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| Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | | 2:43 am |
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“What the hell?” Jared shouted at us, @@@@@ “What the hell?” Jared shouted at us, frozen with fury in the act of rounding the corner at the end of the tunnel“Damn it, Jeb! We agreed not to –” Jamie wrenched himself upright“Jeb didn't bring me here Jeb sighed and got slowly to his feetAs he did so, the gun rolled from his lap onto the floorIt stopped only a few inches from meI scooted away, uncomfortable Jared had a different reactionHe lunged toward me, closing the length of the hallway in a few running stridesI cowered into the wall and covered my face with my armsPeeking around my elbow, I watched him jerk the gun up from the floor “Are you trying to get us killed?” he almost screamed at Jeb, shoving the gun into the old man's chest “Calm down, Jared,” Jeb said in a tired voiceHe took the gun in one hand“She wouldn't touch this thing if I left it down here alone with her all nightCan't you see that?” He stabbed the barrel of the gun toward me, and I cringed away“She's no Seeker, this one “Shut up, Jeb, just shut up!” “Leave him alone,” Jamie shouted“He didn't do anything wrong “You!” Jared shouted back, turning on the slim, angry figure“You get out of herenow, or sohelp me!” Jamie balled his fists and stood his ground Jared's fists came up, too I was rooted in place with shockHow could they scream at each other this way? They were family, the bonds between them stronger than any blood tieJared wouldn't hit Jamie–he couldn't! I wanted to do something, but I didn't know what to | | Friday, December 31st, 2010 | | 2:43 am |
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"Luckily," he said, "I have two hands And @@@@@ "Luckily," he said, "I have two hands And he put one of his over mine, steadying the water-filled flashlight as he began screwing the cap back on He paused only once, to ask me why I was crying When it was done, I took the capped flashlight from himIt wasn't as heavy as when it had been filled with D-cells, but I didn't care about that What I cared about was making sure that the lid was screwed down tightI told 1083 Jack to have Wireman check it again when he got back up "And try not to break any more rungsI'm going to need them all "You get past the broken one, Edgar, and we'll haul you the rest of the way "Okay, and I won't tell anyone you tore out the seat of your pants At that he actually laughedI watched the dark shape of him go up the ladder, taking a big stride to get past the broken rungI had a moment of doubt accompanied by a terrible vision of tiny china hands unscrewing the flashlight cap from the inside - yes, even though I was sure the fresh water had immobilized her - but Jack didn't cry out or come tumbling back down, and the bad moment passedThere was a circle of brighter darkness above my head, and eventually he reached it When he was up and out, Wireman called down: "Now you, muchacho "In a minute," I said"Are your girlfriends gone?" "Ran awayShore leave over, I guess 1084 "And Emery?" "That you need to see for yourself, I think I repeated, "In a minute I leaned my head back against the moss-slimy coral, closed my eyes, and reached outI kept reaching until I touched something smooth and roundThen my first two fingers slipped into an indentation that was almost certainly an eyesocketAnd since I was sure it had been Adriana's skull Jack had crushed - All's ending as well as can be at this end of the island, I told Nan Mel | | Thursday, December 30th, 2010 | | 2:43 am |
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journey, as he @@@@@Yates’s having a pleasant journey, as he walked with him to the hall-door, were given with genuine satisfactionYates had staid to see the destruction of every theatrical preparation at Mansfield, the removal of everything appertaining to the play: he left the house in all the soberness of its general character; and Sir Thomas hoped, in seeing him out of it, to be rid of the worst object connected with the scheme, and the last that must be inevitably reminding him of its existenceNorris contrived to remove one article from his sight that might have distressed himThe curtain, over which she had presided with such talent and such success, went off with her to her cottage, where she happened to be particularly in want of green baize 170 Mansfield Park CHAPTER XXI SIR THOMAS’S RETURN made a striking change in the ways of the family, independent of Lovers’ VowsUnder his government, Mansfield was an altered