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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    7:23 pm
    @@@@@ Copyright, 1930, by Carl Fischer, Inc New
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    Copyright, 1930, by Carl Fischer, Inc New York, and used with their permission

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Words by EHarburg, music by Jay Gorney
    Copyright, 1932, by Harms, Inc and used with the permission of Music Publishers Holding Corporation

    Faded Summer Love, words and music by Phil Baxter
    Copyright, 1931, by Leo Feist, Inc and used with their permission

    I Love a Parade, words by Ted Koehler, music by Harold Arlen
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    Show Me the Way to Go Home, words and music by Irving King
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    These Foolish Things Remind Me of You, by Jack Strachey, Hold Marvel and Harry Link
    Copyright, 1935, by Bourne, Inc and used with their permission

    All characters and incidents in this novel are fictional, and any resemblance
    to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental

    COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY NORMAN MAILER

    PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    BY THE HADDON CRAFTSMEN, INC

    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



    I would like to thank William Raney, Theodore SAmussen, and Charles Devlin for the aid and encouragement given me at various times in the writing of this novel



    To my Mother and Bea



    PART ONE
    Wave



    1

    NOBODY COULD sleepWhen morning came, assault craft would be lowered and a first wave of troops would ride through the surf and charge ashore on the beach at AnopopeiAll over the ship, all through the convoy, there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dea
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    7:27 pm
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    As she walked slowly upstairs she thought of yesterday; it had
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    been about the same hour that she had returned from the Parsonage,
    and found Edmund in the East room“Suppose I were to find
    him there again to-day!” said she to herself, in a fond indulgence of
    fancy
    “Fanny,” said a voice at that moment near herStarting and looking
    up, she saw, across the lobby she had just reached, vintage hermes Edmund
    himself, standing at the head of a different staircase“You look tired and fagged, FannyYou have been walking
    too far
    “No, I have not been out at all
    “Then you have had fatigues within doors, which are worseYou
    had better have gone out
    Fanny, not liking to complain, found it easiest to make no answer;
    and though he looked at her with his usual kindness, she believed he
    had soon ceased to think of Prada Purse her countenanceHe did not appear in
    spirits: something unconnected with her was probably amissThey
    proceeded upstairs together, their rooms being on the same floor aboveGrant’s,” said Edmund presently“You may
    guess my errand there, Fanny And he looked so conscious, that
    Fanny could think but of one errand, which turned her too sick for
    speech“I wished to engage Miss Crawford for the two first omega planet ocean dances,”
    was the explanation that followed, and brought Fanny to life again,
    enabling her, as she found she was expected to speak, to utter something
    like an inquiry as to the result
    “Yes,” he answered, “she is engaged to me; but” (with a smile that
    did not sit easy) “she says it is to be the last time that she ever will
    dance with meI think, I hope, I am sure she is
    not serious; but I would rather not hear itShe cartier watches women never has danced
    with a clergyman, she says, and she never willFor my own sake, I
    could wish there had been no ball just at—I mean not this very
    week, this very day; to-morrow I leave home
    Fanny struggled for speech, and said, “I am very sorry that anything
    has occurred to distress youThis ought to be a day of pleasure
    My uncle meant it so
    “Oh yes, yes! and it will be a day of pleasureIt will all end chanel earrings righ
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    7:30 pm
    @@@@@“There may be a scenario in place that I
    @@@@@“There may be a scenario in
    place that I can’t match,” said Alex quietly“I won’t make another mistake, not in that areaI need
    more than what I’ve got
    Bourne clasped his hands, flesh angrily grinding flesh in frustrationHe stared at the scattered
    printouts in front of him, frowning, wincing, his jaw pulsatingIn seconds a sudden passivity came
    over him; he sat back on the couch and spoke as quietly as Conklin“All right, you’ll get itI’ll need names, residences, schedules and methods of security, favorite
    restaurants and bad habits, if any are knownTell your boys to go to workAll night, if
    necessary
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    55
    “What the hell do you think you’re going to do?” shouted Conklin, his frail body lurching
    forward in the armchair“Storm their houses? Stick needles in their asses between the appetizer and
    the entrée?”
