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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:31 am
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    kelly hermes,lady dior,dolce sale,omega ladies watch,fake cartier@@@@@I've never dirtied my hand with a divorce
    action, and I'm not going to start nowYou would be wasting your
    time
    and money, besidesThere is no divorce in South Carolina, and that is
    Rhett's legal residence nowIf you persist in this tonfooiery, I will
    give you the name of a lawyer in Atlanta who is almost req,ectabli,
    even though he has done two divorces that Ee heard of But I warn you
    that you'll have to give him or someone else all your legal kelly hermes business
    I won't handle anything for you any moreIf you're thinking of
    divorcing Rhett so you'll be free to mary Ashley Wilkes, let me say
    that you'd do well to think againAIhl is doing much better than
    anyone e,q,ecied he woubl
    Miss India and my silly sister keep a comfortable house for him and his
    boyIf you push yourself into hishf, you'll ruin everythisg
    Leave the poor man alone, ScarlettLeave Ashley alone, indeed! I'd
    like to know how comfortable and lady dior prosperous he'd be if I had left him
    aloneUncle Henry, of all people, should have better sense than to
    fuss at me like a prissy old maid and jump to all kinds of nasty
    conclusionsHe knows all about building the houses on the edge of
    townScarlett's feelings were deeply woundedUncle Henry Hamilton
    was the closest thing she had to a father-or a friend in Atlanta-and
    his accusations cut deepShe scanned the few remaining lines quickly
    then scrawled a dolce sale response for Pansy to take to the telegraph office
    SAVANNAH ADDRESS N0 SECRET STOP DIV0RCE NOT WANTED STOP
    MONEY IN G0LD
    QUESTION MARK If Uncle Henry hadn't sounded so much like an old
    clucking hen, she would have trusted him to have bought gold and put
    it
    in her safe boxBut anyone who didn't have sense enough to give
    Rhett
    her address might not have sense about other things, tooScarlett
    chewed on the knuckle of her left thumb, worried about her omega ladies watch money
    Maybe she should go to Atlanta and talk to Henry and her bankers and
    Joe ColletonMaybe she should buy some more land out there on the
    edge of town, put up some more housesThings would never be
    cheaper
    than they were now, with the aftereffects of the Panic still depressing
    businessNo!
    She had to put first things firstRhett was trying to find her
    She smiled to herself, and the fingers of her right hand smoothed the
    reddened skin over her thumb fake cartier knuc
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    9:31 am
    @@@@@ “What are you talking about?” “Randolph
    @@@@@
    “What are you talking about?”
    “Randolph Gates, that’s what I’m talking about—who I’m talking about
    “That bastard from Boston? The one who put the Jackal on David’s trail?”
    “The touchingly reformed Randolph Gates, JohnnyReformed in all ways but monetary
    restitution, I might addStill, nevertheless, with the mind and the conscience that I knew at
    Harvard years agoNot the brightest, not the best, but with the literary and oratorical skills that
    camouflaged a brilliance that was never really there
    “Now what the hell are you talking about?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    437
    “I visited him the other day at his rehabilitation center in Minnesota, or Michigan, I can’t
    actually remember which, for I flew first class and the drinks were delivered on request
    Regardless, we met and our arrangement was concludedHe’s changing sides, JohnnyHe’s now
    going to fight—legally—for the people, not for the conglomerates who buy and sell on paperHe
    told me he’s going after the raiders and the merger brokers who make billions in the markets and
    cost thousands upon thousands in jobs
    “How can he do that?”
    “Because he was thereHe did it all; he knows all the tricks and is willing to commit his
    considerable talents to the cause
    “Why would he do it?”
    “Because he’s got Edith back
    “Who in God’s name is Edith?”
    “His wifeActually, I’m still in love with herI was from the time we first met, but in those
    days a distinguished judge with a wife and a child, regardless of how repulsive both might be, did
    not pursue such longingsRandy the Grand never deserved her; perhaps now he’ll make up for all
    the lost years
    “That’s very interesting, but what’s it got to do with your arrangement?”
    “Did I mention that Lord Randolph of Gates made great sums of money during those lost but
    productive years?”
    “Several timesSo?”
