,
    private enjoyment"What's so funny?" demanded Scarlett
    suspiciously
    She hated it when people laughed and she didn't know why"Nothing
    you
    would understand," said Rhett"I was congratulating myself on
    single-handedly solving a problem and then my bungling brother went
    me
    one better: he inadvertently gave the whole city something to enjoy
    and
    feel proud aboutLook at them, Scarlett The porch was more
    crowded
    than everLucinda Wragg, now Lucinda Grimball, was throwing
    flowers
    from her bouquet down to the soldiers"Humph! I'd sooner throw
    brickbats myself!"
    "I'm sure you wouldYou've always liked the obviousLucinda's way
    requires imaginat
    2:15 am
    @@@@@ He really means it, she thought
    @@@@@ He really means it, she thought with
    despairAll the tea parties I've sat through, and the dreary clothes
    I had to wear, and tramping through the cold dark every morning to
    the
    Market-it was all for nothingShe had come to Charleston to get Rhett
    back, and she had not won"I want you," Scarlett said with stark
    honesty
    This time it was Rhett who was silentShe could see only his outline
    and the pale smoke from his cigarHe was so near; if she moved her
    foot a few inches it would touch hisShe wanted him so much that
    she
    felt physical painShe wanted to double over to ease it, hold it
    inside her so it couldn't grow any worseBut she sat tall, waiting
    for him to speakoverhead Scarlett could hear a rumble of voices
    punctuated by Pansy's high-pitched giggleIt made the silence in the
    cabin seem even worse"A half million in gold," said Rhett"What did
    you say?" I must have heard wrongI told him what was in my heart
    and he hasn't answered"I said I'll give you half a million dollars
    in gold if you will go awayWhatever pleasure you're finding in
    Charleston can hardly be worth that much to youI'm offering you a
    handsome bribe, ScarlettYour greedy little heart can't possibly
    prefer a futile attempt to save our marriage to a fortune bigger than
    you ever hoped forAs a bonus, if you agree I'll resume payments for
    expenses of that monstrosity on Peachtree Street
    "You promised last night that you'd send the money to Uncle Henry
    today," she said automaticallyShe wished he'd be quiet for a
    minuteWas it really "a futile attempt"? She refused to
    believe it"Promises are made to be broken," Rhett said calmly
    "What about my offer, Scarlett?"
    "I need to thin
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:16 am
    @@@@@It’s now nine-thirty in the
    @@@@@It’s now nine-thirty in the morning,
    Eastern Standard Time
    Stunned, his mind spinning, Bourne hung up the phone and stared at Marie“Something’s
    happened and I have to make sense out of itHis last words were—‘Out, Juneau ”
    “Juneau?” Marie squinted, her eyes blocking out the light, then she opened them and looked at
    her husband“Alpha, Bravo, Charlie,” she began softly, adding, “Alternating military alphabets?”
    Then she spoke rapidlyIndia, Juneau! Juneau’s for J and J is for Jason! What
    was the rest?”
    “He’s visiting someplace—”
    “Come on, let’s walk,” she broke in, noticing the curious faces of two men waiting to use the
    phone; she grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the booth“He couldn’t be clearer?” she
    asked as they entered the flow of the crowdswhere a grave error was made ”
    “The what?”
    “He said to call him in five or six hours—he was visiting a place where a grave error—grave?—
    my God, it’s Rambouillet!”
    “The cemetery ?”
    “Where he tried to kill me thirteen years agoThat’s it! Rambouillet!”
    “Not in five or six hours,” objected Marie“No matter when he left the message he couldn’t fly
    to Paris and then drive to Rambouillet in five hours
    “Of course he could; we’ve both done it beforeAn army jet out of Andrews Air Force Base
    under diplomatic cover to ParisPeter Holland threw him out, but he gave him a going away
    presentImmediate separation, but a bonus for bringing him Medusa Bourne suddenly whipped
    his wrist up and looked at his watch“It’s still only around noon in the islandsLet’s find another
    phone
    “Johnny? Tranquility? You really think—”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    301
    “I can’t stop thinking!” interrupted Jason, rushing ahead, holding Marie’s hand as she
    stumblingly kept up with him“Glace,” he said, looking up to his right
    “Ice cream?”
