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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    9:39 pm
    @@@@@They'd debated whether they should move
    @@@@@They'd debated whether they should move everyone now
    or wait
    But I was in a hurryI'd seen the way the others eyed the silver tank in my armsI'd heard the
    whispersThe longer I kept the Seeker here, the better chance that someone would kill her
    Having met Lacey, I'd begun to pity the SeekerShe deserved a mild, pleasant new life with the
    Flowers
    Ironically enough, Ian was the one who took my side and helped hurry the raid alongHe still
    didn't see where this would lead
    But I was grateful that he helped me convince Jared there was time to make the raid and get
    back before a decision was made about KyleGrateful also that he was back to playing
    bodyguardI knew I could trust Ian with the shiny cryotank more than anyone elseHe was the
    only one I would let hold it when I needed my armsHe was the only one who could see, in the
    shape of that small container, a life to be protectedHe could think of that shape as a friend,
    something that could be lovedHe was the best ally of allI was so grateful for Ian, and so
    grateful for the obliviousness that saved him, for the moment, from pain
    We had to be fast, in case Kyle ruined everythingWe went to Phoenix again, to one of the
    many communities that spun out from the hubThere was a big shuttle field to the southeast, in
    a town called Mesa, with several Healing facilities nearbyThat was what I wanted–I would
    give them as much as I could before I leftIf we took a Healer, then we might be able to
    preserve the Healer's memory in the host bodySomeone who understood all the medicines and
    their usesSomeone who knew the best ways to get to unattended stashesI could imagine all the questions he'd be dying to
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    9:39 pm
    @@@@@And he withdraws, the basic reaction He
    @@@@@And he withdraws, the basic reaction

    He meets the girl he is to marry in the summer after his second year at West PointHe has not been home in two years because there have been no vacations long enough for him to make the trip, but he has not missed the townWhen this vacation comes he goes to Boston to visit his mother's relatives
    The city delights him; the manners of his relatives come as a revelation after the crude probing speech of the townHe is very polite at first, very reticent, aware that until he learns the blunders he must not make he cannot talk freelyBut there are stirringsHe walks the streets of Beacon Hill, ascending eagerly along the narrow sidewalks to the State House where he stands motionless, watching the light-play on the Charles, a half mile below himThe brass knockers, the dull black knockers intrigue him; he stares at all the narrow doors, touches his hat to the old ladies in black who smile pleasantly, a trifle doubtfully, at his cadet's uniform
    This is what I like
    I'm very fond of Boston, he says a few weeks later to his cousin MargaretThey have become confidantsIt's getting a little seedyFather said there are always less and less places where one may go(Her face is delicately long, pleasantly coldDespite the length of her nose it turns up at the tip
    Oh, well, the Irish, he miffs, but he is vaguely uncomfortable in saying it, conscious that his answer is trite
    Uncle Andrew is always complaining that they've taken the government away from usI heard him say the other night that it's like France now, he was there, you know, the only careers left are in the service (State department) or in uniform, and even there the elements are undependable(Conscious of an error, she adds quickly) He's very fond of you
    You know, it's odd, Margaret says, only a few years ago Uncle Andrew was very intolerant about the whole thingI'll tell you a secret(She laughs, puts her arm through his He always preferred the NavyHe says they have better manners
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    9:42 pm
    @@@@@She-" Rosemary was already moving on "Down
    @@@@@She-" Rosemary was already moving on
    "Down this way is the reflecting poolThere were black swans and
    white onesRhett says maybe they'll come back once the reeds are
    cut
    out and all that filthy algae cleaned upSee that clump of bushes?
