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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    12:04 pm
    @@@@@Your government was horrified by the
    @@@@@Your government was
    horrified by the assassination
    Krupkin looked hard at Alex, his voice lower but stronger for itHe turned slowly, his eyes
    briefly on the television screen, then back to Conklin“General Rodchenko?” he said“What shall
    we do with General Rodchenko?”
    “What you do with General Rodchenko is your business,” replied Alex quietly“Neither Bourne
    nor I ever heard the name
    “Da,” said Krupkin, nodding, again slowly“And what you do with the Jackal in Soviet territory
    is your business, AlekseiHowever, be assured we shall cooperate to the fullest degree
    “How do we begin?” asked Jason impatiently Dimitri looked over at the KGB commissar“Comrade, have you understood
    what we’ve said?”
    “Enough so, Krupkin,” replied the heavyset peasant-colonel, walking to a telephone on an inlaid
    marble table against the wallHe picked up the phone and dialed; his call was answered
    immediately“It is I,” said the commissar in Russian“The third man in tape seven with
    Rodchenko and the priest, the one New York identified as the American named OgilvieAs of now
    he is to be placed under our surveillance and he is not to leave Moscow The colonel suddenly
    arched his thick brows, his face growing red“That order is countermanded! He is no longer the
    responsibility of Diplomatic Relations, he is now the sole property of the KGBA reason? Use
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    375
    your skull, potato head! Tell them we are convinced he is an American double agent whom those
    fools did not uncoverThen the usual garbage: harboring enemies of the state due to laxness, their
    exalted positions once again protected by the Komitet—that sort of thingAlso, you might mention
    that they should not look a gift horse in the mouthI don’t understand any more than you do,
    comrade, but those butterflies over there in their tight-fitting suits probably will
    The commissar hung up
    “He did it,” said Conklin, turning to Bourne“Ogilvie stays in Mosco
    5:56 am
    @@@@@ For a little while we said nothing, only
    @@@@@
    For a little while we said nothing, only looked at
    the portrait while Elizabeth puffed like a choochoo
    trainAn old choo-choo train
    Then Wireman said: "There are many things I wonder
    about, EdgarSince coming to Duma Key, I have
    more questions than a four-year-old at bedtime
    But one thing I don't wonder about is why you want
    to stay hereIf I could do something like this,
    I'd want to stay here forever
    "Last year at this time I was doodling on phone
    pads while I was on hold," I saidTell me something, muchachoand thinking of all the other ones
    you've done since you startedwould you change
    the accident that took your arm? Would you change
    it, even if you could?"
    I thought of painting in Little Pink while The
    Bone pumped out hardcore rock and roll in thick
    chunksI thought of the Great Beach WalksI even
    539
    thought of the older Baumgarten kid yelling Yo, Mr
    Freemantle, nice chuck! when I spun the Frisbee
    back to himThen I thought of waking up in that
    hospital bed, how dreadfully hot I had been, how
    scattered my thoughts had been, how sometimes I
    couldn't even remember my own nameThe
    dawning realization (it came during The Jerry
    Springer Show), that part of my body was AWOLI
    had started crying and had been unable to stop
    "I would change it back," I said, "in a
    heartbeat And turned to
    take away Elizabeth's cigarette
    She immediately held out her hands like an infant
    who has been deprived of a toy"Smoke! Smoke!