    “I hadn’t thought of the last option,” replied Jason, smiling grimly“You’ve really got a terrific
    imagination
    “And you’re a madman! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that—”
    “Why not?” broke in Bourne gently“I’m not lecturing on the rise of the Manchu and the Ching
    dynastyConsidering the accepted state of my mind and memory, the allusion to mental health isn’t
    inappropriate Jason paused, then spoke as he leaned slowly forward“But let me tell you
    something, AlexThe memories may not all be there, but the part of my mind that you and
    Treadstone formed is all thereI proved it in Hong Kong, in Beijing and Macao, and I’ll prove it
    againThere’s nothing left for me if I don’tNow, get me the informationYou
    mentioned several people who have to be here in WashingtonPentagon supplies or provisions—”
    “Procurements,” corrected Conkl
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    7:31 pm
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    though? And India? had she dried up so much she was dust? And all
    those people who had once been so important to her so long ago? I
    wish
    I'd kept in touch with the aunts myself instead of leaving money with
    my lawyer to send them their allowance fromI was right not letting
    them know where I was, I was right to protect Cat from RhettBut
    maybe he wouldn't do anything now; look at Cartier tank the way he was at the
    CastleIf I write to Eulalie, I'll get all the Charleston news from
    herI'll hear about RhettCould I bear it to hear that he and Anne
    are blissfully happy, raising racehorses and Butler babies? I don't
    believe I want to knowI'll let the aunts stay like they areAll
    I'd get anyhow is a million crossed pages of lecturing, and I get
    enough lecturing from MrsFitz to fill that holeMaybe she's chanel wholesale right
    about giving some parties; it is a shame to have that house and all
    those servants standing idleBut she's dead wrong about CatI don't
    give a fig what Anglo mothers do, I'm not going to have a nanny
    running
    Cat's lifeI see little enough of her now, the way she's always off
    at the stables or in the kitchen or wandering over the place or up a
    tree somewhereAnd the idea of sending her away to some chanel purses convent
    school is just plain crazy! When she's old enough, the school in
    Ballyhara will do just fineShe'll have friends there, tooIt's
    worrisome to me sometimes that she never wants to play with any
    other
    children What on earth is going on? It's not Market DayWhy's
    the bridge all jammed up with people like this? Scarlett leaned down
    from the buggy and touched a hurrying woman on the chanel logo earrings shoulder
    "What's
    happening?" The woman looked upHer eyes were bright, her whole
    face
    excitedBetter hurry, or you'll miss itScarlett didn't want to see some poor devil of a soldier
    being whippedShe had an idea that flogging was punishment in the
    militaryShe tried to turn the buggy around, but the pushing,
    hurrying mass of people avid to see the spectacle caught her up in
    their pressHer horse was buffeted, her buggy rocked and pearl chanel pushed
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    7:23 pm
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    Jeb needed to speak with himWere the spinach sprouts up yet? Go and checkDid I remember
    my way through the south caves? Jeb had a message for Doc
    Every time I had to carry out one of these simple directives, I was in a sweaty haze of fearI
    concentrated on being invisible and walked as quickly as I could without running through the
    big rooms and the dark corridorsI tended gucci fabric to hug the walls and keep my eyes down
    Occasionally, I would stop conversation the way I used to, but mostly I was ignoredThe only
    time I felt in immediate danger of death was when I interrupted Sharon's class to get JamieThe
    look Sharon gave me seemed designed to be followed by hostile actionBut she let Jamie go
    with a nod after I choked out my whispered request, and when we were alone, he held chanel top my
    shaking hand and told me Sharon looked the same way at anyone who interrupted her class
    The very worst was the time I had to find Doc, because Ian insisted on showing me the wayI
    could have refused, I suppose, but Jeb didn't have a problem with the arrangement, and that
    meant Jeb trusted Ian not to kill meI was far from comfortable with testingthat theory, but it
    seemed the test was inevitableIf Jeb was earrings chanel wrong to trust Ian, then Ian would find his
    opportunity soon enoughSo I went with Ian through the long black southern tunnel as if it
    were a trial by fire
    I lived through the first halfHe seemed unsurprised to see Ian tagging
    along beside mePerhaps it was my imagination, but I thought they exchanged a significant
    glanceI half expected them to strap me to one of Doc's gurneys at that pointThese chanel sale rooms
    continued to make me feel nauseated
    But Doc just thanked me and sent me on my way as if he were busyI couldn't really tell what
    he was doing–he had several books open and stacks and stacks of papers that seemed to contain
    nothing but sketches
    On the way back, curiosity overcame my fear
    “Ian?” I asked, having a bit of difficulty saying the name for the first time
    “Yes?” He sounded surprised that I'd addressed gucci messenger bag
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    7:23 pm
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    @@@@@' So what could I do, I give it to her
    "How'd you beat the game there?" Minetta wanted to know
    "Hah, before I give it to her, I cut open the bile sack on the liverThat chicken must have tasted like shitThe moon cast enough light into the tent for him to see Polack's faceHe was grinning, and Minetta decided Polack was comical with the three teeth missing on the left side of his mouth
    Polack was perhaps twenty-one but his eyes were shrewd and bawdy, and when he laughed his skin was wizened, tough, like the skin of a middle-aged manMinetta felt a little uncomfortable with himSecretly he was afraid to match his knowledge against Polack's
    "Stop throwing it," Minetta saidWho did Polack think he was telling the story to?