    “There’s a phone inside, over there,” he answered, slowing them both down and approaching the
    huge windows of a patisserie that had a red banner over its door announcing an ice cream counter
    with several dozen flavors“Get me a vanilla,” he said, ushering them both into the crowded s
    2:15 am
    @@@@@But we can move, that’s the important
    @@@@@But 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 criedWhy did you come to Paris?”
    “Good Christ!” exploded Marie“To find you, to help you!”
    “I’m sure you thought it was right
    “That voice again,” protested Marie“That goddamned disembodied tone of voice! Who the hell
    do you think you are to make that judgment? God? To put it bluntly—no, not bluntly, but
    brutally—there are things you have trouble remembering, my darling
    “Not about Paris,” objected Jason“I remember everything about Paris
    “Your friend Bernardine didn’t think so! He told me you never would have chosen the Meurice
    if you did
    “What?” Bourne briefly, harshly glanced at his wifeWhy did you choose—and you did choose—the Meurice?”
    “I don’t know It’s a hotel; the name just came to meWhat happened years ago at the Meurice—right outside the Meurice?”
    “I—I know something happenedYou?”
    “Yes, my love, meI stayed there under a false name and you came to meet me, and we walked
    to the newsstand on the corner, where in one horrible moment we both knew my life could never be
    the same again—with you or without
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:16 am
    @@@@@I could give it to her, but I remembered
    @@@@@I could give it to her, but I
    remembered how furious it made me when people did
    that, and waited"Did him tell you what to do
    with it?"
    "Yes
    "Then what are you waiting for? Take the bitch
    I carried the tin up one side of the tennis court
    to the little pondThe fish were jumping at the
    surface, a lot more excited by the rain than I was
    There was a little pile of stones beside the bench,
    just as Wireman had said there would beI tossed
    one in ("You might not think she could hear that,
    but her ears are very sharp," Wireman had told me),
    being careful to avoid beaning one of the carp
    Then I took the tin, with the figurine still
    inside, back into the houseBut not into the
    China ParlorI went into the kitchen, removed the
    370
    lid, and pulled out the wrapped figureThis
    hadn't been in Wireman's set of contingency
    instructions, but I was curious
    It was a china woman, but the face had been
    chipped awayThere was only a ragged blank where
    it had been
    "Who's there?" Elizabeth shrieked, making me jump
    I almost dropped the creepy little thing on the
    floor, where it surely would have shattered on the
    tiles
    "Just me, Elizabeth," I called back, laying the
    figure on the counter
    "Edmund? Or Edgar, or whatever your name is?"
    "Right I went back into the parlor
    "Did you take care of that business of mine?"
    "Yes, ma'am, I sure did
    "Have I had my snack yet?"
    "Yes
    "Do you want something else? I'm sure I could-"
    "No thanks, honI'm sure the train will be here
    soon, and you know I don't like to travel on a
    full stomachI always end up in one of the
    backwards seats and with food in my stomach I
    371
    should certainly be train-sickHave you seen my
    tin, my Sweet Owen tin?"
    "I think it was in the kitchenShould I bring
    it?"
    "Not on such a wet day," she s
    2:15 am
    @@@@@ I didn't know if it was the right decision
    @@@@@
    I didn't know if it was the right decision or the
    wrong one, but I did know he might have a long
    night with Elizabeth Eastlake ahead of himAlso,
    that headache was still sitting in the back of my
    skullI settled for asking him again if he
    wouldn't consider letting me turn my promised
    doctor's appointment into a double date
    329
    "I will consider it," he said"And I'll let you
    know
    "Well don't wait too long, because-"
    He raised a hand, stilling me, and for once his
    face was unsmilingEnough for one
    night, okay?"
