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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:23 am
    @@@@@ The techniques had outraced the psyche"The
    @@@@@ The techniques had outraced the psyche"The majority of men must be subservient to the machine and it's not a business they instinctively enjoy And in the marginal area, the gap, were the peculiar tensions that birthed the dream
    Hearn flipped over the letter a little distastefully"Man had to destroy God in order to achieve Him, equal HimOr had Cummings said it? There were times when the demarcation between their minds was blurred for himCummings could have said itEffectively, it was Cummings's ideaHe folded the letter and put it away again
    Where did all this leave him? All right, just where? There had been a time, many times when it would have appealed, more than appealed, to whatever impulse there had been in him toto do what Cummings was capable of doingDivorced of all the environmental trappings, all the confusing and misleading attitudes he had absorbed, he was basically like CummingsWithout "the wife is a bitch" kind of urges, but even there, could he label it for certain? Cummings had been rightThey were both the same, and it had produced first the intimacy, the attraction they had felt toward each other, and then the hatred
    It was between them still as far as he was concernedEvery time he saw Cummings, if even for an instant, there was the same clutch of fear and hatred inside him, the same painful evocation of that moment when he had stooped to pick up the cigaretteIt was still humiliating, still informativeHe had never realized the extent of his own vanity, the hatred it was capable of generating when woundedCertainly, he had never hated anyone the way Cummings affected him nowThe week he had spent in G-3 under Dalleson had been lived at half-throttle; he had absorbed the procedures, done his work automatically, and had smoldered inside with an almost unbearable frustrationLately, he had begun to step out; this afternoon he had been flip with Dalleson, and that was an indication of something else, something not so pleasingIf he remained here he was likely to dissipate himself in a series of insignificant rebellions that would end only in further humiliationThe thing to do was to move out, be transferred, but Cummings would not let himAnd the rage he had kept tightly throttled all week was surging againIf only he could go up to Cummings and ask for a front-line platoon, but that would be fatal
    2:14 am
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    "Was Hennessey transferred from headquarters company?" he asked his assistant
    "I don't gucci ladies watches know, name's familiar The assistant thought a moment and then said, "Wait a minute, I temember, he was knocked off the day we came in The assistant was pleased that he had recalled it when the mail clerk had forgotten
    "That's right," the mail clerk said hastily"He got it right on the beach, I was talking to Brown about it He looked at the tied bundle of envelopes, sighed, and stamped on them, gucci replica "Addressee Killed in Action He was about to put the letters in one of the bags at his feet, when he noticed the return addressHe skimmed through the envelopes and discovered it was the same on all of them"Hey, look at this," he said to the assistant
    The return address on the letters was "Mom and Dad, 12 Riverdale Avenue, Tacuchet, Indiana The assistant read it to himself, and thought for a moment of a gucci mens wallet rosy-cheeked man and woman with graying hair, the Mom and Pop of a thousand billboard ads for soft drinks and mouthwashes and toothpastes"Gee, isn't that sad," he said
    "Makes you think," the assistant said

    After the midday meal, Gallagher was sitting in his tent when Croft called him"What is it?" Gallagher asked
    "The chaplain wants to see you," Croft said
    "What about?"
    "I don't know," Croft prada logo shrugged"Why don't you go see him? We'll be gone when you get back, so you'll have perimeter guard for the afternoon
    Gallagher walked through the bivouac and stopped at the chaplain's tentHis heart was beating quickly, and he was trying to suppress the hope he was feelingBefore they had landed on Anopopei, he had asked the chaplain if he needed another assistant, and the chaplain had promised to consider earring chanel h
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:23 am
    @@@@@Couldn't this stupid girl understand
    @@@@@Couldn't this stupid girl understand that?