placeSome members of their society sent away, and the spirits of many others saddened—it was all sameness and gloom compared with the past—a sombre family party rarely enlivenedThere was little intercourse with the ParsonageSir Thomas, drawing back from intimacies in general, was particularly disinclined, at this time, for any engagements but in one quarterThe Rushworths were the only addition to his own domestic circle which he could solicit Edmund did not wonder that such should be his father’s feelings, nor could he regret anything but the exclusion of the Grants“But they,” he observed to Fanny, “have a claimThey seem to belong to us; they seem to be part of ourselvesI could wish my father were more sensible of their very great attention to my mother and sisters while he was awayI am afraid they may feel themselves neglected But the truth is, that my father hardly knows themThey had not been here a twelvemonth when he left EnglandIf he knew them better, he would value their society as it deserves; for they are in fact exactly the sort of people he would likeWe are sometimes a little in want of animation among ourselves: my sisters seem out of spirits, and Tom is certainly not at his easeGrant would enliven us, and make our evenings pass away with more enjoyment even to my father “Do you think so?” said Fanny: “in my opinion, my uncle would not like any additionI think he values the very quietness you speak of, and that the repose of his own family circle is all he wantsAnd it does not appear to me that we are more serious than we used to be—I mean before my uncle went abroadAs well as I can recollect, 171 Jane Austen it was always much the sameThere was never much laughing in his presence; or, if there is any difference, it is not more, I think, than such an absence has a tendency to produce at fir | | Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 | | 2:43 am |
@@@@@“We’ll use only our men and we’ll check @@@@@“We’ll use only our men and we’ll check every one out under a fast microscope Charles Casset, the lean, bright heir apparent of the CIA’s directorship, sat back in his chair and sighed“Why do I have the idea that I’m going to have to ride herd on both you gentlemen?” “Because you’re an analyst at heart, Charlie,” answered Holland The object of controlled surveillance is to expose those who shadow others so as to establish their identities or take them into custody, whichever suits the strategyThe aim in the present case was to trap the agents of the Jackal who had lured Conklin and Panov to the amusement park in BaltimoreWorking through the night and most of the following day, the men of the Central Intelligence Agency formed a detail of eight experienced field personnel, defined and redefined the specific routes that Conklin and Panov were to take both individually and together for the next twenty-four hours—these routes covered by the armed professionals in swift progressive relays— and finally to design an irresistible rendezvous, unique in terms of time and locationThe early morning hours at the Smithsonian InstitutionIt was the Dionaea muscipula, the Venus flytrap Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 25 Conklin stood in the narrow, dimly lit lobby of his apartment house and looked at his watch, squinting to read the dialIt was precisely 2:35 in the morning; he opened the heavy door and limped out into the dark street, which was devoid of any signs of lifeAccording to their plan he turned left, maintaining the pace agreed upon; he was to arrive at the comer as close to 2:38 as possibleSuddenly, he was alarmed; in a shadowed doorway on his right was the figure of a man Unobtrusively Alex reached under his jacket for his Beretta automaticThere was nothing in the strategy that called for someone to be in a doorway on this section of the street! Then, as suddenly as he had been alarmed, he relaxed, feeling equal parts of guilt and relief at what he understood The figure in shadows was an indigent, an old man in worn-out clothes, one of the homeless in a land of so much plentyAlex kept going; he reached the corner and heard the low, single click of two fingers snapped apartHe crossed the avenue and proceeded down the pavement, passing an alleywayanother old man in disheveled clothing moving slowly out into the street and then back into the alleyAnother derelict protecting his concrete caveAt any other time Conklin might have approached the unfortunate and given him a few dollars, but not nowHe had a long way to go and a schedule to keep Morris Panov approached the intersection still bothered by the curious telephone