    “Well, in recognition of the services I rendered that undoubtedly contributed to the removal of a
    life-threatening situation in which he found himself, said threat emanating from Paris, he saw
    clearly the validity of compensating meEspecially in light of the knowledge I possessYou
    know, after a number of bloodletting courtroom battles, I think he’s going after a judgeshipFar
    higher than mine, I think
    “So?”
    “So, if I keep my own counsel, get out of Boston, and for the sake of a loose tongue stay off the
    sauce, his bank will forward me fifty thousand dollars a year for the rest of my life
    “Jesus Christ!”
    “That’s what I said to myself when he agreedI even went to Mass for the first time in thirty-odd
    yea
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    9:34 am
    @@@@@"You might even believe itthis is one story
    @@@@@"You might even believe itthis is one story you'll never printAnd thanks for coming to my
    showRemember to give Libby my
    loveI had seen Elizabeth Eastlake for
    the last time
    ix
    742
    The ICU nurse on duty told me that Elizabeth was
    in surgeryWhen I asked for what, she told me she
    wasn't sureI looked around the waiting room
    "If you're looking for MrWireman, I believe he
    went to the cafeteria for coffee," the nurse said
    "That's on the fourth floor I started away, then turned back
    Hadlock part of the surgical team?"
    "I don't think so," she said, "but he's
    observing
    I thanked her again and went in search of Wireman
    I found him in a far corner of the caff, sitting
    in front of a paper cup about the size of a World
    War II mortar shellExcept for a scattering of
    nurses and orderlies and one tense-looking family
    group in another corner of the room, we had the
    place to ourselvesMost of the chairs were
    upended on the tables, and a tired-looking lady in
    red rayon was working out with a mopAn iPod hung
    in a sling between her breasts
    "Hola, mi vato," Wireman said, and gave me a wan
    smileHis hair, neatly combed back when he made
    his entrance with Elizabeth and Jack, had fallen
    down around his ears, and there were dark circles
    743
    around his eyes"Why don't you grab yourself a
    cup of coffee? It tastes like factory-made shit,
    but it do prop up a person's eyelidsJust let me borrow a sip of yours I
    had three aspirin in my pants pocketI fished
    them out and swallowed them with some of Wireman's
    coffee
    He wrinkled his
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    9:39 am
    @@@@@ And the lazy mind says, "But I'm tiredI
    @@@@@ And the lazy mind says, "But I'm tiredI worked really hard today Or the human spirit says, "I'm sick and tired of being poor Let's get out there and get rich To which the lazy mind says, "Rich people are greedy Besides it's too much bother I'm working hard enough as it isI've got too much to do at work anywayLook at what I have to do tonightMy boss wants it finished by the morning
    "I can't afford it" also brings up sadnessA helplessness that leads to ' despondency and often depression"Apathy" is another word"How can I afford it?" opens up possibilities, excitement and dreamsSo rich dad , was not so concerned about what you wanted to buy, but that "How can 'f j I afford it?" created a stronger mind and a dynamic spirit
    Thus, he rarely gave Mike or me anythingInstead he would ask, "How can you afford it?" and that included college, which we paid for ourselvesIt was not the goal but the process of attaining the goal we desired that he wanted us to learnThe problem I sense today is that there are millions of people who feel guilty about their greedIt's an old conditioning from their childhoodTheir desire to have the finer things that life offersMost have been conditioned subconsciously to say, "You can't have that," or ;
    "You'll never afford that
    When I decided to exit the rat race, it was simply a question "How can I afford to never work again?" And my mind began to kick out answers and solutionsThe hardest part was fighting my real parents' dogma of "We can't afford
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    9:31 am
    @@@@@He lay on the ground waiting for the soldier
    @@@@@He lay on the ground waiting for the soldier to pivot the machine gun, fire at himHe peered around again and realized the Jap had not seen him, was sitting at a slight angle to himBehind the machine gunner was the stem of the THe would have to get past him, and it was impossible