    No, she couldn't, she'd never loved anybody, never had anybody love
    her
    Scarlett tried to scrabble to her feetOh, sweet Mary, Mother of God,
    I'm so weakHer hands found the bedpostSlowly she pulled herself
    uprightShe was as white as a ghost, her green eyes blazed like cold
    flames"I'm going to Rhett," she saidRosemary struck her then
    Not
    with her hands or even her fistsScarlett could have withstood
    that
    "He doesn't want you," Rosemary said quietly Rhett
    paused in mid-sentenceHe looked at Scarlett and said, "What is
    this?
    No appetite? And they say that country air is supposed to make
    people
    hungryYou astonish me, my dearI do believe this is the first time
    I've ever seen you peck at your food She looked up from her
    untouched plate to glare at himHow did he even dare to speak to her
    when he had been talking about her behind her back? Who else had
    he
    talked to besides Rosemary? Did everybody in Charleston know that
    he
    had walked out in Atlanta and that she'd made a fool of herself by
    coming after him? She looked down and continued to push bits of
    food
    from place to place"So then what happened?" Rosemary demanded
    "I
    still don't understand
    "It was just what Miss Julia and I expectedHer field hands and my
    phosphate diggers had cooked up a plotYou know that work
    contracts
    are signed on New Year's Day for the year to followMiss Julia's men
    were going to tell her that I paid my miners almost twice what she
    paid
    and that she'd have to jack up their salaries or they'd come to meMy
    men were going to play the same game, only the other way aroundIt
    never entered their heads that Miss Julia and I were on to the
    2:14 am
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    Oh,
    yes, Ross, that was itRoss was a man, and she'd never had any
    trouble charming menBabyless Margaret wasn't worth bothering
    about
    It wasn't likely she'd have any influence on Rhett
    Fiddle-dee-dee, what did any of them matter? It was his mother that
    Rhett loved so much, and chanel white bag his mother wanted them together, with a
    baby,
    two babies, a dozenRhett had to take her back
    Butler quickly on her cheek"I'm just longing for a baby, Miss
    EleanorWe'll convince Rhett, the two of us
    "You've made me very happy, ScarlettLet's go home now, it's only
    around the corner thereThen I think I'll have a little rest deville watch before
    dinner
    My committee is meeting at the house this afternoon, and I need to
    have
    my wits about meI hope you'll join us, if only for tea
    Margaret will be thereI don't want to pressure you to work, but of
    course if you were interested, I'd be pleasedWe raise money with
    cake sales and bazaars of handcrafts and such for louis vuitton men the Confederate
    Home
    for Widows and Orphans God's nightgown, were they all the same,
    these Southern ladies? It was just like Atlanta
    Always Confederate this and Confederate thatCouldn't they admit
    the
    War was over and get on with their lives? She'd have a headache
    Scarlett's step faltered, then resumed its steady pace, tank louis matching MrsNo, she'd go to the committee meeting, she'd even work on
    the committee if they asked herShe was never going to make the
    mistakes here she'd made in AtlantaShe was never going to be shut
    out and lonely again, not even if she had to wear the Stars and Bars
    embroidered on her corsets"That sounds mighty nice," she white chanel watch s
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:23 am
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    “How the hell can you say that?” asked Ogilvie, a catch in his voice, a prelude to tears
    “That’s a harsh judgment from such a resourceful man as youIt’s true you can’t
    remain here, but still your resources are immenseAct from that position of strengthForce
    concessions; it’s the art of survivalEventually the authorities will see the value of your
    contributions as they did bags dolce gabbana with Boesky, Levine and several dozen others who endure their minimal
    sentences playing tennis and backgammon while still possessing fortunes
    “How?” said the lawyer, looking up at the Russian, his eyes red, pleading
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    346
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    of courseBahrain, the Emirates, Morocco, Turkey, Greece—there’s no lack of attractive
    possibilitiesAll with rich English-speaking settlementsWe might even be able to help you,
    very quietly
    “Why would louis vuitton pink you?”