    It's really an island, purpose built for the swans to nest onIt was
    all grass, of course, clipped when it wasn't nesting seasonAnd there
    was a miniature Greek temple of white marble
    Maybe the pieces are somewhere in the tangleA lot of people are
    afraid of swansThey can do terrible injury with their beaks and
    wingsBut ours let me swim with them once the cygnets were out of
    the
    nestMama used to read me The &gy ckbng sitting on a bench by the
    poolWhen I learned my letters, I read it to the swans
    "This path goes to the rose gardenIn May you could smell them for
    miles on the river before you ever got to the LandingInside the
    house, on rainy days with the windows closed, the sweetness from all
    the big arrangements of roses made me feel sick as a dog
    "Down there by the river was the big oak with the treehouse in it
    Rhett built it when he was a boy, then Ross had itI'd climb up with a
    book and some jam biscuits and stay for hours and hoursIt was
    much
    better than the playhouse Papa had the carpenters make for meThat
    was much too fancy, with rugs on the floors and furniture in my size
    and tea sets and dolls The cypress swamp is over
    thereMaybe there'll be some alligators to watch
    The weather's been so warm they're not likely to be in their winter
    dens
    "No, thank you," said Scarlet
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    9:43 pm
    @@@@@No matter where he stood or knelt or
    @@@@@No matter where he stood or knelt or crouched he was in silhouetteSo he
    pulled out the automatic from his belt—the weapon, he reflected, given to him by Bernardine—and
    began slithering, snaking his way across the asphalt toward the bordering grass outside the fencedgate
    area
    The gunfire erupted again, but now they were three scattered single shots from within the
    terminal, where the lights had been extinguishedThey had to have come from Conklin’s gun, or
    possibly the clerk’s if he had a weapon; Panov did notThen who had been hit? No time! A
    shattering fusillade burst out of the nearest automatic rifle; it was steady, prolonged and deadly,
    spraying the side of the small building and the gate area
    Then the second automatic weapon commenced firing; from the sound it was on the opposite
    side of the terminal’s waiting roomMoments later there were two single shots, the last one
    accompanied by a scream again on the other side of the building
    “I’ve been hit!” The voice was the cry of a man in pain on the other side of the buildingThe
    automatic rifle! Jason slowly rose to a low crouch in the grass and peered into the darknessA
    fragment of blacker darkness movedHe raised his automatic and fired into the moving mass,
    getting to his feet and racing across the gate area, turning and squeezing the trigger until he was
    both out of bullets and out of sight on the east side of the building, where the runway ended and the
    amber lights stoppedHe crawled cautiously to the section of the waist-high fence that paralleled
    the corner of the small terminalThe grayish-white gravel of the parking area was a gratifying
    sight; he was able to make out the figure of a man writhing on the stonesThe figure gripped a
    weapon in his hands, then pushing it into the gravel, raised himself to a half-sitting position
    “Cugino!” he screamed“Help me!” His answer was another burst of gunfire from the west side
    of the building, diagonally to the right of the wounded man“Holy Christ!” he shrieked“I’m hit
    bad!” Again the reply was yet another fusillade from the automatic rifle, these rounds simultaneous
    with crashing glassThe killer on the west side of the building had smashed the windows and was
    blowing apart everything inside
    Bourne dropped the useless automatic and grabbed the top of the fence, vaulting over it, his left
    leg landing in agony on the groundWhat’s happened to me? Why do I hurt? Goddamn it! He
    limped to the wood-framed corner of the building and edged his face to the open space beyondThe
    figure on the gravel fell back, unable to support himself on the automatic rifl
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    9:34 pm
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    I took another beer and went back upstairsI
    approached the easel with my head down, staring at
    my feet, then looked up quickly, as if hoping to
    catch the portrait by surprisePart of me - a
    rational part - rolex prices expected to see it defaced by
    paint splattered from hell to breakfast, a partial
    Wireman obscured by the daubs and blotches I'd
    thrown at the canvas during the thunderstorm, when
    my only real light had been lightningThe rest of
    me knew betterThe rest of me knew that I'd been
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    knife-throwers use some other sense to guide their
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    In some ways it was the best work I did on Duma
    Key, because it was my most rational work - up
    until the end, remember, Wireman Looks West had
    been done in daylightAnd by a man in his right
    mindThe ghost haunting my canvas had become a
    sweetheart of a face, young and calm and
    vulnerableThe hair was a fine clear blackA
    little smile lurked gucci for sale at the corners of the mouth;
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    broad, an open window where this man bent his
