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had done so this morningThis goddamned, ****ed-up morning!
DeSole! Killed in an accident on a deserted country road in Maryland at 4:30 that morning
What the hell was Steven DeSole, a man whose driver?s license clearly stated that he was afflicted
with night blindness, doing on a backcountry road outside Annapolis at 4:30 in the morning? And
then Charlie Casset, a very angry Casset, calling him at six o?clock, yelling his usually cool head
off, telling Alex he was going to put the commander of NATO on the goddamned spit and demand
an explanation for the buried fax connection between the general and the dead chief of clandestine
reports, who was not a victim of an accident but of murder! Furthermore, one retired field officer
named Conklin had better damned well come clean with everything he knew about DeSole and
Brussels and related matters, or all bets were off where said retired field agent and his elusive
friend Jason Bourne were concernedNoon at the latest! And then, Ivan Jax! The brilliant black
doctor from Jamaica phoned, telling men's omega seamaster him he wanted to put Norman Swayne?s body back where he
had found it because he did not want to be loused up by another Agency fiascoBut it was not
Agency, cried Conklin to himself, unable to explain to Ivan Jax the real reason he had asked for his
helpAnd Jax could not simply drive the corpse back to Manassas because the police, on
federal orders?the orders of one retired field agent using appropriated codes he was not entitled to
use?had sealed off General Norman Swayne?s estate without explanation
?What do I do with the body?? Jax had yelled
?Keep it cold for a while, Cactus would want it that way
?Cactus? I?ve been with him at the hospital all nightHe?s going to be okay, but he doesn?t
know what the hell is going on any more than I do!?
?We in the clandestine services can?t always explain things,? Alex said, wincing as he spoke the
ridiculous words
So he had gone into the kitchen and put his head under a spray of cold waterWhat else could go
wrong? And naturally the telephone rang
?Dunkin? Donuts,? said Conklin, the phone to his ear
?Get ladies cartier watch wholesales me out of here,? said Jason Bourne, not a trace of David Webb in his voice?To Paris!?
?What happened??
?He got away, that?s what happened, and I have to get to Paris under a cover, no immigration,
no customsHe?s got them all wired and I can?t give him the chance to track meAlex, are you
listening to me??
?DeSole was killed last night, killed in an accident that was no accident at four o?clock in the
morning
?I don?t give a damn about Medusa! For me it?s history; we made a wrong turnI want the
Jackal and I?ve got a place to startI can find him, take him!?
?Leaving me with Medusa
?You said you wanted to go higher?you said you?d only give me forty-eight hours until you
didShove the clock aheadThe forty-eight hours are over, so go higher, just get me out of here and
over to Paris
?They?ll want to talk to you
?Who??
Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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?Peter Holland, Casset, whoever else they bring in the attorney general, Christ, the President
himself
?About what??
?You spoke at length with Armbruster, with Swayne?s wife and that rolex quartz watch sergeant, FlannaganI just used a few code words that triggered responses from Armbruster and Ambassador
Atkinson in London, nothing substantiveYou?ve got the fuller picture firsthand
They?ll have to talk to you
?And put the Jackal on a back burner??
?Just for a day, two at the mostBecause it doesn?t work that way and you know it! Once I?m back there I?m
their only material witness, shunted from one closed interrogation to another; and if I refuse to
cooperate, I?m in custodyI?ve got only one priority and he?s in Paris!?
?Listen to me,? said Conklin?There are some things I can control, others I can?tWe needed
Charlie Casset and he helped us, but he?s not someone you can con, nor would I want toHe knows
DeSole?s death was no accident?a man with night blindness doesn?t take a five-hour drive at four
o?clock in the morning?and he also knows that we know a lot more about DeSole and Brussels
than we?re telling himIf we want the Agency?s help, and we need it for things like getting you on
a military or a diplomatic flight into France, and God louis vuitton replicas knows what else when you?re there, I can?t
ignore CassetHe?ll step on us and by his lights, he should
Bourne was silent; only his breathing was heard?I see where we?re atYou
tell Casset that if he gives us whatever we ask for now, we?ll give him?no, I?ll give him; keep
yourself cleaner than me?enough information for the Department of Justice to go after some of the
biggest fish in the government, assuming Justice isn?t part of Snake LadyYou might add that?ll
include the location of a cemetery that might prove enlightening
It was Conklin?s turn to be silent for a moment?He may want more than that, considering your
current pursuitsOkay, add that when I get to Paris I?ll hire a stenographer and
dictate everything I know, everything I?ve learned, and send it to youI?ll trust Saint Alex to carry
it from thereMaybe a page or two at a time to keep them cooperative
?I?ll handle that partNow Paris, or close byFrom what I recall, Montserrat?s near Dominica
and Martinique, isn?t it??
?Less than an hour to each, and Johnny knows every pilot on the big cartier santos 100 xl men watch isla
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