    Now, Martinez knew what had been wrongThey would have a guard posted along the trailWhy hadn't he thought of it? El juicioWith all his fright was another fear to be examined later; like the murderer remembering all the obvious things he had forgotten while he committed his crime, Martinez felt a dull dread leavened into his terrorWhat else, por Dios, what else? He peered again at the machine gunner, watching him with an absorbed fascinationIf he desired he could reach out and touch himThe soldier was a young man, almost a boy, with blank young features, dull half-closed eyes, and a thin mouthIn the moonlight that sifted through the borders of the grove he looked half asleep
    Martinez had a sense of unrealityWhat was to keep him from touching him, from greeting him? They were menThe entire structure of the war wavered in his brain for a moment, almost tottered, and then was restored by a returning wash of fearIf he touched him he would be killedBut it seemed unbelievable
    He could not go back nowIt was impossible to turn his body around without making some small sound, enough in any case to alert the machine gunnerAnd it was impossible to pass him; the trail skirted the lip of the machine-gun emplacementHe would have to kill himEven at the thought Martinez's overpitched senses rebelledHe lay there shuddering, conscious suddenly of how weak, how tired, he feltThere seemed no strength, no capacity for effort left in his limbsHe was reduced to peering through the foliage at the moonlight on the soldier's fac
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    9:31 am
    @@@@@Colum got things done, too, just like Rhett,
    @@@@@Colum got things done, too, just like Rhett, and laughed about
    the doing, just like RhettScarlett laughed to herself at the memory
    of Colum talking about Polly's father"Aye, he's a grand, bold man,
    the mighty builder MacMahonArms like sledgehammers he has, fairly
    popping the seams of his costly coat, doubtless chosen by Mrs
    MacMahon
    to match her parlor suite, else why would it be such a plushy object?
    A Godly man, too, with proper reverence for the shine it gives his soul
    to build God's own house here in Savannah, AmericaI blessed him
    for
    it, in my own humble way'It's my belief you're
    such a religious that you're not taking a penny more than forty percent
    profit from the parish Then didn't his eyes flash and his muscles
    swell like a bull's and his plushy sleeves make pretty little popping
    sounds along their silk-sewn seams? 'Sure it is, Master Builder,' says
    I, 'that any other man would have made it fifty, seeing that the
    Bishop's not an Irishman?"
    "And then the good man showed hismerit'Gross!" he roared, till I
    feared the windows would fly out into the street'What manner of
    name
    is that for a Catholic?" Then he told me stories about the iniquities
    of the Bishop that my collar forbids me to creditI shared his
    sorrows and a glass or two with him, then I told him about the
    suffering of my poor little cousinRighteous wrath he showed, the
    good manIt was all I could do to stop him tearing down the steeple
    with his own strong handsIt's my belief he won't call all the men out
    on strike, but I cannot be altogether certainHe will, he tells me,
    express to the Bishop his concern for Scarlett's easiness of mind in
    terms the nervous little man cannot fail to understand, and as often as
    may be necessary to convince him of the gravity of the problem
    Maureen said, "And why are you smiling at the cabbages, I'd like to
    know?" Scarlett turned the smile onto her friend"Because I'm happy
    that it's spring and we're going to have a picnic," she saidAnd
    because she was going to have Tara, she was sureScarlett had never
    seen Forsyth ParkHodgson Hall was just across the street from it,
    but it had been dark when she went to the dedication ceremonyIt
    caught her unaware, and it took her breath awayA pair of stone
    sphimes flanked the entranceThe children looked longingly at the
    beasts they were forbidden to climb, then ran at full speed along the
    central pathThey had to run around ScarlettShe was stopped in
    the
    middle of the path, staring ah
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    9:32 am
    @@@@@ I could still feel the heat of Jared's lips
    @@@@@
    I could still feel the heat of Jared's lips on mineMy hands reached out without my permission,
    searching across the rumpled sheet, looking for something they did not findMy heart ached
    when they gave up, falling to the bed limp and empty
    I blinked away the unwelcome moisture in my eyesI didn't know how much more of this I
    could standHow did anyone survive this world, with these bodies whose memories wouldn't
    stay in the past where they should? With these emotions that were so strong I couldn't tell whatI
    felt anymore?
