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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:47 am
    @@@@@ I studied each man, wondering, I guess,
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    I studied each man, wondering, I guess, whether this one or that one would come out alive, whether
    I’d come out alive, and if we didn’t, how we would dieThen I saw two of the men rolling up
    their sleeves, comparing those small ugly tattoos on their forearms, those lousy little emblems that
    obsessed them—”
    “Nuy Dap Ranh,” said Conklin flatly“A woman’s face with snakes for strands of hairYou refused to have one done on you—”
    “I never considered it a mark of distinction,” interrupted Webb-Bourne, blinking“Somewhat
    the reverse, in fact
    “Initially it was meant for identification, not a standard or a banner of any distinction one way or
    the otherAn intricate tattoo on the underside of the forearm, the design and the colors produced by
    only one artist in SaigonNo one else could duplicate it
    “That old man made a lot of money during those years; he was special
    “Every officer in Command Headquarters who was connected to Medusa had oneThey were
    like manic kids who’d found secret code rings in cereal boxes
    “They weren’t kids, AlexManic, you can bet your ass on it, but not kidsThey were infected
    with a rotten virus called unaccountability, and more than a few millionaires were made in the
    ubiquitous Command SaigonThe real kids were being maimed and killed in the jungles while a lot
    of pressed khaki in the South had personal couriers routed through Switzerland and the banks on
    Zurich’s BahnhofstrasseYou could be speaking of some very important people in our government
    “Who are they?” asked Webb quietly, his glass poised in front of him
    “The ones I knew who were up to their necks in garbage I made damn sure faded after Saigon
    fellBut I was out of the field a couple of years before then, and nobody talks very much about
    those months and nothing at all about Snake Lady
    “Still, you’ve got to have some ideas
    “Sure, but nothing concrete, nothing even close to proofJust possibilities based on life-styles,
    on real estate they shouldn’t have or places they go they shouldn’t be able to afford or the positions
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    36
    some hold or held in corporations justifying salaries and stock options when nothing in their
    backgrounds justified the jobs
    “You’re describing a network,” said David, his voice now tight, the voice of Jason Bourne
    “If it is, it’s very tight,” agreed Conklin
    “Draw up a list, Al
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:47 am
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    O'Hara," she said in a low voice"I know, I know, but it takes so
    long, and what I have to tell you just won't wait!" Scarlett was
    extremely agitatedFitzpatrick's cold look calmed her down
    rapidly"It will have to wait," she said"The kitchen maids will
    hear every word you say and repeat gucci backpacks it with embellishmentsWalk
    slowly
    with and follow my lead Scarlett felt like a chastised childShe
    did as she was toldHalfway across the gallery above the kitchen MrsScarlett stopped with her and contained her impatience while
    Mrs
    Fitz talked about improvements that had been made in the omega ladies watch kitchen
    The
    wide balustrade was plenty big enough to sit Scarlett thought idly, but
    she stood as erect as MrsFitz, down at the kitchen and the
    exceedingly busy-looking maids far lowFitzpatrick's progress
    was stately, but she did movethey reached the house, Scarlett
    started talking as chanel earrings logo soon as the to the bridge closed behind them"Of
    course it's ridiculous," she said after she reported what Mrs'I'm Irish,' I said, 'I don't
    want to be sought after by the English" Scarlett was talking very
    fast, and her color was high"Quite right you were, too, MrsThe
    woman's no better gucci for women than a thief, by the words out of her own mouthFitzpatrick's vehemence silenced ScarlettShe didn't repeat
    Mrs
    "Your Irishness is one of the intriguing things about youStriped
    stockings and boiled potatoes one day, partridge and silks the next
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:48 am
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    balenciaga replica,tiffany wholesale,fake cartier,gucci women watch,Jimmy choo handbag@@@@@“Does
    everybody stay?”
    “No,” I told him sadly
    “She's strong and brave
    “Do you think…” He paused to sniff“Do you think that maybe Dad is still there, too?”
    I swallowed, trying to move the lump farther down my throatNo, I
    don't think so
    “Why?”