    "No, it's the truth," Polack said in a hurt voiceHe always dropped the "h" when he said "think" or "the" or "truth
    "Yeah, it's da troot," Minetta said, mimicking him
    "You havin' a good time?" Polack asked
    "I can't complain," Minetta said"You talk like something out of a comic book"Anyway, one thing nobody ever beat was the Army
    "I ain't done so bad," Polack said
    "You're doing bad till the day you get out of it," Minetta told himHe clapped his hand against his forehead, and sat up"The goddam mosquitoes," he saidHe rummaged underneath his pillow, a towel wrapped about a soiled shirt, and drew out a small bottle of mosquito lotionAs he rubbed it over his face and hands he grumbled"What a way for a guy to live He propped himself on an elbow and lit a cigar
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    7:28 pm
    @@@@@But still I am not frightenedIt is not by
    @@@@@But still I am not frightenedIt is not by equality of merit that
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    you can be wonThat is out of the questionIt is he who sees and
    worships your merit the strongest, who loves you most devotedly,
    that has the best right to a returnThere I build my confidenceBy
    that right I do and will deserve you; and when once convinced that
    my attachment is what I declare it, I know you too well not to
    entertain the warmest hopesYes, dearest, sweetest FannyNay” (seeing
    her draw back displeased), “forgive mePerhaps I have as yet no
    right; but by what other name can I call you? Do you suppose you
    are ever present to my imagination under any other? No, it is ‘Fanny’
    that I think of all day, and dream of all nightYou have given the
    name such reality of sweetness, that nothing else can now be descriptive
    of you
    Fanny could hardly have kept her seat any longer, or have refrained
    from at least trying to get away in spite of all the too public
    opposition she foresaw to it, had it not been for the sound of approaching
    relief, the very sound which she had been long watching
    for, and long thinking strangely delayed
    The solemn procession, headed by Baddeley, of tea-board, urn,
    and cake-bearers, made its appearance, and delivered her from a
    grievous imprisonment of body and mindCrawford was obliged
    to moveShe was at liberty, she was busy, she was protected
    Edmund was not sorry to be admitted again among the number
    of those who might speak and hearBut though the conference had
    seemed full long to him, and though on looking at Fanny he saw
    rather a flush of vexation, he inclined to hope that so much could
    not have been said and listened to without some profit to the speaker
    299
    Jane Austen
    CHAPTER XXXV
    EDMUND HAD DETERMINED that it belonged entirely to Fanny to chuse
    whether her situation with regard to Crawford should be mentioned
    between them or not; and that if she did not lead the way, it should
    never be touched on by him; but after a day or two of mutual reserve,
    he was induced by his father to change his mind, and try
    what his influence might do for his friend
    A day, and a very early day, was actually fixed for the Crawfords’
    departure; and Sir Thomas thought it might be as well to make one
    more effort for the young man before he left Mansfield, that all his
    professions and vows of unshaken attachment might have as much
    hope to sustain them as possible
    Sir Thomas was most cordially anxious for the perfection of Mr
    Crawford’s character in that pointHe wished him to be a model of
    constancy; and fancied the best means of effecting it would be by not
    trying him too long
    Edmund was not unwilling to be persuaded to engage in the business;
    he wanted to know Fanny’s feelingsShe had been used to
    consult him in every difficulty, and he loved her too well to bear to
    be denied her confidence now; he hoped to be of service to her, he
    thought he must be of service to her; whom else had she to open her
    heart to? If she did not need counsel, she must need the comfort of
    communicationFanny estranged from him, silent and reserved,
    was an unnatural state of things; a state which he must break through,
    and which he could easily learn to think she was wanting him to
    break through
    “I will speak to her, sir: I will take the first opportunity of speaking
    to her alone,” was the result of such thoughts as these; and upon
    Sir Thomas’s information of her being at that very time walking
    alone in the shrubbery, he instantly joined h
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    7:31 pm
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    commanded him to keep turning! All around! The massive general’s aide was lunging at him, his
    huge hands like battering rams grazing off Bourne’s shoulders as Delta One viciously lashed up his
    right foot, catching the sergeant’s kidney, embedding his shoe deep into the flesh while crashing
    the barrel of his automatic into the base of the man’s neckFlannagan lurched downward, splayed
    on the floor; Jason hammered his left foot into the sergeant’s head, stunning him into silence
    A silence that was broken by the continuous earrings chanel hysterical screams of a woman racing outside
    toward the open door of the cabinWithin seconds, General Norman Swayne’s wife burst into the
    room, recoiling at the sight in front of her, gripping the back of the nearest chair, unable to contain
    her panic
    “He’s dead!” she shrieked, collapsing, swerving the chair to her side as she fell to the floor
    reaching for her lover“He shot himself, Eddie! Oh, my God, he killed himself!”