    “Your blindness returns, MrFor a price, naturallyYou have an extraordinary
    operation in EuropeIt’s in place and functioning, and under our control we could derive
    considerable benefits from itGod,” said the leader of Medusa, his voice trailing off as he stared at the consul
    general
    “Do you really have a choice, Counselor? Come now, we must hurryArrangements have to
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    It was 3:25 in the afternoon when Charles Casset walked into Peter Holland’s office at the
    Central Intelligence Agency“Breakthrough,” said the deputy director, then added less
    enthusiastically, “Of sorts
    “The Ogilvie firm?” asked the DCI
    “From left field,” replied Casset, nodding and placing several stock photographs on hermes kelly bag Holland’s
    de
    2:14 am
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    Jason Bourne had not run awayNeither part of the same man could have seen herThere had been
    another unknown reason for the sudden, hurried exit from the Trocadéro, but there was only one
    reason for his being at the TrocadéroHe, too, was searching what memories he gucci women watch had of Paris
    thirteen years agoHe, too, understood that somewhere, someplace in those memories he would
    find her
    She had rested, ordered room service and two hours later gone out again into the streets
    Now, at the moment, as she drank her tea, she could not wait for the light to comeThe day
    ahead was meant for searching
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    256
    “Bernardine!”
    “Mon Dieu, it is four o’clock in the morning, so I can assume you have something vital to tell
    this seventy-year-old man
    “I’ve got a problem
    “I think you have many problems, but I suppose it’s a minor distinctionWhat is it?”
    “I’m as close as I can be but I need an end man
    “Please speak clearer English, or if you will, far gucci ladies watches clearer FrenchIt must be an American term,
    this ‘end man But then you have so many esoteric phrasesI’m sure someone sits in Langley and
    thinks them up
    “Come on, I haven’t time for your bon mots
    “You come on, my friendI’m not trying to be clever, I’m trying to wake upThere, my feet
    are on the floor and a cigarette’s in my mouthNow, what is it?”
    “My Cartier tank access to the Jackal expects an Englishman to fly over from London this morning with two
    million eight hundred thousand francs—”
    “Far less than you have at your disposal, I assume,” interrupted Bernardine“The Banque
    Normandie was accommodating, was it not?”
    “VeryThe money’s there, and that Tabouri of yours is a beautHe tried to sell me real estate ladies watches gucci in
    Beir
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:23 am
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    pointed at his red eyeWhich really wasn't as red
    as it had been He picked up the contractThere were
    crumbs on it from Elizabeth's pastryHe brushed
    them off and handed it to me, then leaned forward,
    hands clasped between his knees, gazing at me over
    the imposing shelf of Elizabeth's bosom"If I had
    another X-ray, what would it show? That the slug
    was smaller? That it was gone?"
    "I don't know
    "Are you black chanel bag still working on my portrait?"
    "Yes
    "Don't stop, muchachoBut don't get your hopes up too
    high, okay?"
    "I won't Then another thought struck him, one
    that was eerily similar to Dario's stated concern
    "What do you think would happen if lightning
    struck Big Pink and it burned flat with that
    picture inside? What do you think would happen to
    me?"
    I shook my headI didn't want to think about it
    I did think about asking Wireman if I could go up
    to El Palacio's chanel earrings logo attic and look around for a
    certain picnic basket (it was RED), then decided
    not toI was sure it was there, less sure that I
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    wanted to know what was in itThere were strange
    things kicking around Duma Key, and I had reason
    to believe they weren't all nice things, and what
    I wanted to do about most of them was nothingIf
    I left them alone, then maybe they'd leave me
    aloneI'd send most of my pictures off-island to
    keep everything nice and peaceful; sell them, tiffany cross too,
    if people wanted to buy themI could watch them
    go without a pangI was passionate about them
    while I was working on them, but when they were
    done, they meant no more to me than the hard semi
    circles of callus I'd sometimes sand off the sides
    of my great toes so my workboots wouldn't pinch at
    the end of a hot August day on some job site
    I'd hold back the Girl and Ship series, not out of
    any special affection, but because the series
    wasn't done; those bags dolce and gabbana paintings were still live flesh
    I might show them and sell them later, but for now
    I meant to keep them right where they were, in
    Little Pink
    xv
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    There were no boats on the horizon by the time I
    got back to my place, and the urge to paint had
    passed for the time beingI used Wireman's microrecorder
    instead, and put the sample contract on
    tapeI was no lawyer, but I'd seen and signed my
    share of legal paper in my other life, and this
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    2:14 am
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    "Pam would think I'm crazy! Hell, she still thinks
    I'm crazy!"
