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They drove south again to the small city of...Sunday, May 2, 2010
They drove south again to the small city of Corbeil-Essonnes, where there was a relatively new shopping center several miles west of the highwayThe crowded merchandising complex was a blight on the French countryside but a welcome sight for the fugitivesJason parked the car, and like any husband and wife out for late-afternoon shopping, they strolled down the central mall, all the while frantically looking for a public telephone ?Not a goddamned one on the highway!? said Bourne through clenched teeth?What do they think people are supposed to do if they have an accident or a flat tire?? ?Wait for the police,? answered Marie, ?and there was a phone, only it was broken intoMaybe that?s why there aren?t more? There?s one Once again Jason went through the irritating process of placing an overseas call with local operators who found buy replica louis vuitton it irritating to ring through to the international branch of the systemAnd then the thunder returned, distant but implacable ?This is Alex,? said the recorded voice over the line?I?ll be away for a while, visiting a place where a grave error was madeCall me in five or six hoursIt?s now nine-thirty in the morning, Eastern Standard Time Stunned, his mind spinning, Bourne hung up the phone and stared at Marie?Something?s happened and I have to make sense out of itHis last words were??Out, Juneau ? ?Juneau?? Marie squinted, her eyes blocking out the light, then she opened them and looked at her husband?Alpha, Bravo, Charlie,? she began softly, adding, ?Alternating military alphabets?? Then she spoke rapidlyIndia, Juneau! Juneau?s for J and J is for Jason! What was the rest?? ?He?s visiting someplace?? ?Come on, let?s walk,? she tiffany necklace and bracelet broke in, noticing the curious faces of two men waiting to use the phone; she grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the booth?He couldn?t be clearer?? she asked as they entered the flow of the crowdswhere a grave error was made ? ?The what?? ?He said to call him in five or six hours?he was visiting a place where a grave error?grave?? my God, it?s Rambouillet!? ?The cemetery ?? ?Where he tried to kill me thirteen years agoThat?s it! Rambouillet!? ?Not in five or six hours,? objected Marie?No matter when he left the message he couldn?t fly to Paris and then drive to Rambouillet in five hours ?Of course he could; we?ve both done it beforeAn army jet out of Andrews Air Force Base under diplomatic cover to ParisPeter Holland threw him out, but he gave him a going away presentImmediate separation, but a bonus for bringing him louis vuitton speedy bags Medusa Bourne suddenly whipped his wrist up and looked at his watch?It?s still only around noon in the islandsLet?s find another phone ?Johnny? Tranquility? You really think?? Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 301 ?I can?t stop thinking!? interrupted Jason, rushing ahead, holding Marie?s hand as she stumblingly kept up with him?Glace,? he said, looking up to his right ?Ice cream?? ?There?s a phone inside, over there,? he answered, slowing them both down and approaching the huge windows of a patisserie that had a red banner over its door announcing an ice cream counter with several dozen flavors?Get me a vanilla,? he said, ushering them both into the crowded store ?Vanilla what?? ?Whatever ?You won?t be able to hear?? ?He?ll hear me, that?s all that mattersTake your time, give me time Bourne crossed to the phone, instantly louis vuitton travel bags understanding why it was not used; the noise of the store was nearly unbearable ?Mademoiselle, s?il vous pla?t, c?est urgent!? Three minutes later, holding his palm against his left ear, Jason had the unexpected comfort of hearing Tranquility Inn?s most irritating employee over the phonePritchard, Tranquility Inn?s associate managerMy switchboard informs me that you have an emergency, sirMay I inquire as to the nature of your?? ?You can shut up!? shouted Jason from the cacophonous ice cream parlor in Corbeil-Essonnes in FranceJay on the phone, nowThis is his brother-in-law ?Oh, it is such a pleasure to hear from you, sir! Much has happened since you leftYour lovely children are with us and the handsome young boy plays on the beach?with me, sir?and all is?? ?MrNow!? ?Of course, sir ?Johnny?? ?David, where are you?? ?That doesn?t men's omega seamaster ma

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