    I was going to be exhausted tomorrow, but I felt so far from sleep that I knew it would be
    hours before I could relaxI might as well do my duty and get it over withMaybe it would help
    me take my mind off things I'd rather not think about
    I rolled off the bed and stumbled to the computer on the otherwise empty deskIt took a few
    seconds for the screen to glow to life, and another few seconds to open my mail programIt
    wasn't hard to find the Seeker's address; I only had four contacts: the Seeker, the Healer, my
    new employer, and his wife, my Comforter
    There was another human with my host, Melanie Stryder
    I typed, not bothering with a greeting
    His name is Jamie Stryder; he is her brother
    For a panicked moment, I wondered at her controlAll this time, and I'd never even guessed at
    the boy's existence–not because he didn't matter to her, but because she protected him more
    fiercely than other secrets I'd unraveledDid she have more secrets this big, this important? So
    sacred that she kept them even from my dreams? Was she that strong? My fingers trembled as I
    keyed the rest of the information
    I think he's a young adolescent nowThey were living in a temporary camp,
    and I believe it was north of the town of Cave Creek, in ArizonaThat was several years ago,
    thoughStill, you could compare a map to the lines I remembered beforeAs always, I'll tell you
    if I get anything moreAs soon as it was gone, terror washed through me
    Not Jamie!
    Her voice in my head was as clear as my own spoken aloudI shuddered in hor
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    9:40 am
    @@@@@ "Tom, listen and don't say anyth-" But the
    @@@@@
    "Tom, listen and don't say anyth-"
    But the voice went on"She'll
    kill you, you knowYou and all your friendsThe
    way she's killed meOnly I'm still alive
    I staggered on my feet
    847
    "Edgar!" Wireman said sharply"Edgar, what's
    wrong?"
    "Shut up," I said
    The message seemed to be over, but I could still
    hear him breathingSlow, shallow respiration
    coming from Minnesota
    "Being dead is better," he said"Now I have to go
    and kill Pam
    "Tom!" I shouted at the message"Tom, wake up!"
    "After we're dead we're going to be marriedIt's
    to be a shipboard wedding
    "Tom!" Wireman and Jack crowding in, one gripping
    my arm, the other gripping my stump
    And then:
    "Leave a message at the beep
    The beep came and then the line went silent
    I didn't hang up the phone; I dropped it"Tom Riley's gone to kill my wife," I
    saidAnd then went on, although the words didn't
    feel like mine: "He may have done it already
    xii
    848
    Wireman didn't ask for an explanation, just told
    me to call herI put the telephone back to my ear,
    but couldn't remember the numberWireman read it
    to me, but I couldn't punch it in; the bad side of
    my vision had, for the first time in weeks, come
    over all red
    I stood listening to the phone ring in Mendota
    Heights, waiting for Pam's bright, impersonal
    voice on the answering machine - a message saying
    she was in Florida but would return calls
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    9:40 am
    @@@@@BE AN "INDIAN GIVER": This is the power of
    @@@@@BE AN "INDIAN GIVER": This is the power of getting something for nothingWhen the first white settlers came to America, they were taken aback by a cultural practice some American Indians hadFor example, if a settler was cold, the Indian would give the person a blanketMistaking it for a gift, the settler was often offended when the Indian asked for it back
    The Indians also got upset when they realized the settlers did not want to give it backThat is where the term "Indian giver" came fromA simple cultural misunderstanding
    In the world of the "asset column," being an Indian giver is vital to wealthThe sophisticated investor's first question is, "How fast do I get my money back?" They also want to know what they get for free, also called a piece of the actionThat is why the ROI, or return of and on investment, is so important