    "Convince her Then he relented a littleIf she's been as close to him as you think,
    she'll have seen the signsAnd all you can do is
    tryEntiendes?"
    "I don't understand what that means
    "It means call your wifeUntil your mind changes, the divorce is
    just a legal fictionThat's why you chanel purses give a shit
    what she thinks about your state of mindBut if
    you also care about this guy, you'll call her and
    tell her you have reason to think he's planning to
    highside it
    He heaved himself out of his chair, then held out
    his handCome on and meet the
    bossAs bosses go, she's a
    pretty nice one
    255
    I took his hand and let him pull me out of what seamaster omega I
    presumed was a replacement beach chairHe had a
    strong gripThat was something else I'll never
    forget about Jerome Wireman; the man had a strong
    gripThe boardwalk up to the gate in the back
    wall was only wide enough for one, so I followed,
    limping gamely alongWhen he reached the gate -
    which was a smaller version of the one in front
    and looked as lady dior Spanish as Wireman's offhand patois
    - he turned toward me, smiling a little
    "Josie comes in to clean Tuesdays and Thursdays,
    and she's willing to keep an ear out for Miss
    Eastlake during her afternoon nap - which means I
    could come down and look at your pictures tomorrow
    afternoon around two, if that suits
    "How did you know I wanted you to? I was chanel earrings logo still
    working up the nerve to ask"It's pretty obvious you want someone
    to look before you show them to the guy at that
    galleryBesides your daughter and the kid who
    runs your errands, that is
    "The appointment's on Friday
    256
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:23 am
    @@@@@ Firm, short–no reasons to argue
    @@@@@ Firm, short–no reasons to argue against
    “Ian, what's yours?”
    “We need Wanda here
    Firm, short–he was copying me
    Jeb nodded to himself“That's a tricky oneWanda, why should I agree with you?”
    “If it were you, you'd want your body backYou can't deny Melanie that
    “We have to look at the greater good, JebWanda's already brought us more health and security
    than we've ever hadShe's vital to the survival of our community–of the entire human raceOne
    person can't stand in the way of that“Wanda, what does Mel say?”
    Ha,Mel said
    I stared into Jared's eyes, and the strangest thing happenedAll the melting and melding I had
    just been through was shoved aside, into the smallest part of my body, the little corner that I
    took up physicallyThe rest of me yearned toward Jared with the same desperate, half-crazed
    hunger I'd felt since the first time I'd seen him hereThis body barely belonged to me or to
    Melanie–it belonged to him
    There really wasn't room enough for the two of us in here
    “Melanie wants her body backShe wants her life back“I can see you arguing with herI'll bet she agrees with meShe's a good
    personShe knows how much we need you
    “Mel knows everything I knowShe'll be able to help you
    2:14 am
    @@@@@ And then we were back in the jeep and
    @@@@@
    And then we were back in the jeep and flying through the nightJared laughed, triumphant, as
    we jolted across the open desert, and the wind carried his voice away
    “Where's the blindfold?” I asked
    “Why?”
    I looked at him
    “Wanda, if you wanted to turn us in, you had your chanceNo one can deny that you're one of
    us now
    I thought about that“I think some still couldIt would make them feel better
    “Yoursome need to get over themselves
    I was shaking my head now, picturing our reception“It's not going to be easy, getting back in
    Imagine what they're thinking right nowWhat they're waiting for…”
    He didn't answer
    “Jared… if they… if they don't listen… if they don't wait…” I started talking faster, feeling a
    sudden pressure, trying to get him all the information before it was too late“Give Jamie the No
    Pain first–lay that on his tongueThen the Inside Clean spray–he just has to inhale itYou'll
    need Doc to –”
    “Hey, hey! You're going to be the one giving the directions
    “But let me tell you how –”
    “No, WandaIt's not going to go down that wayI'll shoot anyone who touches you
    “Jared –”
    “Don't panicI'll aim low, and then you can use that stuff to heal 'em back up again
    “If that's a joke, it's not funny
    “Where's the blindfold?”
