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?He did more than give hopeThat message made Holland prepare every station in Europe to
expect Jason Bourne, assassin, and to use every extreme to get him back hereSometimes that kind of thing doesn?t
?It worked because weeks ago a man called Jason Bourne knew that to catch Carlos there had to
be a link between himself and the Jackal, a long-forgotten connection that had to be brought to the
surfaceHe did it, you did it!?
?In a hell of a roundabout way,? admitted Conklin?We were reaching, that?s allPossibilities,
probabilities, abstractions?it?s all we had to work with
?Abstractions?? asked Panov gently?That?s such an erroneously passive termHave you any
idea what thunder in the mind abstractions provoke??
?I don?t even know what you?re talking chanel devil wears prada necklace about
?Those gray cells, AlexThey go crazy, spinning around like infinitesimal Ping-Pong balls
trying to find tiny tunnels to explode through, drawn by their own inherent compulsions
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?You said it yourself, the coincidence of evilBut I?d suggest another conductor?the magnet of
evilThat?s what you and David created, and within that magnetic field was Medusa
Conklin spun around in the chair and wheeled himself toward the balcony and the descending
orange glow on the horizon beyond the deep-green out islands of Montserrat?I wish everything
was as simple as you put it, Mo,? he said rapidly
?You?ll have to be clearer
?Krupkin?s a dead man
?What??
?I mourn him as a friend and one hell of an enemyHe made everything borse gucci possible for us, and
when it was all over, he did what was right, not what was orderedHe let David live and now he?s
paying for it
?What happened to him??
?According to Holland, he disappeared from the hospital in Moscow five days ago?he simply
took his clothes and walked outNo one knows how he did it or where he went, but an hour after he
left, the KGB came to arrest him and move him to the Lubyanka
?Then they haven?t caught him??
?They willWhen the Kremlin issues a Black Alert, every road, train station, airport and border
crossing is put under a microscopeThe incentives are irresistible: whoever lets him out will spend
ten years in a gulagIt?s just a question of time
There was a knock on the front door and Panov called out?It?s open because it?s easier! chanel white purse Come
in
The be-blazered, immaculately dressed assistant manager, MrPritchard, entered, preceded by a
room-service table that he was capable of pushing while standing completely erectHe smiled
broadly and announced his presence as well as his mission?Buckingham Pritchard at your service,
gentlemenI?ve brought a few delicacies from the sea for your collegial gathering before the
evening meal which I have personally attended to at the side of the chef who has been known to be
prone to errors without expert guidance which I was all too happy to provide
?Collegial?? said Alex?I got out of college damn near thirty-five years ago
?It obviously didn?t take where the nuances of English are concerned,? mumbled Morris PanovPritchard, aren?t you terribly hot in balenciaga london those clothes? I?d be sweating like a pig
?No nuances there, only an unproven clich?,? muttered Conklin
?I do not perspire, sir,? replied the assistant manager
?I?ll bet my pension you ?perspired? when MrJacques came back from Washington,?
offered Alex?Christ almighty, Johnny a ?terrorist?!?
?The incident has been forgotten, sir,? said Pritchard stoicallySaint Jay and Sir Henry
understand that my brilliant uncle and I had only the children?s interests at heart
?Savvy, very savvy,? observed Conklin
?I?ll set up the canap?s, gentlemen, and check the iceThe others should be here in a matter of
minutes
?That?s very kind of you,? said Panov
David Webb leaned against the balcony archway watching his wife as she read the last pages of
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