    For example, I found a small condominium, a few blocks from where I live, that was in foreclosureThe bank wanted $60,000, and I submitted a bid for $50,000, which they took, simply because, along with my bid, was a cashier's check for $50,000They realized I was seriousMost investors would say, aren't you tying up a lot of cash? Would it not be better to get a loan on it? The answer is, not in this caseMy investment company uses this as a vacation rental in the winter months, when the "snowbirds" come to Arizona, and rent it for $2,500 a month for four months out of the yearFor rental during the off-season, it rents for only $1,000 a monthI had my money back in about three years Now I own this asset, which pumps money out for me, month in and month out
    The same is done with stocksFrequently, my broker will call me and recommend I move a sizable amount of money into the stock of a company that he feels is just about to make a move that will add value to the stock, like announcing a new product I will move my money in for a week to a month while the stock moves upThen, I pull my initial dollar amount out, and stop worrying about the fluctuations of the market, because my initial money is back and ready to work on another assetSo my money goes in, and then it comes out, and I own an asset that was technically free
    True, I have lost money on many occasions But I only play with money I can afford to lose
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    9:31 am
    @@@@@He was continually eager to press on to the
    @@@@@He was continually eager to press on to the next rise, anxious to see what was beyondThe sheer mass of the mountain inflamed him
    He had brought the platoon up the first clay gully in the cliffs, and at the top he had paused for a moment and then filed off to the right to climb a steeply rounded slope of kunai grass which abutted a rock wall thirty feet highHe bore back to the left again, and found a series of slabs up which they could climbAbove that was a tumble of rocks which issued into a sharp ridge-line zigzagging toward the middle slopes of the mountainHe led the platoon along it, bounding forward through the tall grass, pausing only at the places where the ridge grew dangerously narrow
    The ridge was pocked with boulders, and dropped almost vertically on one side to the cliffs beneathIn the kunai grass there were places where the footing was very uncertain; the men could not see below their knees and they felt their way forward slowly, holding onto the tall stalks with both hands, their rifles crossed over their packsThey climbed along it steadily like this for half an hour, and then took a breakLittle more than an hour had elapsed since Croft had led them up the first gully, and the sun was still in the east, but they were tiredThey accepted the break eagerly, sprawling in a line along the narrow top of the ridge
    Wyman had been panting heavily for the last twenty minutes of the march, and he lay quiet on his back, waiting for the spring to return to his legs
    "How're you feeling?" Roth asked Wyman shook his headThey would be continuing like this all day, and he knew with the experience he had gained on this patrol that he would not be able to make it"I'm going to lighten my pack," he told Roth
    But everything in it was essentialWyman deliberated whether to throw away his rations or his blanketThey had taken twenty-one K rations with them and only seven had been eaten so farBut if they crossed the mountain and scouted through the Jap rear they would be gone at least a weekHe couldn't take the chanceWyman withdrew his blanket from the pack, and tossed it a few yards away
    "Whose blanket is that?" Croft had seen it, and was walking toward them
    "Mine, Sergeant," Wyman admitted
    "Go fetch it and stick it in your pa
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    9:31 am
    @@@@@Daniel O'Hara's eyes were sunken in their
    @@@@@Daniel O'Hara's eyes were sunken in
    their sockets, his cheeks so hollow that his face looked like a skull
    covered by skinScarlett knelt by the austere fold-out bed and took
    his handIt was hot, papery dry and weak"Uncle Daniel, it's Katie
    Scarlett Daniel opened his eyes
    The tremendous effort of will it required made Scarlett want to weep
    "I've a favor to ask," he saidHis breathing was shallow
    "Bury me in O'Hara earth Don't be silly, you're a long way from
    that, Scarlett meant to say, but she couldn't lie to the old man"I
    will that," she said, the Irish way of affirmation
    Daniel's eyes closedScarlett began to weepKathleen led her to a
    chair by the fire"Will you help me brew the tea, Scarlett?