    He pressed his lips togeth
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:22 am
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    Indeed, as they talked, Croft and Stanley were sensing a similarity between themselves, and it drew them togetherCroft felt a mild affection for himThis Stanley kid ain't too bad, he told himself
    The deck under their feet shuddered as the boat slapped against a few wavesThe sun was almost down, and the sky overhead was clouding overIt was diamond gucci the least bit chill, and they drew closer to light cigarettes
    Gallagher had worked his way up to the bowHe stood quiet beside them, his thin knotted body shivering a littleThey listened to the water sloshing about the bottom of the boat"One minute you're hot, and then you're cold," Gallagher muttered
    Stanley smiled at himHe felt it necessary to be tactful with Gallagher since his wife had died and it irked black gucci watch himBasically, he had only contempt for Gallagher and annoyance, for Gallagher made him uncomfortable"How're you feeling, boy?" Stanley said, however But Gallagher was depressedThe grayness of the sky made him mournful; he had been exceptionally sensitive to the moods of the weather since Mary's death, and often now he languished in a gentle melancholy close to easy tearsHe felt little volition, and surprisingly balenciaga motorcycle little bitterness; the fa?ade of anger remained, even erupted occasionally in a spate of profanity, but Red and Wilson and one or two of the others had recognized the change"Yeah, I'm all right," he muttered againStanley's sympathy irritated him, for he sensed it to be false; Gallagher was more perceptive now
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    2:14 am
    @@@@@ One morning they almost quarreledHearn
    @@@@@
    One morning they almost quarreledHearn entered the tent as Clellan was finishing his work, and he examined it while Clellan stood at the General's cot, his hands by his sidesHearn 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 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 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 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 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
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:23 am
    @@@@@ "How goes the reformation of the Catholic
    @@@@@
    "How goes the reformation of the Catholic Church?" he asked, raising
    one eyebrowShe burst into an angry account of the Mother
    Superior's
    flightHe made sympathetic noises while he cut and lit a thin
    cigar
    "I'm going out onto the piazza to smoke," he said when it was glowing
    to hissatisfaction"Come out and get some airThe rainstorm
    brought
    summer back again; it's very warm now that it's blown out to sea
    The
    sunlight was dazzling after the dim interior of the dining room
    Scarlett shaded her eyes, breathing in the damp green smell of the
    garden and the salt tang of the harbor and the pungent masculinity of
    cigar smoke
    Suddenly she was acutely aware of Rhett's presenceShe was so
    disturbed that she walked away several paces, and his voice when he
    spoke seemed to come from a great distance"I believe that the
    school
    the Sisters have in Georgia is in SavannahYou might go down after
    the Saint Cecilia for your grandfather's birthdayYour aunts have
    been nagging you enoughIf it's an important Church meeting the
    Bishop will be there; perhaps you'll have better luck with him
    Scarlett tried to think about Rhett's suggestion, but she couldn't
    concentrateStrange to feel so shy when lately
    they'd been so comfortable togetherHe was leaning against one of
    the
    columns, placidly enjoying hissmoke"I'll see," she said, and she
    left in a rush, before she began to cry
    What on earth is wrong with me? she thought as tears streamed from
    her
    eyesI'm turning into a spineless cry-baby, just the kind of creature
    I despiseSo what if it takes a little longer to get what I want? I
    will have and Rhett, too, if it takes a hundred yearshave
    never been so annoyed in all my long years," said Eleanor ButlerHer
    hands were shaking when she poured the teaA crushed thin paper
    sheet
    was on the floor near her
    2:14 am
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    life brought her and found the human condition fundamentally
    entertaining, and she was a gifted teller of stories, with a repertoire
    that ranged from accounts of amusing incidents in her own life to the
    classic Southern storehouse of the skeletons in the closets of every
    family in the regionScarlett, if she had known the reference, could
    accurately have called Eleanor her personal ScheherazadeShe never
    realized that MrsButler was trying, indirectly, to stretch her mind
    and her heart
    Eleanor could chanel watch j12 see the vulnerability and courage that had drawn her
