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The suite, like the lobby, belonged to another time, another era, indeed another country, marred
only by the faded fabrics and the less than perfect restoration of the original moldingsThese
imperfections served to accentuate the distance between the past and the presentThe doors of the
two bedrooms were opposite each other, the space between a large sitting room complete with a
copper dry bar and several bottles of spirits rarely seen on Moscow shelves
?Help yourselves,? said Krupkin, heading for a telephone on an ersatz antique desk that
appeared to be a cross between Queen Anne and a later Louis?Oh, I forgot, Aleksei, I?ll order
some tea or spring water??
?Forget it,? said Conklin, taking his flight bag from Jason and heading into the gucci backpacks for cheap left bedroom
?I?m going to wash up; that plane was filthy
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?I trust you found the fare agreeable,? responded Krupkin, raising his voice and dialing
?Incidentally, you ingrate, you?ll find your weapons in your bedside table drawers8
caliber Graz Burya automatic?You?re not abstemious and it was
a long trip?this may be a long conversationMy commissar number two is a windy fellow
?I think I will,? said Jason, dropping his bag by the door to the other bedroomHe crossed to the
bar and chose a familiar bottle, pouring himself a drink as Krupkin began talking in RussianIt was
not a language he understood, so Bourne walked to a pair of tall cathedral windows overlooking the
wide avenue known as the Marx white prada bag Prospekt Krupkin shook his
head in weary irritation as he hung up the telephoneThe movement caused Jason to turn toward
the Soviet?My second commissar was not talkative on this occasion, MrHaste and
orders took precedent
?What do you mean??
?We must leave immediately Krupkin glanced at the bedroom to the left and raised his voice
?Aleksei, come out here! Quickly! I tried to tell him that you?d just this second arrived,?
continued the KGB man, turning back to Jason, ?but he was having none of itLeven went so far as
to say that one of you was already taking a shower, and his only comment was ?Tell him to get out
and get dressed ? Conklin limped through the bedroom door, his shirt unbuttoned and blotting his
wet face with a towel?Sorry, Aleksei, we imitation rolex watch must go
?Go where? We just got here
?We?ve appropriated a flat on the Sadovaya?that?s Moscow?s ?Grand Boulevard,? Mr
It?s not the Champs-Elys?es, but neither is it inconsequentialThe czars knew how to build
?What?s over there?? pressed Conklin
?Commissar number one,? replied Krupkin?We?ll be using it as our, shall we say, our
headquartersA smaller and rather delightful annex of Dzerzhinsky Square?only nobody knows
about it but the five of usSomething?s come up and we?re to go there immediately
?That?s good enough for me,? said Jason, putting his drink down on the copper dry bar
?Finish it,? said Alex, rushing awkwardly back into the bedroom?I?ve got to get the soap out of
my eyes and restrap my lousy boot
Bourne picked up the glass, his eyes chanel women's watches straying to the Soviet field officer who looked after
Conklin, his brow lined, his expression curiously sad?You knew him before he lost his foot, didn?t
you?? asked Jason quietlyWe go back twenty-five, twenty-six yearsIstanbul, Athens, Rome He was a remarkable adversaryOf course, we were young then, both slender and
quick and so taken with ourselves, wanting so desperately to live up to the images we envisioned
for ourselvesIt was all so long agoWe were both terribly good, you knowHe was actually better
than me, but don?t you ever tell him I said soHe always saw the broader picture, the longer road
than I sawIt was the Russian in him, of course
?Why do you use the word ?adversary??? asked Jason?It?s so athletic, as if you?d been playing
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