    “Because he brought the Seekers balenciaga replica looking for youWell, the soul inside him didYour father
    wouldn't have let that happen if he were still thereYour sister never let me see where the cabin
    was–she didn't even let me know that you existed for the longest timeShe didn't bring me here
    until she was sure that I wouldn't hurt tiffany wholesale you
    It was too much informationOnly as I finished speaking did I realize that the doctor wasn't
    snoring anymoreI could hear no noise from his breathingI cursed myself internally
    I whispered into his ear, so close that there was no way the doctor could possibly overhear
    “Yes, she's very fake cartier strong
    Jamie strained to hear me, frowning, and then glanced at the opening to the dark hallHe must
    have realized the same thing I had, because he turned his face to my ear and whispered back
    softer than before“Why would you do that? Not hurt us? Isn't that what you want?”
    “NoI don't want gucci women watch to hurt you
    “Why?”
    “Your sister and I have… spent a lot of time togetherShe shared you with meAnd… I started
    to… to love you, too
    “And Jared, too?”
    I gritted my teeth for a second, chagrined that he had made the connection so easily“Of course
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    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@Beneath them, filling the space, grew other
    @@@@@Beneath them, filling the space, grew other trees whose shrubbery hid the giant ones from viewAnd in the little room left, a choked assortment of vines and ferns, wild banana trees, stunted palms, flowers, brush and shrubs squeezed against each other, raised their burdened leaves to the doubtful light that filtered through, sucking for air and food like snakes at the bottom of a pitIn the deep jungle it was always as dark as the sky before a summer thunderstorm, and no air ever stirredEverything was damp and rife and hot as though the jungle were an immense collection of oily rags growing hotter and hotter under the dark stifling vaults of a huge warehouseHeat licked at everything, and the foliage, responding, grew to prodigious sizesIn the depths, in the heat and the moisture, it was never silentThe birds cawed, the small animals and occasional snakes rustled and squealed, and beneath it all was a hush, almost palpable, in which could be heard the rapt absorbed sounds of vegetation growing
    No Army could live or move in itThe men skirted the jungle forests, and moved through second-growth brush, past smaller woods of coconut treesEven here they could never see for more than fifty or a hundred feet ahead, and the early stages of the operation were conducted by groping movements of tiny groups of menThe peninsula was only a few miles wide at this point, and the General had two thousand men stretched across it, but there was little connection between themBetween one company of a hundred and eighty men and another, there was room for any number of Japanese troops to slip throughEven when the terrain was comparatively clear, the companies would not often try to set up a partial lineAfter a week of fumbling through the jungle, the military concept of a connected line could seem no more than a conceptThere were Japanese left everywhere behind the front troops, and all through the jungle, in every part of the area that the General had captured on the peninsula there were subsidiary ambushes and skirmishes, until the mouthpiece of the ocarina seemed covered with bursThere was an intense and continuous confusion
    The General had expected this, had even made his allowances for itTwo-thirds of his force of six thousand men were kept in the rear working on supplies, and threshing the jungle in security patrolsHe had known from intelligence reports before the campaign began that the Japanese had at least five thousand men against him, and of these, his men had not come in contact with more than a few hundredThe Japanese commander, General Toyaku, was obviously holding them for a protracted defenseAs if in assurance, the scattered air reconnaissance that was granted Cummings occasionally from Army Headquarters, brought back photos which showed a powerful defense line set up by Toyaku on a front which ran from the main mountain range of Anopopei to the seaWhen Cummings came to the base of the peninsula he would have to pivot his troops through a ninety-degree arc to the left and face the defense line Toyaku had built
    For this reason, Cummings did not mind the leisureliness of his advanceOnce his troops had reached the Toyaku Line it would be essential to keep them well supplied, and for that he would need a road which could keep pace with his menOn the second day after the invasion, the General had reasoned quite correctly that the main battles with the Japanese would occur miles a
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:47 am
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    Having so satisfactorily settled the conviction her note would convey,
    she could not but be astonished to see MrCrawford, as she
    accidentally did, coming up to the house again, and at an hour as
    early as the day beforeHis coming might have nothing to do with
    her, but she must avoid seeing him if possible; and being then on
    her way upstairs, she resolved there to remain, during the whole of
    his visit, unless actually sent for; and as MrsNorris was still in the
    house, there seemed little danger of her being wanted
    She sat some time in a good deal of agitation, listening, trembling,
    and fearing to be sent for every louis vuitton logo moment; but as no footsteps
    approached the East room, she grew gradually composed, could sit
    down, and be able to employ herself, and able to hope that Mr
    Crawford had come and would go without her being obliged to
    know anything of the matter
    Nearly half an hour had passed, and she was growing very comfortable,
    when suddenly the sound of a step in regular approach was
    heard; a heavy step, an unusual step in that part of the house: it was
    her uncle’s; she knew it as well as his voice; she had trembled at it as
    often, and began to tremble again, at the idea of his coming up to
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    Mansfield Park
    speak to her, Cartier watch tank whatever might be the subjectIt was indeed Sir Thomas
    who opened the door and asked if she were there, and if he
    might come inThe terror of his former occasional visits to that
    room seemed all renewed, and she felt as if he were going to examine
    her again in French and English
    She was all attention, however, in placing a chair for him, and
    trying to appear honoured; and, in her agitation, had quite overlooked
    the deficiencies of her apartment, till he, stopping short as
    he entered, said, with much surprise, “Why have you no fire today?”