    SMOKE!" Wireman butted the cigarette on the heel
    of his sandal and a moment later she quieted again,
    the cigarette forgotten now that her nicotine
    jones was satisfied
    "Stay with her while I put the painting in the
    front hall, would you?" Wireman asked"Wireman, I only meant-"
    "I knowIt was a
    stupid questionJust let me put this
    540
    painting safe, okay? Then the next time Jack comes,
    send him down hereWe'll wrap it nice and he can
    take it to the S
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    12:04 pm
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    more wreaths into the water less than six months
    laterNot just one daughter gone but twoThree,
    I suppose, if you count the eldestShe eloped to
    AtlantaWith a foreman from one of Daddy's mills,
    if memory servesAlthough that's hardly omega geneve the same
    as losing two in the GulfGod, that must have
    been hard
    "THEY ARE GONE," I said, remembering the headline
    Wireman had quoted
    She glanced at me sharply"So you've done some
    research of your own
    614
    "Not me, WiremanHe was curious about the woman
    he was working spy bag fendi forI don't think he knows about
    the connection to this Dave Davis
    She looked thoughtful"I wonder how much
    Elizabeth herself remembers?"
    "These days she doesn't even remember her own
    name," I said
    Mary gave me another look, then turned from the
    window, got her fake louis vuitton bags ashtray, and put out her cigarette
    "Alzheimer's? I'd heard rumors
    "I'm goddam sorry to hear itI got the more lurid
    details of the Dave Davis story from her, you knowI used to see her all the time, on
    the circuitAnd I interviewed most of the artists
    who stayed at Salmon gucci replica PointOnly you call it
    something else, don't you?"
    "Big Pink"I knew it was something cute
    "How many artists stayed there?"
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    5:56 am
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    Kyle seemed constantly bemused, too distracted by this impossible relationship he couldn't
    quite wrap his head around to pay attention to much elseHe wasn't giving up on Jodi, but as
    Sunny clung to him, he held her to his side with gentle hands
    Before the rain, every space was taken, so I stayed with Doc in the hospital that no longer
    frightened meThe cots were not comfortable, but it was a very interesting place to beCandy
    remembered the details of Summer Song's life better than her own; the hospital was a place santos cartier watch of
    miracles now
    After the rain, Doc would not be sleeping in the hospital anymoreThe first night in the game
    room, Sharon had dragged her mattress right next to Doc's without a word of explanation
    Perhaps it was Doc's fascination with the Healer that motivated Sharon, though I doubted Doc
    had even noticed how pretty the older woman was; his fascination was with her phenomenal
    knowledgeOr maybe it was just that Sharon was ready to forgive and forgetI hoped that was
    the caseIt would be nice to think that even Sharon and Maggie might gucci watch bangle be softened over time
    I would not stay in the hospital anymore, either
    The crucial conversation with Ian might never have taken place if not for JamieMy mouth
    would go all dry and my palms would sweat whenever I so much as thought of bringing it up
    What if those feelings in the hospital, those few perfect moments of certainty right after I'd
    awoken in this body, had been illusion? What if I remembered them wrong? I knew that nothing
    had changed for me, but how could I be certain Ian felt the same? The body he'd fallen in chanel handbags sale love
    with was still right here!
    I expected him to be unsettled–we all wereIf it was difficult for me, a soul used to such
    changes, how hard must it be for the humans?
    I was working to put the last of the jealousy and the perplexing echoes of the love I still felt for
    Jared behind meI didn't need or want themIan was the right partner for meBut sometimes I
    would catch myself staring at Jared and feel confusedI'd seen Melanie touch Ian's arm or hand
    and then jerk away as if she'd suddenly remembered who she wasEven Jared, who had tiffany diamond the least
    reason for uncertainty, would occasionally meet my confused gaze with a searching one of his
    ownAnd Ian… Of course it must have been hardest for him
    We were together nearly as much as Kyle and SunnyIan constantly touched my face and hair,
    was always holding my handsBut who did not respond to this body that way? And wasn't it
    platonic for everyone else? Why didn't he kiss me again, the way he had that first day?