    "Okay," I saidI watched him go in, then went
    back to the van
    Jack had the volume up He went
    to turn it down and I said, "No, that's okay
    "Really?" He turned around and headed back up the
    roadYou ever heard em before?"
    "Jack," I said, "that's StyxDennis DeYoung?
    Tommy Shaw? Where have you been all your life? In
    a cave?"
    Jack smiled guiltily"I'm into country and even
    more into old standards," he said"To tell you
    the truth, I'm a Rat Pack kind of guy
    The idea of Jack Cantori hanging with Dino and
    Frank made me wonder - and not for the first time
    that day - if any of this was really happeningI
    also wondered how I could remember that Dennis
    DeYoung and Tommy Shaw had been in Styx - that
    330
    Shaw had in fact written the song currently
    blasting out of the van's speakers - and sometimes
    not be able to remember my own ex-wife's name
    xi
    Both lights on the answering machine next to the
    living room phone were blinking: the one
    indicating that I had messages and the one
    indicating that the tape for recording messages
    was fullBut the number in the MESSAGES WAITING
    window was only 1I considered this with
    foreboding while the weight with my headache
    inside it slid a little closer to the front of my
    skullThe only two people I could think of who
    might call and leave a message so long it would
    use up the whole tape were Pam and Ilse, and in
    neither case would hitting PLAY MESSAGES be apt to
    bring me good newsIt doesn't take five minutes
    of recording-time to say Everything's fine, call
    when you get a chance
    Leave it until tomorrow, I thought, and a craven
    voice I hadn't even known was in my mental
    repertoire (maybe it was new) was willing to go
    331
    furtherIt suggested I simply delete the message
    without listening to it at all
    "That's right, sure," I s
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:16 am
    @@@@@ “Okay, on the side there should be a
    @@@@@
    “Okay, on the side there should be a switch… more like a dial, actuallyCan you see it?”
    “Yes
    “Spin it all the way down
    “What color is the light on top of the tank?”
    “It's… it's just turning from purple to… bright blue
    I took a deep breathAt least the tanks were functionalPop the lid and wait for me
    “How?”
    “Latch under the lip I heard the click of the latch, and then the whir of the mechanism“It'scold! ”
    “That's sort of the point
    “How does it work? What's the power source?”
    I sighed“I knew the answers when I was a SpiderI don't understand it nowDoc, you can go
    ahead
    “Here we go,” Doc whispered as he slid the blade of the scalpel deftly, almost gracefully,
    through the skinBlood coursed down the side of her neck, pooling on the towel Doc had
    placed underneathJust under the edge –”
    “Yes, I see Doc was breathing fast, excited
    Silver glinted out from the redNow you hold the hair
    Doc switched places with me in a smooth, swift movementHe was good at his CallingHe
    would have made quite a Healer
    I didn't try to hide what I was doing from himThe movements were too minute for him to
    have any chance of seei
    2:15 am
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    seems…”
    “Ian's with her
    Ian would help Lily–he was exactly what she needed nowWho would help Ian when… ? I
    shook my head, shaking the thought away
    “What are we in such a hurry to get?” Jared asked me
    I took a deep breath before I answered him
    The south tunnel was blackI could not louis vuitton pink see his faceHis footsteps did not falter beside me, and
    he didn't say anything for several minutesWhen he spoke again, I could hear that he was
    focusing on the raid–single-minded, setting aside whatever curiosity he felt until after the
    mission was planned to his satisfaction
    “Where do we get them?”
    “Empty cryotanks are stored outside Healing facilities until fendi b they're neededWith more souls
    coming in than leaving, there will be a surplusNo one will guard them; no one will notice if
    some go missing
    “Are you sure? Where did you get this information?”
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    had a small store of them, crated outside the delivery bay
    “If they were crated, then how omega pocket watch 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
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    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 Cartier tank takenI hoped they weren't stupid enough
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    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
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