    There was snow on the ground, and she was sitting in a shawl
    “I am not cold, sir: cartier love I never sit here long at this time of year
    “But you have a fire in general?”
    “No, sir
    “How comes this about? Here must be some mistakeI understood
    that you had the use of this room by way of making you
    perfectly comfortableIn your bedchamber I know you cannot
    have a fireHere is some great misapprehension which must be
    rectifiedIt is highly unfit for you to sit, be it only half an hour a
    day, without a fireYour aunt
    cannot be aware of this
    Fanny would rather have been silent; but being obliged to speak,
    she could not forbear, in justice to the aunt she loved best, from
    saying something in which the words “my birkin hermes aunt Norris” were distinguishable
    “I understand,” cried her uncle, recollecting himself, and not wanting
    to hear more: “I understandYour aunt Norris has always been
    an advocate, and very judiciously, for young people’s being brought
    up without unnecessary indulgences; but there should be moderation
    in everythingShe is also very hardy herself, which of course
    will influence her in her opinion of the wants of othersAnd on
    another account, too, I can perfectly comprehendI know what her
    sentiments have always beenThe principle was good in itself, but it
    may have been, and I believe has been, carried too far in your women rolex watches case
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@He could function wonderfully as a teacher;
    @@@@@He
    could function wonderfully as a teacher; he had near-total recall where his scholarly expertise was
    called upon, and he was remembering more and more as each year progressedBut it could all blow
    apart with a single act of violence, for violence was the way of life for Jason BourneDamn!
    It was crippling enough that they even permitted David to stay around; he had tried to explain
    the potential damage to Alex, but Conklin had an irrefutable reply: We can’t stop himAt least this
    way we can watch him, protect him“They” did not stint where protection was
    involved—the guards down the hall from his office and on the roof of the building, to say nothing
    of a temporary receptionist bearing arms as well as a strange computer, attested to their concern
    Still it would be so much better for David if he was simply sedated and flown down to his island
    retreat, leaving the hunt for the Jackal to the professionalsPanov suddenly caught himself as the
    realization swept over him: there was no one more professional than Jason Bourne
    The doctor’s thoughts were interrupted by the telephone, the telephone he could not pick up
    until all the security procedures were activatedA trace was placed on the incoming call; a scanner
    determined whether there were intercepts on the line, and finally the identity of the caller was
    approved by Panov himselfHis intercom buzzed; he flipped the switch on his console“Yes?”
    “All systems are cleared, sir,” announced the temporary receptionist, who was the only one in
    the office who would know“The man on the line said his name was Treadstone, Mr
    “I’ll take it,” said Mo Panov firmly“And you can remove whatever other ‘systems’ you’ve got
    on that machine out thereThis is doctor-patient confidentialityMonitor is terminated The psychiatrist picked up the phone and was barely able to keep
    from shouting“Why didn’t you call me before this, you son of a bitch!”
    “I didn’t want to give you cardiac arrest, is that sufficient?”
    “Where are you and what are you doing?”
    “At the moment?”
    “That’ll suffice
    “Let’s see, I rented a car and right now I’m a half a block from a town house in Georgetown
    owned by the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, talking to you on a pay phone
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    68
    “For Christ’s sake, why?”
    “Alex will fill you in, but what I want you to do is call Marie on the islandI’ve tried a couple of
    times since leaving the hotel but I can’t get throughTell her I’m fine, that I’m perfectly fine, and
    not to worryHave you got that?”