    Maybe he could never love me inside this body, as appealing as it seemed to be to all the other
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    12:11 pm
    @@@@@ Mike caught the bus home after we had
    @@@@@
    Mike caught the bus home after we had finished cleaning upHe was going to talk to his dad when he got home that night and ask him if he would teach us how to become richMike promised to call as soon as he had talked to his dad, even if it was late
    The phone rang at 8:30 p And put the phone downMike's dad had agreed to meet with Mike and me
    At 7:30 Saturday morning, I caught the bus to the poor side of town
    The Lessons Begin:

    "I'll pay you 10 cents an hour"
    Even by 1956 pay standards, 10 cents an hour was low
    Michael and I met with his dad that morning at 8 o'clockHe was already busy and had been at work for more than an hourHis construction supervisor was just leaving in his pickup truck as I walked up to his simple, small and tidy homeMike met me at the door
    "Dad's on the phone, and he said to wait on the back porch," Mike said as he opened the door
    The old wooden floor creaked as I steppedacross the threshold of this aging houseThere was a cheap mat just inside the doorThe mat was there to hide the years of wear from countless footsteps that the floor had supportedAlthough clean, it needed to be replaced
    I felt claustrophobic as I entered the narrow living room, which was filled with old musty overstuffed furniture that today would be collector's itemsSitting on the couch were two women, a little older than my momAcross from the women sat a man in workman's clothesHe wore khaki slacks and a khaki shirt, neatly pressed but without starch, and polished work booksHe was about 10 years older than my dad; I'd say about 45 years oldThey smiled as Mike and I walked past them, heading for the kitchen, which lead to the porch that overlooked the back yard
    "Who are those people?" I as
    5:58 am
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    The war comes and Joey doubles his salary with overtime and promotionHe is up before the draft board twice and is deferred each time, but in 1943 when they start drafting the fathers he does not try for an exemption because he is a war workerThere is a sense of guilt in all the familiar landscape of his home, there is the discomfort of walking the street in civilian clothesMore, he has convictions, reads PM from time to time, although he will say that it upsets him too muchHe reasons it gucci replica all out with Natalie, is drafted against the protests of his boss
    In the draft-board office on the early morning when he reports for induction he talks to a father like himself, a portly fellow with a mustache
    Oh, no, I told my wife to stay at home, Joey says, I figured it would be too upsetting for her
    I had an awful time, the other fellow says, settling everything, it was a crime what I had to take for my store
    In a few minutes they discover they know a few people in commonOh, yes, the new friend says, cartier santos watch Manny Silver, nice fellow, we got along fine up at Grossinger's two years ago, but he travels in a crowd a little too fast for meNice wife, but she'd better watch her weight, I remember when they were married they were inseparable for a while, but of course you got to get out, meet people, it's bad for married people to stay alone together all the time
    Farewell to all this
    It has been lonely at times, empty, but still it has been a harborThere are all the friends, all the people you understand immediately, and chanel earrings in the Army, in the bare alien worlds of the barracks and the bivouacs, Goldstein fumbles for a new answer, a new securityAnd in his misery the old habits wither away like bark in winter, and he is left without a garmentHis mind searches, plumbs all the cells of his brain, and comes out with the concretion, the heritage, smudged for so long in the neutral lapping cradle of Brooklyn streets
    (We are a harried people, beset by oppressorswe must always journey from disaster to disasternot wanted and in a strange chanel logo land
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    12:14 pm
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    He swore very loudly, and the gucci mens wallet men started from their reveriesBrown leaned over him, daubing the moistened end of his handkerchief over Wilson's lips"Take it easy, Wilson," he said softly"You got to keep quiet, boy, or you'll be stirrin' up the Japs
    "Leggo, goddammit!" Wilson bawledThe shout exhausted him and he fell back on the stretcherDimly he felt himself bleeding again, bag dolce gabbana and he drifted along the impressions it aroused, uncertain if he was swimming or if he had wet his pants"Went and pissed in them," he mumbled, waiting for the hand to slap him"Woodrow Wilson, you're a little ol' slob," some woman's voice was sayingHe giggled, shying away from the blow"Aw, Mommy, didn't mean to He yelled the words, pleading, louis vuitton travel twitching on the stretcher as if avoiding a cuff
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    6:04 am
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    telegram and listened attentively when the telegraph operator gave
    her
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    such a rapid pace that Pansy almost had to run to keep upWhile she
    was waiting for Rhett to come, she should have gucci horsebit hobo just enough time to
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    Bishop,
    as Rhett had suggested
    Savannah's Convent of the Sisters of Mercy was a big white building
    with a cross over its tall closed doors, surrounded by a tall iron
    fence with closed gates surmounted by iron crossesScarlett's rapid
    pace slowed, then she stoppedIt was very different from men omega watch the
    handsome
    brick house in Charleston"Is you going in there, Miss Scarlett?"