    They'll all be coming Scarlett nodded, unable to speakShe hadn't
    realized until this moment how important her uncle had become in her
    lifeHe seldom spoke, she almost never talked to him, he was simply
    there-solid, quiet, unchanging and strongHead of the householdIn
    her mind Uncle Daniel was The O 'Hara
    Kathleen sent Scarlett home before dark fell"You've your baby to
    tend, and there's nothing more to do here
    On Saturday everything was much the samePeople came to pay
    their
    respects in a steady stream all dayScarlett fixed pot after pot of
    tea, sliced the cakes people brought, buttered bread for sandwich
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    9:41 am
    @@@@@Use logic, right? So, if you didn't have
    @@@@@Use logic, right? So, if you
    didn't have backup, which I've seen no sign of, and you had no way to get back, then you
    must've had a different goalYou haven't been real talkative since you got here, 'cept with the
    kid just now, but I've listened to what youhave saidKind of seems to me like the reason you
    almost died out there was 'cause you were hell-bent on finding that kid and Jared
    “Only why wouldyou care?” Jeb asked, expecting no answer, just musing“So, this is how I see
    it: either you're a really good actress–like a super-Seeker, some new breed, sneakier than the
    first–with some kind of a plan I can't figure out, or you're not actingThe first seems like a
    pretty complicated explanation for your behavior, then and now, and I don't buy it
    “But if you're not acting…”
    He paused for a moment
    “Spent a lot of time watching your kindI was always waiting for them to change, you know,
    when they didn't have to act like us anymore, because there was no one to actforI kept on
    watching and waiting, but they just kept on actin' like humansStaying with their bodies'
    families, going out for picnics in good weather, plantin' flowers and paintin' pictures and all the
    rest of itI've been wondering if you all aren't turning sort of humanIf we don't have some real
    influence, in the end
    He waited, giving me a chance to respond
    “Saw something a few years ago that stuck with meOld man and woman, well, the bodies of
    an old man and an old womanBeen together so long that the skin on their fingers grew in
    ridges around their wedding ringsThey were holding hands, and he kissed her on her cheek,
    and she blushed under all those wrinklesOccurred to me that you have all the same feelings we
    have, because you're really us, not just hands in a puppet“We have all the same feelingsHope, and pain, and
    love
    “So, if you aren't acting… well, then I'd swear to it that you loved them bothWanda,
    not just Mel's body
    I put my head down on my armsThe gesture was tantamount to an admission, but I didn't care
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    9:38 am
    @@@@@ He turned away, and then came backThe
    @@@@@
    He turned away, and then came backThe battlefield was very silent, and he could hear nothing for a moment but the intent buzzing silence of the flies on the ridgeDown below in the valley everything stank, and the wreckage of mutilated men and vehicles was scattered everywhereIt looked like a junk yard, rust-red and black with an occasional patch of green grassMartinez shook his head, Everything stinkA discarded rifle was lying at his feet, and without thinking he picked it up, and smashed the butt of it against the cadaver's mouthIt made a sound like an ax thudding into a wet rotten logHe lifted the rifle and smashed it down againThe teeth spattered looseSome landed on the ground and a few lay scattered over the crushed jaw of the corpseMartinez picked up four or five gold ones in a frenzy and dropped them in his pocketHe was sweating terribly, and his anxiety seemed to course through his body with the pumping of his heartHe took a few deep breaths, and gradually it subsidedHe was feeling a mixture of guilt and glee, and he thought of a time in his childhood when he had stolen a few pennies from his mother's purseHe wondered idly when he could sell the teethThe opened battered mouth of the corpse bothered him, and he turned the body over with his footA school of maggots was uncovered, and he shiveredFor some reason, he was very frightened, and he turned and went back to the men in the cave
    The cave was small and the air in it was dank and oppressiveThe men were sweating heavily, and yet the air seemed coldThe bodies were heaped over the boxes like bags of flour, and when they would try to move one the maggots would scatter like a school of minnowsInside was a disordered rubble of fragments, black charred objects, rusted scraps of metal, shell fragments, a few broken boxes of mortar shells, a few mounds of gray ash like the kind found in trash barrels; there was even just a little bit of a dead body, a charred shinbone jutting from a mound of dirt and ashThe stench had the intensity and delirium of ether
    "We ain't gonna get a goddam box," Red saidHe was feeling sick, and his back had begun to ache inordinately from the effort it took to shift the bodies with his finger
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    9:35 am
    @@@@@oe Scarlett was sure of it"I'll say good
    @@@@@oe
    Scarlett was sure of it"I'll say good day, then, India
    Kershaw, the head clerk, is the only one knows about this, and he
    won't
    run off at the mouth to anybodyPut his name on the outside of your
    list, and he'll take care of everything When she settled back in her
    carriage, Scarlett's stomach gave out an audible rumbleShe smiled
    from ear to earThank heaven it had waited
    Back home she ordered the cook to heat up her dinner and serve it
    againWhile she waited to be called to the table she looked through
    the other pages of the newspapers, avoiding the stories about the
    PanicThere was a column she'd never bothered with before that was
    fascinating to her nowIt contained news and gossip from Charleston,
    and Rhett or his mother or sister or brother might be mentionedThey
    weren't, but she hadn't really expected anythingIf there was
    anything really exciting going on in Charleston she'd learn about it
    from Rhett next time he came home
    Being interested in his folks and the place he'd grown up would be a
    proof to him that she loved him, no matter what he might believe
    How often, she wondered, was "often enough to keep down gossip"?