    “I’ve got it, but I don’t buy itYou don’t even sound like yourself
    “You can’t tell her that, Doctor
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@That's it," she heard, then the groaning
    @@@@@That's it," she heard, then the
    groaning disappointment of the mobShe held tightly on to the bridle;
    the pushing and shoving was worse than before as the crowd
    dispersed
    She didn't shut her eyes until too lateShe'd already seen the
    mutilated body, and the picture was burned on her brain
    Ne was tied onto an upright spoked wheel, his wrists and ankles bound
    with leather thongsA purple-stained blue shirt hung over his rough
    woolen pants from the waist, baring what must have once been a
    broad
    backNow it was a giant red wound with loose red strips of flesh and
    skin hanging from itScarlett turned her head into the horse's
    maneHer horse tossed his head nervously, throwing her
    away
    There was a terrible sweet smell in the airShe heard someone
    vomiting, and her stomach heavedShe leaned over as best she could
    without releasing the bridle and was sick onto the cobbles"All right
    then, lad, there's no shame to losing your breakfast after a
    flogging
    Go along to the pub and have a large whiskeyMarbury'll help me cut
    him down Scarlett raised her head to look at the speaker, a British
    soldier in the uniform of a sergeant in the Guardshe was talking to
    an ashen-faced privateThe private stumbled awayAnother came
    forward to assist the sergeantThey cut the leather from behind the
    wheel, and the body fell into the bloodsoaked mud beneath it
    That was green grass last week, Scarlett thought
    That's meant to be soft green grass"What about the wife,
    Sergeant?"
    A pair of soldiers were holding the arms of a silent, straining woman
    in a hooded black cloakThe cart will come later to take him away The woman ran
    after the
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@ Doc smiled and gestured with one hand for
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    Doc smiled and gestured with one hand for me to proceed
    Jamie squeezed my hand“The Bears on the Mists Planet, probably
    “With the claw beasts?” Jamie whispered
    “How are they similar?” Doc prodded
    I rolled my eyes, feeling Jeb's direction in this, but continued“They're close to mammals in
    many waysTheir blood isn't exactly the same as yours, but it does
    essentially the same jobThey have similar emotions, the same need for societal interaction and
    creative outlets –”
    “Creative?” Doc leaned forward, fascinated–or feigning fascination“How so?”
    I looked at JamieWhy don't you tell Doc?”
    “I might get it wrong
    He looked at Doc, who nodded
    “Well, see, they have these awesome hands Jamie was enthusiastic almost immediately“Sort
    of double-jointed–they can curl both ways He flexed his own fingers, as if trying to bend them
    backward“One side is soft, like my palm, but the other side is like razors! They cut the ice–ice
    sculptingThey make cities that are all crystal castles that never melt! It's beautiful, isn't it,
    Wanda?” He turned to me for backup“They see a different range of colors–the ice is full of rainbowsTheir cities are a
    point of pride for themThey're always trying to make them more beautifulI knew of one Bear
    who we called… well, something like Glitter Weaver, but it sounds better in that language,
    because of the way the ice seemed to know what he wanted and shaped itself into his dreamsI
    met him once and saw his creationsThat's one of my most beautiful memories
    “They dream?” Ian asked quie
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@You will learn to play a woman like a
    @@@@@You will learn to play a woman like a guitar

    Julio makes love when he is fifteenThere is a little girl on the earth-pressed street who wears no bloomersYsabel Flores, dirty little girlAll the boys she makes love to
    Julio, you are sweet sweet sweet
    Under the tree behind the empty house in the darkJulio, like the dogs, okay?
    He feels the sweet sick nausea(Protestant girls like me, I will make much money Ysabel, when I am big I buy you many dresses
    Her wet velveted body relaxesShe lies down on her spread-out dress, her premature breasts lolling in the summer heatWhat color will they be?