    Jason Bourne rose from his crouched position and walked to the door of the strange cabin that
    held so many secretsCalmly, watching his two prisoners, he ladies rolex watches closed itThe woman wept, gasping,
    trembling, but they were tears not of sorrow but of fearThe sergeant blinked his eyes and raised
    his huge headIf any emotion could be defined in his expression, it was an admixture of fury and
    bewilderment
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    100
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    “Don’t touch anything,” ordered Bourne as Flannagan and Rachel Swayne haltingly preceded him
    into the general’s photograph-lined studyAt the sight of the old soldier’s corpse arched back in the
    chair behind the desk, the ugly gun still in his outstretched hand, and the horror beyond omega watches prices left by the
    blowing away of the back of his skull, the wife convulsed, falling to her knees as if she might
    vomitant grabbed her arm, holding her off the floor, his eyes dazed, fixed on the
    mutilated remains of General Norman Swayne
    “Crazy son of a bitch,” whispered Flannagan, his voice strained and barely audibleThen
    standing motionless, the muscles of his jaw pulsating, he roared“You insane fuckin’ son of a
    bitch! What did you do it for—why? What do we do now?”
    “You call the police, Sergeant,” answered Jason
    “What?” yelled the aide, spinning aroundSwayne, lurching omega seamaster vintage to her feet“We can’t do that!”
    “I don’t think you’ve got a choiceYou may have driven him to kill himself
    but you didn’t kill him
    “What the hell are you talking about?” asked Flannagan gruffly
    “Better a simple if messy domestic tragedy than a far wider investigation, wouldn’t you say? I
    gather it’s no secret that you two have an arrangement that’s—well, no secret
    “He didn’t give a shit about our, ‘arrangement,’ and that was no secret, either
    “He encouraged us at every opportunity,” added Rachel Swayne, hesitantly smoothing her skirt,
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    7:31 pm
    @@@@@She remembered them talking together at the
    @@@@@She
    remembered them talking together at the siteIf ever there were
    birds
    of a feather, it was those twoShe wouldn't be surprised if they
    stopped in the middle of talking lumber prices to start talking about
    some fool book they'd readScarlett's eyes grew thoughtful
    She ought to send harriet Kelly to AtlantaShe'd be a perfect wife
    for AshleyThey were another two of a kind, living out of books,
    hopeless in the real worldharriet was a ninny in lots of ways, but
    she stuck by her obligations-she'd stayed with her no-good husband
    for
    nearly ten years-and she had her own kind of gumption
    It took a lot of sand to walk in to the commanding officer in broken
    shoes and beg for Danny Kelly's lifeAshley needed that kind of steel
    behind himhe needed somebody to take care of, too
    It couldn't be doing him any good having India and Aunt Pitty fussing
    over him all the timeWhat it was likely doing to Beau was too awful
    to think aboutBilly Kelly would teach him a thing or threeShe'd better send a box of smelling salts for Aunt
    Pitty along with Billy Kelly
    Cat would be heartbroken without BillyShe'd drooped for a week
    when
    Ocras ran away, and the tabby hadn't been one-tenth of what Billy
    was
    in her lifeBesides, harriet couldn't stand the heatNo, it
    wouldn't do at allScarlett bent her head to the account
    books againhe ve got to stop spending so much money," Scarlett
    said
    angrilyShe shook the account book at Mrs"There's no
    reason on earth for feeding this army of servants when flour for bread
    costs a fortuneAt least half of them will have to be let goWhat
    good do they do, anyhow? And don't sing me that old song about
    having
    to churn the cream to make the butter, because if there's one thing
    that there's too much of these days, it's but
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    7:23 pm
    @@@@@Not fighting, not because of me I pulled
    @@@@@Not fighting, not because of me
    I pulled Jamie's arms from around my waist, holding his wrists when he tried to stop me
    “I just need a minute to myself,” I told him, ignoring all the stares I could feel on my face I turned my head to find Jeb“And you should have a chance to discuss this
    without me listeningIt's not fair–having to discuss strategy in front of the enemy
    “Now, don't be like that,” Jeb said
    “Let me have some time to think, Jeb
    I stepped away from Jamie, dropping his handsA hand fell on my shoulder, and I cringed“It's not a good idea for you to be wandering around by yourself
    I leaned toward him and tried to pitch my voice so low that Jamie wouldn't hear me clearly
    “Why prolong the inevitable? Will it get easier or harder for him?”
