?Krupkin?? cried Alex
?No, me! First: Carlos is...
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?Krupkin?? cried Alex
?No, me! First: Carlos is on the staircase?the hallway I went into! Second: a man?s cut up,
same hallway, seventh door on the right! HurryI?ve got a clear line to the office
?Where the hell is the KGB team??
?They just got hereKrupkin called only seconds ago from the lobby?it?s why I thought you
were??
?I?m going to the staircase!?
?For God?s sake, why??
?Because he?s mine!?
Jason raced to the door, offering no words of comfort for the hysterical wife; he could not
summon themHe crashed his way through the exit door, the Jackal?s weapon in his handHe
started down the staircase, suddenly hearing the sound of his own shoes; he stopped on the seventh
step and removed both, and then his ankle-length socksThe cool surface of the stone on his feet
somehow reminded him of the jungles, flesh against the cold morning underbrush; for some
abstract, foolish memory he felt more in command of his fears?the jungles were always the friend
of Delta One
Floor by floor he chanel leather bag descended, following the inevitable rivulets of blood, larger now, no longer to
be stemmed, for the last wound was too severe to stop by exerting pressureTwice the Jackal had
applied such pressure, once at the fifth-floor and again at the third-floor hallway doors, only to be
followed by streaks of dark red, as he could not manipulate the exterior locks without the security
keys
The second floor, then the first, there were no more! Carlos was trapped! Somewhere in the
shadows below was the death of the killer who would set him free! Silently, Bourne removed a
book of Metropole matches from his pocket; he huddled against the concrete wall, tore out a single
match and, cupping his hands, fired the packetHe threw it over the railing, the weapon in his hand
ready to explode with continuous rounds of bullets at anything that moved below!
There was nothing?nothing! The cement floor was empty?there was no one there!
Impossible! Jason raced down the last flight of steps and pounded on the door to the rolex watches for sale lobby
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?Shto?? yelled a Russian inside?Kto tam??
?I?m an American! I?m working with the KGB! Let me in!?
?Shto ??
?I understand,? shouted another voice?And, please, you understand that many guns are directed
at you when I open the doorIt is understand??
?Understand!? shouted Bourne, at the last second remembering to drop Carlos?s weapon on the
concrete floor
?Da!? said the Soviet police officer, instantly correcting himself as he spotted the machine pistol
at Jason?s feet
?Nye za shto?? said a breathless Krupkin, urging his heavyset body forward
?Pochemu??
?Komitet!?
?Prekrasno The policeman nodded obsequiously, but stayed in place
?What are you doing?? demanded Krupkin?The lobby is cleared and our assault squad is in
place!?
?He was here!? whispered Bourne, as if his intense quiet voice further obscured his
incomprehensible words
?The Jackal?? asked Krupkin, astonished
?He came down this staircase! He couldn?t have gone out on any other chanel black handbags floorEvery fire door is
dead-bolted from the inside?only the crash bars release them
?Skazhi,? said the KGB official to the hotel guard, speaking in Russian?Has anyone come
through this door within the past ten minutes since the orders were given to seal them off??
?No, sir!? replied the mititsiya?Only a hysterical woman in a soiled bathrobeIn her panic, she
fell in the bathroom and cut herselfWe thought she might have a heart attack, she was screaming
soWe escorted her immediately to the nurse?s office
Krupkin turned to Jason, switching back to English?Only a woman came through, a woman in
panic who had inured herself
?A woman? Is he certain? What color was her hair?? Dimitri asked the guard; with the man?s
reply he again looked at Bourne?He says it was reddish and quite curly
?Reddish?? An image came to Jason, a very unpleasant one?A house phone?no, the front
desk! Come on, I may need your help With Krupkin following, the barefooted Bourne ran across
the lobby to a clerk at the reception dior messanger bag counter?Can you speak English??
?Certainly most good, even many veniculars, mister sir
?A room plan for the tenth floor
?Mister sir??
Krupkin translated; a large loose-leaf notebook was placed on the counter, the plastic-enclosed
page turned to??This room!? said Jason, pointing at a square and doing his best not to alarm the
frightened clerk?Get it on the telephone! If the line?s busy, knock off anybody on it
Again Krupkin translated as a phone was placed in front of BourneHe picked it up and spoke
?This is the man who came into your room a few minutes ago??
?Oh, yes, of course, dear fellowThank you so much! The doctor?s here and Binky?s??
?I have to know something, and I have to know it right nowDo you carry hairpieces, or wigs,
with you when you travel??
?I?d say that?s rather impertinent??
?Lady, I don?t have time for amenities, I have to know! Do you??
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