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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??
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?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??
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