    I thought I knew the answer to my last questionI ducked under Ian's hand and broke into a
    run, sprinting for the exit
    “Wanda!” Jamie called after me
    Someone quickly shushed himThere were no footsteps behind meThey must have seen the
    wisdom of letting me go
    The hall was dark and desertedIf I was lucky, I'd be able to cut around the edge of the big
    garden plaza in the dark with no one the wiser
    In all my time here, the one thing I'd never found was the way outIt seemed as if I'd been
    down every tunnel time and again, and I'd never seen an opening I hadn't eventually explored in
    search of one thing or anotherI thought about it now as I crept through the deepest shadowed
    corners of the big caveWhere could the exit be? And I thought about this: if I could figure that
    puzzle out, would I be able to leave?
    I couldn't think of anything worth leaving for–certainly not the desert waiting outside, but also
    not the Seeker, not the Healer, not my Comforter, not my life before, which had left such a
    shallow impression on meEverything that really mattered was with me h
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    7:23 pm
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    "No, wait a minute," the General said"Can you tell me if the line to Second Battalion is in from here?"
    "Yes, sir, it is
    The General felt a deep relief"Ring them for me, please He lit a cigarette and smiled at fendi sale Lieutenant HearnThe Captain picked up the receiver out of a field telephone box, and cranked three times"We have to relay it through B Battery, sir
    "I know," the General said shortlyIt was the one subject on which the General ever showed annoyance; there was not a omega moon watch facet of the operations of the division with which he was not familiar
    In a minute or two, the Captain handed the phone to the General"Second Battalion, sir
    "Give me Samson," the General said, using the code name for Lieutenant Colonel Hutchins"Samson, this is Camel," he louis vuitton men said, "I'm talking from Pivot RedWhat's happening? Are your lines through to Paragon White and Paragon Blue?"
    "This is SamsonYes, our circuits are open The voice was faint and distant and there was a buzzing in the earpiece"Short," the General muttered
    "We've been gucci fashion trying to get you," Hutchins said"We stopped the attack on Paragon White B and C, and at Paragon Red E and G He gave the co-ordinates"Personally I think it was a feeler, and they're going to try again tonight
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    7:35 pm
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    about himThen she remembered Tony Fontaine's promise to teach
    him
    how to twirl his six-shooters, and she bought Wade his own pair, with
    his initials carved in their ivory-inlaid handles
    Suellen was easy-a beaded silk reticule that was too fancy to use in
    the country, with a twenty dollar gold piece inside it good anywhereScarlett cartier pasha watch searched high and low before she gave
    up
    and bought him another sheepskin jacket like the one she'd given him
    the year before, and the year before thatIt's the thought that
    counts, she told herself firmlyShe debated for a long time before
    she decided not to get a present for BeauShe wouldn't put it past
    India to send it back unopenedBesides, Beau wasn't lacking for
    anything, she thought Prada Purse bitterlyThe Wilkes account at her store was
    mounting up every weekShe bought a gold cigar-cutter for Rhett,
    but
    she lacked the nerve to send it
    Instead, she made her gifts to her two aunts in much nicer than
    usual
    They might tell Rhett's mother how thoughtful she was, and Mrs
    Butler
    might tell RhettI wonder if he'll send me anything? Or bring me
    something? Maybe he'll come home for Christmas to kelly hermes keep gossip
    down
    The possibility was real enough to send Scarlett into a happy frenzy of
    decorating the houseWhen it was a bower of pine branches, holly,
    and
    ivy, she took the leftovers down to the store
    "We've always had the tinsel garland in the window, MrsNo
    need for more than that," said Willie Kershaw"Don't tell me what's
    needed and what's notI say wrap this pine roping around all Jimmy choo the
    counters and put the holly wreath on the doorIt'll make people feel
    Christmassy, and they'll spend more money on presents
    We don't have enough little pretties for giftsWhere's that big box
    of oiled paper fans?"