    thoughts toward the Gulf of MexicoThere was no
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    have taken away an aneurism or a malignant tumor
    The cost of finishing the job had been high, but
    the bill had been paid
    The storm had faded to a louis vuitton tote few faint rumbles
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    9:34 pm
    @@@@@“What else can I do after today? It's not
    @@@@@“What else
    can I do after today? It's not going to get any betterAnd this isn't Jeb's decision to make
    It made me angry that these words still had the power to hurt me, to bring tears stinging into
    my eyesI tried to hold on to the thought of Ian–he was the anchor, as Kyle somehow had been
    for Sunny–but it was hard with Jared's hand touching me, with the smell of him in my nose
    Like trying to make out the song of one violin when the entire percussion section was bashing
    away…
    “Then let me go, Jared The words came out fierce and fast and
    hardIt was easy to hear that they weren't lies
    “I should come with you
    “You'll have Melanie back soon enough,” I snapped“I'm only asking for a few minutes, Jared
    Another pause; his hand didn't loosen
    “Wanda, I would come to be with you
    The tears spilled overI was grateful for the darkness
    “It wouldn't feel that way,” I whispered“So there's no point
    Of course Jared could not be allowed to be thereOnly Doc could be trustedOnly he had
    promised meAnd I wasn't leaving this planetI wasn't going to go live as a Dolphin or a
    Flower, always grieving for the loves I'd left behind me, all dead by the time I opened my eyes
    again–if I even had eyesThis wasmy planet, and they wouldn't make me leaveI would stay in
    the dirt, in the dark grotto with my friendsA human grave for the human I had become
    “But Wanda, I… There's so much that I need to say to y
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    9:38 pm
    @@@@@That little ol' stream might take us where
    @@@@@That little ol' stream might take us where we want to go, but you can't depend on it He spat into the sand"Only damn thing to do is start out, and see jus' what happens
    "That's right," Hearn said, making his voice sharp
    Croft looked at the men"Okay, troopers, let's get goin'
    The men slung their packs again and wiggled their arms to settle the burden and ease the bite of the pack straps across their shouldersIn a minute or two they formed a straggling column and began to shuffle through the sandWhen they reached the mouth of the stream, Hearn halted them"Give them an idea of what we're doin'," he said to Croft
    Croft shrugged, then spoke for a minute"We're gonna head up this here river far as we can go, and you might just as well expect to get your asses wetSo if y'got any bitching to do, you might as well do it now He hitched his pack a little higher on his shoulders"They ain't supposed to be any Japs down this far, but that don' mean you're to walk like a bunch of goddam sheep looking at the groundLet's try to keep our eyes open He stared at them, examining each of their faces in turn, deriving a mild pleasure from the way most of them dropped their eyesHe paused for a moment, licking his tongue as if wondering whether there was something more to say"Anything y'want to tell them, Lootenant?"
    Hearn fingered his carbine strap"Yes, as a matter of fact there is He squinted into the sun"Men," he said casually, "I don't know any of you, and you don't know meMaybe you don't want to know me A few men snickered, and he grinned suddenly at them"Anyway, I'm your baby, I've landed in your lap, and you've got me for better or worse
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    9:43 pm
    @@@@@"Get down into the belly of the boat,
    @@@@@"Get down into
    the belly of the boat, Scarlett," he said quietly, "and hold onWe're
    about to have a stormDon't be frightened, I've sailed through much
    worse She looked behind and her eyes widened
    How could it be so sunny and blue in front of them and so black back
    there? Without a word she slid down and found a handhold beneath
    the
    seat where she and Rhett had been sittingHe was making rapid
    adjustments to the rigging"We'll have to run before it," he said,
    then he grinned"You'll get wet, but it will be a hell of a ride
    At that moment the squall hitDay turned to liquid near-night as the
    clouds blackened the sky and loosed sheets of rain on themScarlett
    opened her mouth to cry out, and it was immediately filled with
    water
    My God, I'm drowning, she thought
    She bent over and spat and coughed until her mouth and throat were
    clearShe tried to lift her head, to see what was happening, to ask
    Rhett what was that terrible noiseBut her giddy battered hat was
    collapsed onto her face, and she couldn't see anythingI've got to
    get rid of it or I'll suffocateShe tore at the tulle bow under her
    chin with her free handHer other hand was desperately gripping the
    metal handle she had foundThe boat was pitching and yawing,
    creaking
    as if it was coming apartShe could feel the sloop racing down,
    down-it must be almost standing on its nose, it's going to go straight
    through the water, right to the bottom of the seaOh, sweet Mother
    of
    God, I don't want to die! With a shudder the sloop stopped its
    plunge
    Scarlett pulled the wet tulle roughly over her chin, over her face, and
    she was free of the smothering folds of wet strawShe could see!