    Julio Martinez is big boy now, big financier; he works in a hashhouseThe foul rich barbecue smell, the garlic molten in the hot dogs on the griddleJoe and Nemo, Harry and Dick, White TowerGrease on a sizzling plate and the crumblings, the rancid fat, all to be scraped with the spatulaMartinez wears a white jacket
    Texans can be impatientHey, you boy, hurry up that chili
    Prostitutes look through him
    The cars flare by in the electric night, his feet ache on the concrete floor(I will make much money
    But there are no jobs with much moneyWhat can a Mexican boy do in San Antone? He can be counterman in hashhouse; he can be bellhop; he can pick cotton in season; he can start store; but he cannot be a doctor, a lawyer, big merchant, chief

    Rosalita has a big belly; it is almost as big as the belly of her father Pedro Sanch
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@Another quarter of an hour brought her a
    @@@@@Another quarter
    of an hour brought her a great deal moreWilliam was soon
    calling out from the landing-place of the second story for his mother
    and for RebeccaHe was in distress for something that he had left
    there, and did not find againA key was mislaid, Betsey accused of
    having got at his new hat, and some slight, but essential alteration
    of his uniform waistcoat, which he had been promised to have done
    for him, entirely neglectedPrice, Rebecca, and Betsey all went up to defend themselves,
    all talking together, but Rebecca loudest, and the job was to be done
    as well as it could in a great hurry; William trying in vain to send
    Betsey down again, or keep her from being troublesome where she
    was; the whole of which, as almost every door in the house was
    open, could be plainly distinguished in the parlour, except when
    drowned at intervals by the superior noise of Sam, Tom, and Charles
    chasing each other up and down stairs, and tumbling about and
    hallooing
    Fanny was almost stunnedThe smallness of the house and thinness
    of the walls brought everything so close to her, that, added to
    the fatigue of her journey, and all her recent agitation, she hardly
    knew how to bear itWithin the room all was tranquil enough, for
    Susan having disappeared with the others, there were soon only her
    father and herself remaining; and he, taking out a newspaper, the
    accustomary loan of a neighbour, applied himself to studying it,
    without seeming to recollect her existenceThe solitary candle was
    held between himself and the paper, without any reference to her
    possible convenience; but she had nothing to do, and was glad to
    have the light screened from her aching head, as she sat in bewildered,
    broken, sorrowful contemplationBut, alas! it was not such a home, she had not
    such a welcome, as—she checked herself; she was unreasonable
    What right had she to be of importance to her family? She could
    have none, so long lost sight of! William’s concerns must be dearest,
    they always had been, and he had every rightYet to have so little
    said or asked about herself, to have scarcely an inquiry made after
    Mansfield! It did pain her to have Mansfield forgotten; the friends
    who had done so much—the dear, dear friends! But here, one sub333
    Jane Austen
    ject swallowed up all the restPerhaps it must be soThe destination
    of the Thrush must be now preeminently interestingA day or two
    might shew the differenceShe only was to blameYet she thought it
    would not have been so at MansfieldNo, in her uncle’s house there
    would have been a consideration of times and seasons, a regulation
    of subject, a propriety, an attention towards everybody which there
    was not here
    The only interruption which thoughts like these received for nearly
    half an hour was from a sudden burst of her father’s, not at all calculated
    to compose themAt a more than ordinary pitch of thumping
    and hallooing in the passage, he exclaimed, “Devil take those young
    dogs! How they are singing out! Ay, Sam’s voice louder than all the
    rest! That boy is fit for a boatswainHolla, you there! Sam, stop
    your confounded pipe, or I shall be after you
    This threat was so palpably disregarded, that though within five
    minutes afterwards the three boys all burst into the room together
    and sat down, Fanny could not consider it as a proof of anything
    more than their being for the time thoroughly fagged, which their
    hot faces and panting breaths seemed to prove, especially as they
    were still kicking each other’s shins, and hallooing out at sudden
    starts immediately under their father’s eye
    The next opening of the door brought something more welcome:
    it was for the tea-things, which she had begun almost to despair of
    seeing that eveningSusan and an attendant girl, whose inferior
    appearance informed Fanny, to her great surprise, that she had previously
    seen the upper servant, brought in everything necessary for
    the meal; Susan looking, as she put the kettle on the fire and glanced
    at her sister, as if divided between the agreeable triumph of shewing
    her activity and usefulness, and the dread of being thought to demean
    herself by such an office“She had been into the kitchen,” she
    said, “to hurry Sally and help make the toast, and spread the bread
    and butter, or she did not know when they should have got tea, and
    she was sure her sister must want something after her jou
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    2:48 am
    @@@@@ “What the hell—” Robert Ludlum ?? THE
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    “What the hell—”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “He’s out there and he wants me to know it!” said Bourne, shoving his brother-in-law into the
    lower molding, crawling beside him, and reaching into the pocket of his guayabera“He knows
    who you are, so you’re the first corpse, the one he realizes will drive me to the edge because you’re
    Marie’s brother—you’re family and that’s what he’s holding over my headMy family!”