conversation he had had ten minutes ago, still trying to recall each segment of the plan he was to follow, afraid to look at his watch to see if he had reached a specific place within a specific time span—he had been told not to look at his watch in the street and why couldn’t they say “at approximately such and such” rather than the somewhat unnerving term “time span,” as if a military invasion of Washington were imminentRegardless, he kept walking, crossing the streets he was told to cross, hoping some unseen clock kept him relatively in tune with the goddamned “time spans” that had been determined by his striding back and forth between two pegs on some lawn behind a garden apartment in Vienna, VirginiaHe would do anything for David Webb—good Christ, anything!—but this was insane | | Monday, December 27th, 2010 | | 2:43 am |
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absentminded than' @@@@@"He must be a lot more absentminded than' appearsDon't you find that hilarious, Scarlett? Scarlett?" she gathered her wits"Speaking as a female, I'd say it serves MrHe has the look of a man who's caused a lot of girls a lot of trouble when he wasn't being absentminded John Morland whooped with laughterThe sound attracted Half Moon, who approached the fence warilyBart shook the bag of oatsScarlett was elated, and yet she felt like crying So that was why Rhett had been so quick to divorce and remarry What a sly boots Anne Hampton isShe had me fooled good and properMaybe it was just wretched luck for me that it took so long to find the stray orphanAnd that Anne is Miss Eleanor's special favoriteAnd that she looks so much like Melly Half Moon backed away from the oatsJohn Morland reached into a pocket of his jacket and found an appleThe horse nickered in anticipation"Look here, Scarlett," Bart said as he broke the apple "I've got something a bit ticklish to talk to you about He extended his open palm with one quarter of the apple on it for Half Moon"A bit ticklish!" If he only knew how ticklish his conversation had already been"I don't mind you spoiling that animal rotten, if that's what you mean," she said Heavens no! Bart's gray eyes widenedWhat could have put such a thought in her head? It was something truly delicate, he explained Alice Harrington- she was the stoutish one at the hunt who'd ended up in the ditch -was having a house party at Midsummer Night, and she wanted to invite Scarlett but didn't have the nerv | | Sunday, December 26th, 2010 | | 2:43 am |
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And in a good way, not the way I @@@@@ And in a good way, not the way I smelledelanie sighed forlornly I remembered my dream only vaguely, but I knew it had featured Jared, as was usual when I was able to sleep deeply enough to dream “Morning, kid,” Jeb said, sounding chipper I peeled back my lids to look at himHad he sat against the wall all night? He didn't look tired, but I suddenly felt guilty for monopolizing the better accommodations “So the guys are long gone,” he said enthusiastically“How 'bout a tour?” He stroked the gun slung through a strap at his waist with an unconscious gesture My eyes opened wider, stared at him in disbeliefA tour? “Now, don't turn sissy on meNobody's going to bother youAnd you'll need to be able to find your way around eventually He held out a hand to help me up I took it automatically, my head spinning as I tried to process what he was sayingI would need to find my way around? Why? And what did he mean “eventually”? How long did he expect me to last? He pulled me to my feet and led me forward I'd forgotten what it was like to move through the dark tunnels with a hand guiding meIt was so easy–walking barely took any concentration at all “Let's see,” Jeb murmured“Maybe the right wing firstSet up a decent place for youThen the kitchens…” He went on planning his tour, continuing as we stepped through the narrow crevice into the bright tunnel that led to the even brighter big roomWhen the sound of voices reached us, I felt my mouth go dryJeb kept right on chatting at me, either missing or ignoring my terror “I'll bet the carrots are sprouted today,” he was saying as he led me into the main plazaThe light blinded me, and I couldn't see who was there, but I could feel their eyes on m | | Saturday, December 25th, 2010 | | 2:43 am |
