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| Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | | 12:06 pm |
@@@@@Further, it is why I have sent you funds—to @@@@@Further, it is why I have sent you funds—to be used totally at your discretion—for the money you’ve received is the approximate value of the privileges your superiors enjoyWhy should you not receive them and enjoy them as they do?” The rumble of why not? and he’s right rippled through the audience, now actually looking at one another, eyes locked, and heads nodding firmlyThe Jackal then began to reel off the eight major departments in question, and as each was named successively, there was an enthusiastic nodding of heads“The ministries of Transport, Information, Finance, Import/Export, Legal Procedures, Military Supply, Scientific Research and hardly the least, Presidium AppointmentsThese are your domains, but you have been cut out from all final decisionsThat is no longer acceptable— changes must be made!” The assembled listeners rose almost as one, no longer strangers but, instead, people united in a causeThen one, the obviously cautious bureaucrat who had closed the door, spoke“You appear to know our situations well, sir, but what can change them?” “These,” announced Carlos, gesturing dramatically at the file folders spread out across the low tableSlowly the small group sat down, singly and in couples, looking at one another when not staring at the folders“On this table are secretly gathered confidential dossiers of your superiors in each of the departments represented hereThey contain such injurious information that when presented by you individually will guarantee your immediate promotions, and in several cases your succession to those high officesYour superiors will have no choice, for these files are daggers aimed at their throats—exposure would result in disgrace and execution “Sir?” A middle-aged woman in a neat but nondescript plain blue dress cautiously stood upHer blond-gray hair was swept back into a stern bun; she touched it briefly, self-consciously, as she Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 383 spoke“I evaluate personnel files on a daily basis and frequently discover errors how can you be certain these dossiers are accurate? For if they are not accurate, we could be placed in extremely dangerous situations, is that not so?” “That you should even question their accuracy is an affront, madame,” replied the Jackal coldly “I am the monseigneur from ParisI have accurately described your individual situations and accurately depicted the inferiority of your superiorsFurther, and at great expense and risk to myself and my associates here in Moscow, I have covertly funneled monies to you so as to make your lives more comfortable “Speaking for myself,” interrupted a gaunt man wearing glasses and a brown business suit, “I appreciate the money—I assigned mine to our collective fund and expect a moderate return—but does one have anything to do with the other? I am with the Ministry of Finance, of course, and having admitted that, I absolve myself of complicity for being clear about my status “Whatever that means, accountant, you’re about as clear as your paralyzed ministry,” interrupted an obese man in a black suit too small for his girth“You also cast doubt on your ability to recognize a decent return! Naturally, I’m with Military Supply, and you consistently shortchange us “As you do constantly with Scientific Research!” exclaimed a short, tweedy professorial member of the audience, the irregularity of his clipped beard due, no doubt, to poor vision, despite the thick spectacles bridging his | | 5:58 am |
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One by one, gasping, panting angrily, they @@@@@ One by one, gasping, panting angrily, they climbed the last shelf of rock and dropped behind its bank, their bodies pungent with sweatHearn was one of the lastHe rolled over on the ground, came to his kneesBrown and Stanley and Roth, Minerta and Polack were still firing, and Croft helped him to standThey crouched behind the rock"We all get back?" Hearn panted Croft looked about quickly"Looks like all of us"C'mon, Lootenant, we got to get out of here, they'll be circling around soon "Everybody here?" Red shoutedHe had a long abrasion on his cheek, powdered with embedded dirtHis sweat etched through it like tears on a dirty faceThe men were clambering behind the shelter of the rock, shouting angrily and nervously at each other "IS THERE ANYBODY THE FUG MISSING?" Gallagher shouted "Everybody's here," someone yelled back The grove at the other end of the field was silentOnly an occasional shot chirruped over their heads "Let's get out of here Croft peered over the top of the shelf, searched the field for an instant and saw nothingHe ducked down as a few shots chased after him"Want to go, Lootenant?" Hearn was unable to concentrate for a momentHe was still caught in the ferment that had aroused himHe could not quite believe they were back to a temporary safety; all his energies were balkedHe wanted to drive them for another hundred yards and another, bawling out his commands, bellowing his rageIt was impossible for him to t | | Friday, December 31st, 2010 | | 12:14 pm |