    beloved son to ScarlettShe could also see that something had gone
    horribly wrong with the marriage, so wrong that Rhett wanted nothing
    more to do with itShe knew, without being told, that Scarlett was
    desperately determined to get him back, and for her own reasons she
    was
    even more eager for reconciliation than Scarlett wasShe wasn't
    certain whether Scarlett could make Rhett happy, but she believed
    with
    all her heart that another child would make the marriage a omega quartz success
    Rhett had visited her with Bonnie; she would never forget the joy of
    it
    She had loved the little girl and loved even more seeing her son so
    happyShe wanted that happiness again for him, and the joy again
    for
    herselfShe was willing to do anything in her power to accomplish
    it
    Because she was so occupied, Scarlett had been in Charleston for
    more
    than a month before she noticed that she was boredIt happened at
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    interest to ScarlettAt first she was fascinated to hear Sally and
    her circle of friends mention ParisRhett had once brought her a
    bonnet from Paris, the most beautiful, most exciting gift she'd ever
    receivedGreen-to match her eyes, he'd said-with glorious wide silk
    ribbons to tie under her chinShe made herself listen to what Alicia
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    about dressing was hard to figureWith her face
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    Worth's fittings?" Mrs"I thought I'd collapse
    standing on the platform so long A half dozen voices spoke at once,
    sharing complaints about the brutality of Paris dressmakersOthers
    argued with them, saying that any inconvenience was a small price to
    pay for the quality that only Paris could supplySeveral sighed over
    memories of gloves and boots and fans and perfumeScarlett turned
    automatically toward whatever voice was speaking, an interested
    expression on her face
    When she heard laughter, she chanel silver laug
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:23 am
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    Henry
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    “Marie?”
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “Ah ha,” cried the Deuxième associate, relishing a minor triumph of self-vindication“The
    wrong building? That is indeed a mistake of consequence, eh, Fran?ois?”
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    your car only to have me witness the horror moments after you fled
    “We followed your orders! We searched the building—the wrong building!”
    “Had you remained, if only for a brief conference, this might have been avoided and a friend
    might be aliveI shall have to include that judgment in my report—”
    “Please, old friend,” broke in the associate“Let us reason together for the good of the Bureau—
    ” The interruption now came with the shrill appearance of a fire truckBernardine held up his hand
    and led his protesting former comrade across the boulevard, ostensibly to get out of the way of the
    firemen, more purposefully to be within earshot of Jason Bourne“When our people arrive,” went
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    detain every resident for thorough interrogation!”
    “My God,” exclaimed Bernardine, “don’t add asininity to incompetence!”
    “What?”
    “The limousine, the brown limousine—surely you saw itThe driver said it raced away
    “That’s all he told you?”
    “Well, the truck was in flames and there was so much confusion radioing for personnel—”
    “Look at the shattered glass!” commanded Fran?ois, pointing at the storefronts away from the
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    Leave these people alone
    “You are incomprehensible—”
    “And you are a foolIf for any reason whatsoever there is the slightest possibility that even one
    of those killers is ordered to return here, there can be no impediments
    “Now you are inscrutable
    “Not at all,” protested Bernardine as the firemen hosed down the flames of the van, their efforts
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    all right, explaining that the authorities have determined the terrible events on the boulevard were
    criminally orientedThe crisis has passed; there is no further alarm
    “But is that true?”
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
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    Wireman returned his gaze to the portrait"You
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    Maybe it's how I was, on the few best days of my
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    idealistic year
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    "Then I guess that'll do, pig He was
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    "I like what you've done to the place
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