    Pansy's voice had a quaver in it"I better wait outside
    "Don't be such a goose!" Pansy's fearfulness gave Scarlett courage
    "It's not a church, just a home for nice ladies like Miss Carreen
    The gate opened at her touch
    Yes, said the elderly nun who opened the door when Scarlett rang the
    bell, yes, Charleston's fake prada Mother Superior was thereNo, she couldn't
    ask her to see MrsThere was a meeting in
    progressNo, she didn't know how long it would last, nor whether the
    Mother Superior would be able to see MrsButler when it was overButler would like to see the schoolrooms; the convent
    was
    very proud of its schoolOr it was possible that a tour of the new
    Cathedral building could be arrangedAfter chanel purses that, perhaps the Mother
    Superior could be sent a message, if the meeting had endedScarlett
    forced herself to smileThe last thing on earth I want to do is
    admire a bunch of children, she thought angrilyOr look at some
    church, eitherShe was about to say that she'd simply come back
    later, then the nun's words gave her an ideaThey were building a
    new
    Cathedral, were they? That cost new cartier mon
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    12:04 pm
    @@@@@Come anytime you likeMy kitchen door has no
    @@@@@Come anytime you likeMy kitchen door has no lock, and
    there's always a fire on the hearthJamie's a fine hand with the
    fiddle himself, too Jamie! Scarlett's got to goPut your coat
    on, man, and give her your arm Just before they turned the corner
    Scarlett heard the music begin againIt was faint because of the
    thick brick walls of the house and the windows closed against the
    winter nightBut she recognized what the O'Haras were singingIt
    was "The Wearing o' the Green I know all the words to that one; oh,
    I wish I hadn't had to leaveHer feet made little dance steps
    Jamie laughed and matched her"I'll teach you the reel next time," he
    promisedbore her aunts' tightlipped disapproval with easy
    disregard
    Even being called on the carpet by her grandfather failed to upset
    her
    She remembered Maureen O'Hara's off-handed dismissal of himOld
    loo-Ia, she thought, and giggled internally
    It made her brave and impertinent enough to sashay over to his bed
    and
    kiss his cheek after he dismissed her"Good night, Grandfather," she
    said cheerfully"Old loo-Ia," she whispered when she was safely in
    the hallShe was laughing when she joined her aunts at tableHer
    supper was brought promptlyThe plate was covered with a brightly
    shining silver dish cover to keep the food hotScarlett was sure it
    was newly polishedThis house could run really properly, she thought,
    if it just had someone to keep the servants in li
    5:56 am
    @@@@@Yet the Jackal killed him with those
    @@@@@Yet
    the Jackal killed him with those symbolic bullets in his throatWas it betrayal, or was it
    carelessness on Rodchenko’s part at having been discovered? Which? We’ll never know The
    telephone rang and Krupkin’s hand shot down, picking it up“Da?” Shifting to Russian, Dimitri
    gestured for Conklin to restrap the prosthetic boot as he spoke“Now listen to me very carefully,
    comradeThe police are to make no moves—above all, they are to remain out of sightCall in one
    of our unmarked vehicles to replace the patrol car, am I clear? We’ll use the Moray
    frequency
    “Breakthrough?” asked Bourne, stepping away from the window as Dimitri slammed down the
    phone
    “Maximum!” replied Krupkin“The car was spotted on the Nemchinovka road heading toward
    Odintsovo
    “That doesn’t mean anything to meWhat’s in Odintsovol, or whatever it’s called?”