    She looked at the water, then up, at water, then up
    There was a wall of water higher than the tip of the mast, ready to
    fall and smash the frail wooden shell to bitsScarlett tried to
    scream, but her throat was paralyzed by f
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    9:43 pm
    @@@@@ “Unbelievable!” whispered
    @@@@@
    “Unbelievable!” whispered Krupkin
    “Jeez-Chrize!” intoned the peasant-colonel, his eyes bulging
    “Oh, they’re very creative, and Ogilvie’s the most inventive of allHe’s Superspider and he’s
    spun a hell of a web from Washington through every capital in EuropeUnfortunately for him, and
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    373
    thanks to my associate here, he was caught like a fly in his own spinningHe was about to be
    pounced on by people in Washington he couldn’t possibly corrupt, but he was tipped off and got
    out the day before yesterdayWhy he came to Moscow I haven’t the vaguest idea
    “I may be able to answer that for you,” said Krupkin, glancing at the KGB colonel and nodding,
    as if to say It’s all right“I know nothing—absolutely nothing—about any such killing as you
    speak of, indeed of any killing whatsoeverHowever, you could be describing an American
    enterprise in Europe that’s been servicing our interests for years
    “In what way?” asked Alex
    “With all manner of restricted American technology, as well as armaments, matériel, spare parts
    for aircraft and weapons systems—even the aircraft and the weapons systems them selves on
    various occasions through the bloc countriesI tell you this knowing that you know I’d vehemently
    deny ever having said it
    “Understood,” nodded Conklin“What’s the name of this enterprise?”
    “There’s no single nameInstead, there are fifty or sixty companies apparently under one
    umbrella but with so many different titles and origins it’s impossible to determine the specific
    relationships
    “There’s a name and Ogilvie runs it,” said Alex
    “That crossed my mind,” said Krupkin, his eyes suddenly glass-cold, his expression that of an
    unrelenting zealot“However, what appears to disturb you so about your American attorney, I can
    assure you is far, far outweighed by our own concerns Dimitri turned to the television set and the
    shakily stationary picture, his eyes now filled with anger“The Soviet intelligence officer on that
    screen is General Rodchenko, second in command of the KGB and close adviser to the premier of
    the Soviet UnionMany things may be done in the name of Russian interests and without the
    premier’s knowledge, but in this day and age not in the areas you describeMy God, the supreme
    commander of NATO! And never—never—using the services of Carlos the Jackal! These
    embarrassments are no less than dangerous and frightening catastrophes
    “Have you got any suggestions?” asked Conklin
    “A foolish question,” answered the colonel gruffly
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    9:34 pm
    @@@@@ "Daddy, you're so amazingThis is a
    @@@@@
    "Daddy, you're so amazingThis is a comeback and
    a half
    "How much is all this sugar going to cost me?"
    "Millions," she said, and laughed
    "Still planning to drop in on The Hummingbirds
    tour?" I tried to sound just interestedNot
    particularly concerned with my almost-twenty-yearold
    daughter's love life
    573
    "No," she said, "I think that's off Only five
    words, and little ones at that, but in those five
    words I heard the different, older Illy, one who
    might in the not-so-distant future be at home in a
    business suit and pantyhose and pumps with
    practical three-quarter heels, who might wear her
    hair tied back at the nape of her neck during the
    day and perhaps carry a briefcase down airport
    concourses instead of wearing a Gap-sack on her
    backNot an If-So-Girl any longer; you could
    strike any if from this vision
    "The whole thing, or-"
    "That remains to be seen
    "I don't mean to pry, honeyIt's just that
    enquiring Dads-"
    " - want to know, of course they do, but I can't
    help you this timeAll I know right now is that I
    still love him - or at least I think I do - and I
    miss him, but he's got to make a choice
    At this point, Pam would have asked Between you
    and the girl he's been singing with? What I asked
    was, "Are you eating?"
    She burst into peals of merry laughter
    "Answer the question, Illy
    574
    "Like a damn pig!"
    "Then why aren't you out to lunch now?"
    "A bunch of us are going to have a picnic in the
    park, that's whyComplete with anthro study notes
    and FrisbeeI'm bringing the cheese and French
    breadAs long as you're eating and not brooding
    in your tent
    "Eating well, brooding moderately Her voice
    changed again, became the adult oneThe abrupt
    switches back and forth were disconcerting
    "Sometimes I lie awake a little, and then I think
    of you down thereDo you lie awake?"
    "Sometimes
    "Daddy, was marrying Mom a mistake you made? That
    she made? Or was it just an accident?"
    "It wasn't an accident and it wasn't a mistake
    Twenty-four good years, two fine daughters, and
    we're still talki
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    9:35 pm
    @@@@@My dad smiled and shook his headAlong with a
    @@@@@My dad smiled and shook his headAlong with a fire and a box of spent toothpaste tubes, in front of him were two little boys covered with white dust and smiling from ear to ear
    He asked us to put everything down and sit with him on the front step of our houseWith a smile, he gently explained what the word "counterfeiting" meant
    Our dreams were dashed"You mean this is illegal?" asked Mike in a
    quivering voice
    "Let them go," my dad's friend said"They might be developing a natural talent
    My dad glared at him
    "Yes, it is illegal," my dad said gently"But you boys have shown great creativity and original thoughtI'm really proud of you!"