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Wilson began to giggle weakly"Ah thought @@@@@ Wilson began to giggle weakly"Ah thought that hole in mah belly made me blind He worked his mouth dryly, and in the darkness it sounded like the tense choking murmurs of a woman in grief He seemed to roll on the stretcher"Where the hell am I?" "We're takin' you back to the beach, Stanley and Goldstein and Ridges and me Wilson digested this slowly"Ah'm out of the patrol, huh?" "Yeah, all of us, boy"Ah bet Croft was mad as a goosed beeSonofabitch, they're gonna op-per-rate on me now, an' cut out all that pus, ain't they, Brown?" "Yeah, they'll fix you up "By the time Ah git done, Ah'll have two belly-buttons, one right on top of t'otherGoddam that's gonna make me a hell of an attraction to the women He tried to laugh, and began to cough softly"On'y thing beat that would be two peters"Ah can taste blood in mah mouthIs that good?" "Can't hurt ya," Brown lied"Just comes out both ends "Ain't that a sonofabitch though, man who's been around's long as me in the platoon gettin' hit in a lousy shit-storm like that He lay back reflecting"Ah wish to hell that hole in mah belly would stop actin' up "It'll be all right "Listen, they was Japs after me in that field, jus' a couple of yards away from meThey was talkin', jus' jabberin' away, doky cola kinda it sounded likeBut they was right after me He's off again, Brown thought"You feeling cold, boy?" At the suggestion, Wilson shuddere | | 6:06 am |
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“Hurry up, I want those grenadesWill we @@@@@ “Hurry up, I want those grenadesWill we have any trouble getting them?” “Not if Krupkin keeps up the good work Krupkin had; with the flares in hand, the tunnel was their last supply stopFour Russian army grenades were counted out and counter signed by Benjamin“Where to?” he asked as the soldier in an American uniform returned to the concrete guardhouse “These aren’t exactly Ugeneral issue,” said Jason, putting the grenades carefully, one by one, into the pockets of his field jacket “They’re not for training, eitherThe compounds aren’t military-oriented but basically civilian If those are ever used, it’s not for indoctrination purposesWhere do we go now?” “Check with headquarters firstSee if anything’s happened at any of the border checkpoints Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 424 “My beeper would have gone off—” “I don’t trust beepers, I like words,” interrupted Jason Benjamin did so, switching to the Russian language and using the codes that only senior staff were assignedThe terse Soviet reply came over the speaker; the young trainer replaced the microphone and turned to Bourne“No activity at all,” he said“Just some intercompound fuel deliveries “What are they?” “Petrol distribution mainlySome compounds have larger tanks than others, so logistics call for routine apportionments until the main supplies are shipped downriver “They distribute at night?” “It’s far better than those trucks clogging up the streets during the dayRemember, everything’s scaled down hereAlso, we’ve been driving through the back roads, but there’s a maintenance army in the central locations cleaning up stores and offices and restaurants, getting ready for tomorrow’s assignmentsLarge trucks wouldn’t help “Christ, it is DisneylandAll right, head for the ‘Spanish’ border, Pe | | 5:58 am |
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Do @@@@@"What do you mean to do? Take it back? Do you mean to take it back to Duma?" Her voice rang out in the quiet of the galleryyou really shouldn't excite yourself this way," Pam said Elizabeth's eyes blazed in the hanging flesh of her faceHer nails dug into the scant meat of my wrist"And what? Put it next to another one you've already started?" "I haven't started another-" Or had I? My memory was playing me again, as it often did in moments of stressIf someone had at that moment demanded that I speak the name of my older daughter's French boyfriend, I probably would have said RenéThe dream had tilted, all right; here was the nightmare, right on schedule "The one where the rowboat is empty?" Before I could say anything, Gene Hadlock shoved through the crowd, followed by Wireman, followed by Ilse, holding a glass of water "Elizabeth, we should go," Hadlock said He reached for her armElizabeth swept his hand awayOn the follow-through she struck the glass Ilse was starting to proffer and it went flying, hitting one of the bare walls and shattering Someone cried out and some woman, incredibly, laughed "Do you see the rocking horse, Edgar?" She held out her handIt was trembling badlyHer nails had been painted coral pink, probably by Annmarie "That belonged to my sisters, Tessie and LauraThey dragged that damned thing with them everywhereIt was outside Rampopo - the baby playhouse on the side lawn - after they drowned My father couldn't bear to look at itHe had it thrown into the water at the memorial service Along with the garland, of courseThe one around the horse's neck 729 Silence except for the tearing rasp of her breath Mary Ire staring with big eyes, her obsessive note-taking at an end, the pad hanging forgotten in one hand by her sid | | 5:58 am |
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CHAPTER SEVEN Lesson Six:Work to Learn - Don't Work for Money
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