    “I don’t know specifically, but I must assume he doesRemember, he knows Moscow and its
    environsOdintsovo is what you might call an industrial suburb about thirty-five minutes from the
    city—”
    “Goddamn it!” yelled Alex, struggling with the Velcro straps of his boot
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    396
    “Let me do that,” said Jason, his tone of voice brooking no objection as he knelt down and
    swiftly manipulated the thick strips of coarse cloth“Why is Carlos still using the Dzerzhinsky
    car?” continued Bourne, addressing Krupkin“It’s not like him to take that kind of risk
    “It is if he has no choiceHe has to know that all Moscow taxis are a silent arm of the state, and
    he is, after all, severely wounded and undoubtedly now without a gun or he would have used it on
    youHe’s in no condition to threaten a driver or steal an automobileBesides, he reached the
    Nemchinovka road quickly; that the car was even seen is pure chanceThe road is not well
    traveled, which I assume he also knows
    “Let’s get out of here!” cried Conklin, annoyed by both Jason’s attention and his own infirmity
    He stood up, wavered, angrily rejected Krupkin’s hand, and started for the do
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    12:04 pm
    @@@@@ “Egypt, Israel, Italy,” began Jason,
    @@@@@
    “Egypt, Israel, Italy,” began Jason, circling the table, staring down at the maps“Greece,
    Portugal, Spain, France, the UK—” He rounded the corner as Benjamin interrupted, leaning
    wearily back in a chair: “Germany, the Netherlands, and the Scandinavian countriesAs I
    explained, most of the compounds include two separate and distinct countries, usually where there
    are common boundaries, cultural similarities or just to conserve spaceThere are basically nine
    major compounds, representing all the major nations—major to our interests—and therefore nine
    tunnels, approximately seven kilometers apart starting with the one here and heading north along
    the river
    “Then the first tunnel next to ours is the UK, right?”
    “Yes, followed by France, then Spain—which includes Portugal—then across the
    Mediterranean, beginning with Egypt along with Israel—”
    “It’s clear,” broke in Jason, sitting down at the end of the table, bringing his clasped hands
    together in thought“Did you get word up the line that they’re to admit anyone with those papers
    Carlos has, no matter what he looks like?”
    “No
    “What?” Bourne snapped his head toward the young trainer
    “I had Comrade Krupkin do thatHe’s in a Moscow hospital, so they can’t lock him up here for
    training fatigue
    “How can I cross over into another compound? Quickly, if necessary
    “Then you’re ready for the rest of the ground rules?”
    “I’m readyThere’s only so much these maps can tell me Benjamin reached into his pocket and withdrew a small black object the size of a credit
    card but somewhat thickerHe tossed it to Jason, who caught it in midair and studied it“That’s
    your passport,” continued the Soviet“Only the senior staff has them and if one’s lost or misplaced
    for even a few minutes, it’s reported immediately
    “There’s no ID, no writing or marking at all
    “It’s all inside, computerized and codedEach compound checkpoint has a clearing lockYou
    insert it and the barriers are raised, admitting you and telling the guards that you’re cleared from
    headquarters—and noted
    “Damned clever, these backward Marxists
    “They had the same little dears for just about every hotel room in Los Angeles, and that was four
    years ago
    “The ground rules?”
    “Krupkin calls them protective measures—for us as well as youFrankly, he doesn’t think you’ll
    get out of here alive; and if you don’t, you’re to be deep-fried and lost
    “How nicely realisti
    5:56 am
    @@@@@ "Not at all, phantom sensations in the
    @@@@@
    "Not at all, phantom sensations in the stump of a
    limb are normalI'm just surprised at the rate of
    healingI squeezed pretty
    darn hard to begin with He
    cupped the stump again and pushed upward"Does
    that give pain?"