    "You told me to get it out of the way
    Said we shouldn't use good shelf space for fripperies, when what
    people
    wanted was nails and washboards
    "You fool, that was then and this rolex submariner price is
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    7:32 pm
    @@@@@ “From Kennedy?” Frowning, Peter studied
    @@@@@
    “From Kennedy?” Frowning, Peter studied the facsimiled duplicatesThey comprised a
    sequence of photographs showing a crowd of people passing through metal detectors in one of the
    airport’s international terminalsThe head of a single man was circled in red in each photo“What
    is it? Who is it?”
    “They’re passengers heading for the Aeroflot lounge, Moscow bound, Soviet carrier, of course
    Security routinely photographs Unationals taking those flights
    “So? Who is he?”
    “Ogilvie himself
    “What?”
    “He’s on the two o’clock nonstop to MoscowOnly he’s not supposed to be
    “Come again?”
    “Three separate calls to his office came up with the same informationHe was out of the
    country, in London, at the Dorchester, which we know he isn’tHowever, the Dorchester desk
    confirmed that he was booked but hadn’t arrived, so they were taking messages
    “I don’t understand, Charlie
    “It’s a smoke screen and pretty hastily contrivedIn the first place, why would someone as rich
    as Ogilvie settle for Aeroflot when he could be on the Concorde to Paris and Air France to
    Moscow? Also, why would his office volunteer that he was either in or on his way to London when
    he was heading for Moscow?”
    “The Aeroflot flight’s obvious,” said Holland“It’s the state airline and he’s under Soviet
    protectionThe London-Dorchester bit isn’t too hard, eitherIt’s to throw people off—my God, to
    throw us off!”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    347
    “Right on, masterSo Valentino did some checking with all that fancy equipment in the cellars
    and guess what? Ogilvie and their two teenage children are on a Royal Air Maroc flight to
    Casablanca with connections to MarrakeshAir Maroc—Morocco, MarrakeshIn those computer sheets
    Conklin had us work up on the Mayflower hotel’s registers, there was a woman—one of three
    people he tied to Medusa—who had been in Marrakesh
    “I commend your memory, PeterThat woman and Ogilvie’s wife were roommates at
    Bennington in the early seventiesFine old families; their pedigrees ensure a large degree of
    sticking together and giving advice to one anothe
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    7:30 pm
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    "Yes - that would be badAssuming we make a deal,
    could I store some of my work at your gallery?"
    "Of course," Nannuzzi said Thinking I'd like to sign as soon
    as possible no matter what Wireman thought of the
    492
    contract, just to get these pictures off the Key
    and it wasn't fire I was worried oyster rolex aboutUnbottling
    might be fairly common among artists who began
    later in life, but forty-one paintings on Duma Key
    were at least three dozen too manyI could feel
    their live presence in this room, like electricity
    in a bell jar
    Of course, Dario and Jimmy felt it, tooThat was
    part of what made those fucking pictures so
    effective
    xiii
    I joined Wireman and Elizabeth for coffee at Chanel Bracelets the
    end of El Palacio's boardwalk the next morningI
    was down to nothing but aspirin to get going, and
    my Great Beach Walks were now a pleasure instead
    of a challengeEspecially since the weather had
    warmed up
    Elizabeth was in her wheelchair with the remains
    of a breakfast pastry scattered across her tray
    It looked to me as if he'd also managed to get
    some birkin bag hermes juice and half a cup of coffee into herShe
    was staring out at the Gulf with an expression of
    493
    stern disapproval, looking this morning more like
    Captain Bligh of HMS Bounty than a Mafia don's
    daughter
    "Buenos días, mi amigo," Wireman saidAnd to
    Elizabeth: "It's Edgar, Miss EastlakeWant to say hello?"