    “Jesus Christ! What do we do?”
    “I do!” replied Jason, pulling the second flare out of his pocket“I send him a messageThe
    message that tells him why I’m alive and why I will be when he’s deadStay where you are!”
    Bourne pulled his lighter out of his right pocket and ignited the flareScrambling, he raced across
    the balcony doors hurling the hissing, blinding missile out into the darknessTwo snaps followed,
    the bullets ricocheting off the tiled ceiling and shattering the mirror of a dressing table“He’s got a
    MAC-ten with a silencer,” said Medusa’s Delta, rolling into the wall, grabbing his inflamed neck as
    he did so“I have to get out of here!”
    “David, you’re hurt!”
    “That’s nice Jason Bourne got to his feet and raced to the door; slamming it back, he rushed
    into the villa’s living room, only to face a frowning Canadian physician
    “I heard some noise in there,” said the doctor“Is everything all right?”
    “I have to leave
    “Now, see here! There’s blood on your bandage, the sutures—”
    “Get your ass on the floor!”
    “You’re not twenty-one, MrWebb—”
    “Get out of my life!” shouted Bourne, running to the entrance, letting himself outside, and
    rushing up the lighted path toward the main complex, suddenly aware of the deafening steel band,
    its sound amplified throughout the grounds by a score of speakers nailed to the trees
    The undulating cacophony was overwhelming, and that was not to his disadvantage, thought
    JasonAngus McLeod had been true to his wordThe huge glass-enclosed circular dining room
    held the few remaining guests and the fewer staff, and that meant the Chameleon had to change
    colorsHe knew the mind of the Jackal as well as he knew his own, and that meant that the assassin
    would do exactly what he himself would do under the circumstancesThe hungry, salivating wolf
    went into the cave of its confused, rabid quarry and pulled out the prized piece of meatSo would
    he, shedding the skin of the mythical chameleon, revealing a much larger beast of prey—say, a
    Bengal tiger—which could rip a jackal apart in his jawsWhy were the images important? Why?
    He knew why, and it filled him with a feeling of emptiness, a longing for something that had
    passed—he was no longer Delta, the feared guerrilla of Medusa; nor was he the Jason Bourne of
    Paris and the Far EastThe older, much older, David Webb kept intruding, invading, trying to find
    reason within insanity and violence
    No! Get away from me! You are nothing and I am everything! Go away, David, for Christ’s
    sake, go away
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@ Ilse and I both wavedFor a moment she
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    Ilse and I both wavedFor a moment she did
    nothingThen she raised one hand, palm out, in an
    Indian How gesture, and broke into a sunny and
    nearly toothless grinWhat seemed like a thousand
    wrinkles creased her face, turning her into a
    benign witchI never even glimpsed the house
    behind her; I was still trying to cope with her
    sudden appearance, her cool blue sneakers, her
    delta of wrinkles, and her -
    "Daddy, was that a gun?" Ilse was looking into the
    rear-view mirror, wide-eyed"Did that old lady
    have a gun?"
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    The car was drifting, and I saw a real possibility
    of clipping the hacienda's far cornerI touched
    the wheel and made a course correctionMind your driving, honeyThere
    ain't much road in this road
    She faced front againWe'd been driving in bright
    sunshine, but that ended with the hacienda's wall
    "What do you mean, of a kind?"
    "It looked likeI don't know, a crossbow-pistolMaybe she shoots snakes with it
    "Thank God she smiled," Ilse said"And it was a
    great smile, wasn't it?"
    I nodded
    The hacienda was the last house on Duma Key's open
    north endBeyond it, the road swung inland and
    the foliage crowded up in a way I found first
    interesting, then awesome, then claustrophobic
    The masses of greenery towered to a height of
    twelve feet at least, the round leaves streaked a
    dark vermillion that looked like dried blood
    "What is that stuff, Daddy?"
    "SeagrapeThe green stuff with the yellow flowers
    is called wedeliaThere's
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    also rhododendronThe trees are mostly just slash
    pine, I think, although-"
    She slowed to a crawl and pointed to the left,
    craning to look up through the corner of the
    windshield to do so"Those are palms of some kind
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