    Scarlett couldn't get to sleep that nightEvery time she closed her
    eyes she saw the wide front door of Aunt Pitty's house, closed and
    bolted against herIt was India's doing, she told herself
    Uncle Henry couldn't possibly be right that every door in Atlanta was
    going to be closedBut she hadn't thought he was right about the
    Panic, eitherNot until she read the newspapers, and then she
    discovered it was even worse than he'd told herInsomnia was no
    stranger to her; she'd learned years before that two or three brandies
    would calm her down and help her sleepShe padded silently
    downstairs
    and to the dining room sideboardThe cut-glass decanter flashed
    rainbows from the light of the lamp she held in her handThe next
    morning she slept later than usualNot because of the brandy but
    because, even with its aid, she'd been unable to sleep until just
    before dawn
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    9:30 am
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    “Goddamn it, I can’t dismiss a man like Mo with ‘That must be faced’!”
    “I’m not asking you toI’m only remarking upon the realityYour feelings are meaningful to
    you, but they don’t change realityI did not mean to offend you
    “And I didn’t mean to mouth offIt’s just that he’s a very special personWhat are your plans? What do you need?”
    “I don’t know yet,” omega ladies watch answered Bourne“I’ll pick up the car in the Capucines and an hour or so
    later I’ll know moreWill you be home or at the Deuxième Bureau?”
    “Until I hear from you I will stay in my flat and near my very unique telephoneUnder the
    circumstances I prefer that you do not call me at the office
    “That’s an astonishing statement
    “I don’t know everyone these days at the Deuxième, and at my age, caution is not chanel white watch merely the
    better part of valor, it’s frequently a substituteBesides, to call off my protection so swiftly might
    generate rumors of senilitySpeak to you later, mon ami
    Jason replaced the phone, tempted to pick it up again and reach the Pont-Royal, but this was
    Paris, the city of discretion, where hotel clerks were loath to give information over the telephone,
    and would refuse to do so with guests black chanel tote they did not knowHe dressed quickly, went down to pay his
    bill, and walked out onto the rue Gay-LussacThere was a taxi stand at the corner; eight minutes
    later he walked into the lobby of the Pont-Royal and up to the concierge“Je m’appelle Monsieur
    Simon,” he said to the man, giving his room number“I ran into a friend last night,” he continued in
    flawless French, “and I stayed at her placeWould louis vuitton online you know if anyone came around looking for
    me, perhaps asking for me Bourne removed several large franc notes, his eyes telling the man he
    would pay generously for confidentiality“Or even describing someone like me,” he added softly
    “Merci bien, monsieurI will check further with the night concierge, but I’m
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    We talked for awhile, and little by little I could
    hear that concern going out of her voiceWhat
    replaced it was unhappinessShe was understanding,
    I suppose, that this thing was really happening,
    that her mother and father weren't just going to
    wake up one morning and take it backBut she
    promised to call Pam and e-mail Melinda, let them
    know I was still in the land of the living
    "Don't you have e-mail there, Dad?"
    "I do, but tonight you're my e-mail, Cookie
    91
    She laughed, sniffed, laughed againI thought to
    ask if she was crying, then thought againBetter
    not to, maybe
    "Ilse? I better let you go now, honeyI want to
    shower off the dayThen she burst out: "I
    hate to think of you all the way down there in
    Florida by yourself! Maybe falling on your ass in
    the shower! It's not right!"
    "Cookie, I'm fineThe kid - his
    name's Hurricanes, I thought
    "His name's Jim Cantori But that was a case of
    right church, wrong pew
    "That's not the same, and you know itDo you want
    me to come?"
    "Not unless you want your mother to scalp us both
    bald," I said"What I want is for you to stay
    right where you are and TCB, darlinBut take care of yourself
    "Huh?"