    "Piss shit head rat," she saidIn any
    case, she said it to fendi b the Gulf, which was still
    dark blue and mostly asleep
    "Still not so good, I take it," I saidShe's gone down before and come back up, but
    she's never gone down so far
    "I still haven't brought her any of my pictures to
    look at
    "No point right now He handed me a cup of black
    coffeeGet your bad self around this
    I passed him the envelope with the sample cartier santos watch contract
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    I could feel a warm flush pinking my cheeksMy heart had never been broken before, but it had
    also never flownIt made me shy; I had a hard time gucci backpack finding my voice
    “I suppose I could do that,” I whispered“If it makes you happy
    “That's not good enough, actually,” Ian disagreed“It has to makeyou happy, too
    I could only meet his gaze for a few seconds at a time; the shyness, so new and confusing to
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    And my tenth life began
    EPILOGUE
    Continued
    Life and love went on in the last human outpost on the planet Earth, but things did not stay
    exactly the same
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    difficult than changing planets because I had so many expectations about being human already
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
    8:02 pm
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    Slowly, inevitably, the men felt the water soak through the greased waterproofing of their shoes, slosh up to their knees whenever they had to wade through a deeper portion of the streamTheir packs became heavy, their arms grew numb and their backs began to acheMost of the men were carrying thirty pounds of rations and bedding, and with their two canteens of water, their ten clips of ammunition, their two or three grenades, their rifles and machetes, each of them had distributed almost sixty pounds of equipment over his body, the weight of a very heavy suitcaseMost of them became tired in walking the first few hundred yards; by the time they had gone perhaps half a mile they were weary and their breath was short; the weaker ones were beginning to have the sour flat taste of fatigueThe density of the jungle, the miasmal mists, the liquid rustlings, the badgering of the insects lost their first revulsion and terrorThey were no longer so conscious of the foreboding wilderness before them; the vague unnamed stimulations and terrors of exploring this tunnel through the jungle became weaker, sank at last into the monotonous grinding demands of the marchDespite Croft's lecture, they began to walk with their heads down, looking at their feet
    The river narrowed, and the ribbon of shallow water contracted to a strip along the bank, no wider than a footpathThey were beginning to climbAlready the stream had dropped from a few minor waterfalls, had churned over a short stretch of tumbled rocksThe pebbles underfoot slowly were replaced by river sand and then by mudThe men marched closer to the bank, and at last the foliage began to whip at them, obstructing their wayThey proceeded much more slowly now
    Around a turn they halted and surveyed the stretch aheadThe foliage grew into the water at this point, and Croft, after considering the problem, waded out to the center of the streamFive yards from the shore he haltedThe water was close to his waist, swirling powerfully about him"We're gonna have to hold to the bank, Lootenant," he decidedHe began to fight his way along the edge of the stream, holding to the foliage, the water covering his th
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    10:02 pm
    @@@@@Yes! I did remember it, it wasn't a
    @@@@@Yes! I did remember it, it wasn't a dreamYes,
    this is the dark swirling that draws me in and closes out the world and
    makes me alive, so alive, and free and spinning up to the heart of the
    sun"Yes!" she shouted again and again, meeting Rhett's passion
    with
    her own, her demands the same as hisUntil in the swirling, spiraling
    rapture there were no longer words or thoughts, only a union beyond
    mind, beyond time, beyond the worldloves me! What a fool I was to
    doubt what I knew
    Scarlett's swollen lips curved in a lazy surfeited smile, and she
    slowly opened her eyesRhett was sitting beside herHis arms were
    wrapped across hisknees, his face hidden in the hollow they made
    Scarlett stretched luxuriantlyFor the first time she felt the
    rasping sand against her skin, noticed her surroundingsWhy, it's
    pouring down rainWe'll catch our deathWe'll have to find some
    shelter before we make love againHer dimples flickered, and she
    stifled a giggleMaybe not, we sure didn't pay any attention to the
    weather just nowShe reached out her hand and traced Rhett's spine
    with her fingernailsHe jerked away as if she'd burned him, turning
    in a rush to face her, then springing to his feetShe couldn't read
    hisexpression"I didn't want to wake you," he said
    "Try to get some more rest if you canI'm going to look for some
    place to dry out and build a fireThere are shacks on all these
    islands Scarlett struggled to get upRhett's sweater was
    across her legs, and she was still wearing hersShe felt burdened by
    their water-laden weight
    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
    7:37 pm
    @@@@@“Grandpa Brendan said he was going to teach
    @@@@@“Grandpa Brendan said he was going to
    teach me how to be a judge someday
    “God help the boy,” interjected Mrs“That man dresses like a peacock flowering to
    mate
    “You may go into our room and watch television,” overrode Marie quickly“But only for a half
    hour—”
    “Aww!”