    Disappointed, Mike and I sat in silence for about twenty minutes before we began cleaning up our messThe business was over on opening daySweeping the powder up, I looked at Mike and said, "I guess Jimmy and his friends are right
    My father was just leaving as I said that"You're only poor if you give upThe most important thing is that you did somethingMost people only talk and dream of getting richYou've done somethingI'm very proud of the two of you
    Mike and I stood there in silenceThey were nice words, but we still did not know what to do
    "So how come you're not rich, dad?" I asked
    "Because I chose to be a schoolteacherSchoolteachers really don't think about being rich
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    9:47 pm
    @@@@@ The platoon moved out slowly in the
    @@@@@
    The platoon moved out slowly in the midmorning sunAfter a few hundred yards they were tired again, and plodded along encased in a stuporThey had never really believed the patrol would end so easilyCroft led them on a route parallel to the cliffs of the mountain and toward the eastAfter twenty minutes they came to the first rent in the great bluffs of the mountain's baseA deep ravine slanted upward for several hundred feet to the first ridge, its red clay walls refracting brightly the heat of the sunWithout a word Croft turned toward it and the platoon began to climb the mountainThere were eight men left now
    "You know that Croft," Polack said to Wyman, "he's an idealist, that's what the fug he is The big word pleased him for a moment and then was lost in the labor of scrambling up the burning clay floor of the ravineHe'd have to pump Martinez
    Wyman could see the Lieutenant againA process which had been working in him since the ambush came to a focusBefore he could think, for he was very afraid of Polack's derision, he mumbled, "Listen, Polack, you think there's a God?"
    Polack grinned, worked his hands under his pack straps to ease the chafing"If there is, he sure is a sonofabitch
    "Oh, don't say that
    Painfully, the platoon continued to ascend the ravine


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    The lewd mobile mouth, the three upper teeth missing on the left side of his faceperhaps twenty-one years old, but his eyes were shrewd, bawdy, and when he laughed his skin was wizened and tough like the skin of a middle-aged manWith his hooked broken nose, his long pointed jaw, which slanted back to his receded gums, Minetta thought he looked like a cartoon of Uncle SamYet he felt uncomfortable with him; secretly he was afraid to match his knowledge against Polack's

    The lock on the downstairs door is broken of course, and the mailboxes have been looted long ago; the hinges that remain are rusting offIt smells like a urinal in the hallway; the dirty tile of the entrance has absorbed the odors of the leaking pipes, the cabbage and garlic, the grease traps in the plumbing, which no longer workOn your way up the stairs you must lean toward the wall, for the banister is broken and yaws over undependably like the carcass of a ship rotting on the sandsIn the gray angles where the walls meet the floor you can watch the mice ambling through the dust, the pure and erratic motion of the cockroaches out for a str
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    9:44 pm
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    perpetual irritation of knowing his heart, and striving to avoid his
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    confidence, she should be able to reason herself into a properer state;
    she should be able to think of him as in London, and arranging
    everything there, without wretchednessWhat might have been hard
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    part of the arrangement was, indeed, the hardest for Sir Thomas to
    accomplish, and what only he could have accomplished at all
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    of long talking on the subject, explaining and dwelling on the duty
    of Fanny’s sometimes seeing her family, he did induce his wife to let
    her go; obtaining it rather from submission, however, than conviction,
    for Lady Bertram was convinced of very little more than that
    Sir Thomas thought Fanny ought to go, and therefore that she must
    In the calmness of her own dressing-room, in the impartial flow of
    her own meditations, unbiassed by his bewildering statements, she
    could not acknowledge any necessity for Fanny’s ever going near a
    father and mother who had done without her so long, while she was
    so useful to herself And as to the not missing her, which under Mrs
    Norris’s discussion was the point attempted to be proved, she set
    herself very steadily against admitting any such thing
    Sir Thomas had appealed to her reason, conscience, and dignity
    He called it a sacrifice, and demanded it of her goodness and selfcommand
    as suchNorris wanted to persuade her that
    Fanny could be very well spared—she being ready to give up all her
    own time to her as requested—and, in short, could not really be
    wanted or missed
    “That may be, sister,” was all Lady Bertram’s reply“I dare say you
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    The next step was to communicate with PortsmouthFanny wrote
    to offer herself; and her mother’s answer, though short, was so kind—
    a few simple lines expressed so natural and motherly a joy in the
    prospect of seeing her child again, as to confirm all the daughter’s
    views of happiness in being with her—convincing her that she should
    now find a warm and affectionate friend in the “mama” who had
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