    "Never mind
    "I still want to hear you promise, Dad
    92
    For one terrible and surpassingly eerie moment I
    saw Ilse at eleven, Ilse dressed in a Girl Scout's
    uniform and looking at me with Monica Goldstein's
    shocked eyes
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
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    “Wanda? Wanda?”
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    many times already
    “Wanda?” Jeb's voice asked againHe was standing over meHis chanel handbags sale face was expressionless, the blank facade that meant
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    I have no idea
    You're trying to save her,Melanie accused, full of outrage
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    her surprise the time passed so quickly that she could hardly keep
    up
    The most entertaining part of it all was the battle with the Yankees
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    And on Monday the Market rang with laughter as Charleston's ladies
    packed their baskets with the weapons of their choiceThe following
    day the soldiers were careful to keep their gloves onPlunging a hand
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    fiery itching and swelling were not experiences they were willing to
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    afternoonSally agreed, with a happy reminiscent laugh"I had a
    loose-lidded box of lamp black in my shopping," she said"What was
    yours?"
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    highest-stakes card game Scarlett had ever been in
    She loved tormenting the Yankees, tooThere were still patrols on
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    of
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    together,
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    the
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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    @@@@@ “So where does that leave us?” “With an
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    “So where does that leave us?”
    “With an irate baker and an angry nun, and if they prove to be ciphers, several faces in various
    windowsAt this juncture the pickings are ours but that won’t last long, I doubt through the
    morning
    “I beg your pardon?”
    “Carlos will close up shop here and he’ll do it quicklyHe hasn’t got a choice nowSomeone in
    his Praetorian guard gave someone else the location of his Paris headquarters, and you can bet your
    pension—if you’ve still got one—that he’s climbing the walls trying to figure out who betrayed
    him—”
    “Get back!” cried Bernardine, interrupting and grabbing Jason by the cloth of his black jacket,
    yanking him into the farthest recess of the dark storefront“Get out of sight! Flat on the pavement!”
    Both men threw themselves down, lying prone on the broken concrete, Bourne’s face against the
    short wall below the glass, his head angled to see the streetA second dark van appeared from the
    right, but it was not police equipmentInstead, it was shinier and smaller, somehow thicker, lower
    to the ground and more powerfulThe one glaring, blinding similarity it had to the police van was
    the searchlightNo, not one, but two searchlights, one on either side of the windshield, both
    beams swinging back and forth scanning the vehicle’s flanksJason reached for the weapon in his
    belt—the gun he had borrowed from Bernardine—knowing that his companion already had his
    backup automatic out of his pocketThe beam of the left searchlight shot over their bodies as
    Bourne whispered, “Good work, but how did you spot it?”
    “The moving reflections of the lamps on the side windows,” replied old Fran?ois“I thought for
    a moment it was my former colleague returning to finish the job he had contemplatedNamely, my
    stomach in the streetMy God, look!”
    The van swept past the first two buildings, then suddenly swerved into the curb and stopped in
    front of the last structure, nearly two hundred feet from the storefront, the building farthest from the
    Jackal’s telephoneThe instant the vehicle came to a halt the rear door opened and four men
    jumped out, automatic weapons in their hands, two running to the street side, one racing down the
    pavement to the front, the last guard standing menacingly by the open doors, his MAC-10 ready to
    fireA dull wash of yellow light appeared at the top of the brick steps; the door had been opened
    and a man in a black raincoat came outsideHe stood for a moment looking up and down the
    boulevard Lefebvre
    “Is that him?” whispered Francois
    “No, not unless he’s wearing high heels and a wig,” answered Jason, reaching into his jacket
    pocket“I’ll know him when I see him—because I see him every day of my life!” Bourne took out
    one of the grenades he had also borrowed from BernardineHe checked the release, laying down
    his gun and gripping the pockmarked steel oval, tugging at the pin to make certain it was free of
    corrosion
    “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” asked the old Deuxième veteran
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    271
    “That man up there is a decoy,” replied Jason, his soft voice suspended in a cold monotone“In
    moments another will take his place, run down the steps and get into the van, either in the front seat
    or through the rear doors—I hope the latter, but it won’t make much difference
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