    It did - a dull, low sparkle, vaguely hot
    "If it didn't I'd be worried"Look at
    the eye-chart again, all right?"
    628
    I did as he asked, and decided that all-important
    seventh line was AGOCSEOWhich made more sense
    because it made no sense
    "How many fingers am I touching you with, Edgar?"
    "Don't know It didn't feel like he was touching
    me at all
    "Now?"
    "Don't know He was almost up to my collarboneAnd I
    had an idea - crazy but very strong - that I would
    have been able to feel his fingers everywhere on
    the stump if I'd been in one of my painting
    frenziesIn fact, I would have been able to feel
    his fingers in the air below the stumpAnd I
    think he would have been able to feel mewhich
    would no doubt have caused the good doctor to run
    screaming from the room
    He went on - first to my leg, then my headHe
    listened to my heart, looked into my eyes, and did
    a bunch of other doctorly thingsWhen he'd
    exhausted most of the possibilities, he told me to
    get dressed and meet him at the end of the hall
    629
    This turned out to be a pleasantly littered little
    officeHadlock sat behind the desk and leaned
    back in his chairThere were pictures on one wall
    Some, I assumed, were of the doctor's family, but
    there were also shots of him shaking hands with
    George Bush the First and Maury Povich
    (intellectual equals, in my book), and one of him
    with an amazingly vigorous and pretty Elizabeth
    EastlakeThey were holding tennis rackets, and I
    recognized the courtIt was the one at El Palac
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    12:06 pm
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    Ilse's eyes were shining with excitement"The old
    gal in the big blue sneakers!"
    The crowd - many of them still applauding - parted
    for us, and I saw the three of them in the
    reception area, where two tables with a punch-bowl
    on each had been set upMy eyes began to sting
    and a lump rose in my throatJack was dressed in
    a slate gray suitWith his usually unruly
    surfer's thatch tamed, he looked like either a
    junior executive in the Bank of America or an
    especially tall seventh-grader on Careers Day
    Wireman, pushing Elizabeth's chair, was wearing
    faded, beltless jeans and a round-collared white
    linen shirt that emphasized his deep tanHis hair
    was combed back, and I realized for the first time
    that he was good-looking the way Harrison Ford was
    in his late forties
    But it was Elizabeth who stole the show, Elizabeth
    who elicited the applause, even from the newbies
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    who hadn't the slightest idea who she wasShe was
    wearing a black pantsuit of dull rough cotton,
    loose but elegantHer hair was up and held with a
    gauzy snood that flashed like diamonds beneath the
    gallery's downlightersFrom her neck hung an
    ivory scrimshaw pendant on a gold chain, and on
    her feet were not big blue Frankenstein sneakers
    but elegant pumps of darkest scarletBetween the
    second and third fingers of her gnarled left hand
    was an unlit cigarette in a gold-chased holder
    She looked left and right, smilingWhen Mary came
    to the chair, Wireman stopped pushing long enough
    for the younger woman to kiss Elizabeth's cheek
    and whisper in her earElizabeth listened, nodded,
    then whispered backMary cawed laughter, then
    caressed Elizabeth's arm
    Someone brushed by meIt was Jacob Rosenblatt,
    the accountant, his eyes wet and his nose red
    Dario and Jimmy were behind himRosenblatt knelt
    by her wheelchair, his bony knees cracking like
    starter pistols, and cried, "Miss Eastlake! Oh,
    Miss Eastlake, so long we're not seeing you, and
    nowoh, what a wonderful surprise!"
    712
    "And you, Jake," she said, and cradled his bald
    head to her bosomIt looked like a very large egg
    lying there"Handsome as Bogart!" She saw meI winked back, but it wasn't easy to
    keep my happy face on
    5:56 am
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
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