    “All right, perhaps an hour, but MrsCooper will select the channels
    “Thanks, Mommy!” cried the child, racing into his parents’ bedroom as MrsCooper got out of
    the chair and followed him
    “Oh, I can start him off,” said Marie, getting up from the couch
    “No, Miss Marie,” protested Mrs“You stay with your husbandThat man hurts but he
    won’t say anything She disappeared into the bedroom
    “Is that true, my darling?” asked Marie, walking to David“Do you hurt?”
    “I hate to dispel the myth of a great lady’s incontestable perceptions, but she’s wrong
    “Why do you have to use a dozen words when one will suffice?”
    “Because I’m supposed to be a scholarWe academicians never take a direct route because it
    doesn’t leave us any offshoots to claim if we’re wrongWhat are you, anti-intellectual?”
    “No,” answered Marie“You see, that’s a simple, one-word declarative
    “What’s a declarative?” asked Webb, taking his wife in his arms and kissing her, their lips
    enveloping, so meaningful to each, arousing to each
    “It’s a shortcut to the truth,” said Marie, arching her head back and looking at him“No
    offshoots, no circumlocutions, just factAs in five and five equals ten, not nine or eleven, but ten
    “That’s banal, but I’ll take itYou are more relaxed, I can feel you again
    Monday, December 6th, 2010
    7:51 pm
    @@@@@That wasn't even a man-law, it was the
    @@@@@That wasn't even a
    man-law, it was the motherfucking American way
    "Come on, Edgar," Jack said"I'll run you to your
    place, then drive you back here
    xiv
    I won't say our trip upstairs to Little Pink was
    exactly serene (I had the silver candlestick, and
    carried it at port arms all the time we were
    inside), but it was uneventfulThe only spirits
    in the place were the agitated voices of the
    shellsI put the drawings back in the red picnic
    basketJack snagged the handles and carried it
    downstairsI had his back the whole way, and
    874
    locked Big Pink's door behind usMuch good that
    would do
    While we were riding back to El Palacio, a thought
    occurred to meI'd left my digital
    Nikon behind and didn't want to go back for it,
    but-
    "Jack, do you have a Polaroid camera?"
    "Sure," he saidIt's what my Dad
    calls 'old but serviceable' Why?"
    "When you come tomorrow, I want you to stop for
    awhile on the Casey Key side of the drawbridge
    Take a few Polaroids of the birds and the boats,
    okay?"
    "Okay
    "And sneak in a couple of the drawbridge itself,
    especially the lifting machinery
    "Why? What do you want them for?"
    "I'm going to sketch the drawbridge with the
    machinery gone," I said"And I'm going to do it
    when I hear the horn that means it's up to let a
    boat go throughI don't think the motor and the
    hydraulics will really disappear, but with luck I
    can fuck it up badly enough to keep everybody off
    for awhile
    875
    "Are you serious? You really think you can
    sabotage the bridge?"
    "Given how often it breaks down on its own, that
    should be easy I looked again at the dark water
    and thought of Tom Riley, who should have been
    fixedWho had been fixed, dammit"I only wish I
    could draw myself a good night's sleep
    How to Draw a Picture (IX)
    Look for the picture inside the pictureIt's not
    always easy to see, but it's always thereAnd if
    you miss it, you can miss the wor
    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
    7:25 pm
    @@@@@ "OK, I'll pay you a dollar an hour," rich
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    "OK, I'll pay you a dollar an hour," rich dad said, with a sly grin
    Now my heart was beginning to raceMy brain was screaming,
    An
    "Take it I could not believe what I was hearingStill, I said nothing
    My little 9-year-old brain and heart nearly explodedAfter all, it was 1956 and being paid $2 an hour would have made me the richest kid in the worldI couldn't imagine earning that kind of moneyI could see a new bicycle, new baseball glove, and adoration of my friends when I flashed some cashOn top of that, Jimmy and his rich friends could never call me poor againBut somehow my mouth stayed silent
    Maybe my brain had overheated and blown a fuseBut deep down, I badly wanted that $2 an hour
    The ice cream had melted and was running down my handThe ice-cream stick was empty, and under it was a sticky mess of vanilla and chocolate that ants were enjoyingRich dad was looking at two boys staring back at him, eyes wide open and brains emptyHe knew he was testing us, and he knew there was a part of our emotions that wanted to take the dealHe knew that each human being has a weak and needy part of their soul that can be boughtAnd he knew that each human being also had a part of their soul that was strong and filled with a resolve that could never be boughtIt was only a question of which one was strongerHe had tested thousands of souls in his lifeHe tested souls every time he interviewed someone for a job
    Suddenly there was a silence from inside meSomething had changedThe offer was too big and had gotten ridiculou
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