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“Oh, @@@@@ “A what?” “A tropical depression—” “Oh, a storm “We prefer a TD, sirJacques left a telephone number in Plymouth “What’s your name?” interrupted Alex suddenlyThe clerk replied Pritchard and Conklin continued: “I’m going to ask you a very delicate question, MrIt’s important that you have the right answer, but if it’s the wrong one you must do as I tell youJacques will confirm everything I say when I reach him; however, I can’t waste time nowDo you understand me?” “What is your question?” asked the clerk with dignity“I’m not a child, mon “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to—” “The question, MrJacques’s sister and her children, are they in a safe place? Did Mr Jacques take certain precautions?” “Such as armed guards about the villa and our usual men down on the beach?” said the clerk “It’s the right answer Alex took a deep breath, his breathing still erratic“Now, what’s the number where I can reach MrJacques?” The clerk gave it to Conklin, then added, “Many phones are out, sirIt might be well if you left a number hereThe wind is still strong, but MrSaint Jay will no doubt come over with the first light if he can Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 120 “Certainly Alex rattled off the number of the sterile telephone in the Vienna apartment and had the man in Montserrat repeat it“That’s it,” said Conklin“I’ll try Plymouth now “The spelling of your name, pleaseIt is C-o-n-c-h—” “C-o-n-k,” broke in Alex, snapping off the line and instantly dialing the number in the town of Plymouth, the capital of Montse | | Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 | | 2:42 am |
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“Why should I? It’s the first chuckle we’ve @@@@@ “Why should I? It’s the first chuckle we’ve hadAnd what about your two sisters? What happened to them?” “It’s a better joke,” replied Peter, his head angled down into his chin, a mischievous smile on his lips“One’s a nun in New Delhi, and the other’s president of her own public relations firm in New York and uses better Yiddish than most of her colleagues in the professionA couple of years ago she told me they stopped calling her shiksaShe loves her life; so does my other sister in India “Yet you chose the militaryI was an angry young man who really believed this country was being dumped onI came from a privileged family—money, influence, an expensive prep school—that guaranteed me—me, not the black kid on the streets of Philadelphia or Harlem— automatic admittance to AnnapolisI simply figured I had to somehow earn that privilegeI had to show that people like me didn’t just use our advantages to avoid, but instead to extend, our responsibilities “Aristocracy reborn,” said Conklin“Noblesse oblige—nobility imposes obligations “That’s not fair,” protested Holland “Yes, it is, in a very real senseIn Greek, aristo means the ‘best,’ and kratia is the word for ‘rule In ancient Athens such young men led armies, their swords up front, not behind, if only to prove to the troops that they would sacrifice with the lowliest of them, for the lowliest were under their commands, the commands of the finest Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 247 Peter Holland’s head arched back into the top of the velvet seat, his eyes half closed“Maybe that was part of it, I’m not sure—I’m not sure at allWe were asking so much for what? Pork Chop Hill? Unidentifiable, useless terrain in the Mekong? Why? For Christ’s sake, why? Men shot, their stomachs and chests blown away by an enemy two feet in front of them, by a ’Cong who knew jungles they didn’t know? What kind of war was that? If guys like me didn’t go up with the kids and say, ‘Look, here I am, I’m with you,’ how the hell do you think we could have lasted as long as we did? There might have been mass revolts and maybe there should have beenThose kids were what some people call niggers, and spics and the foul-ups who couldn’t read or write beyond a third-grade levelThe privileged had deferments—deferments from getting soiled—or service that damn near guaranteed no combatAnd if my being with them—this privileged son of a bitch—meant anything, it was the best gig I ever did in my life Holland suddenly stopped talking and shut his e | | Friday, December 10th, 2010 | | 2:45 am |
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"A million and one for @@@@@"How many bunches?" "A million and one for under your pillow," she said, as if humoring a child I sat there for a little while, looking out at the water, rubbing absently at my eyes, then made what I hoped would be the day's last call vii It was noon by then, and I didn't really expect to get her; I thought she'd be out eating lunch with friendsOnly like Pam, she answered on the first ringHer hello was oddly cautious, and I had a sudden clear intuition: she thought I was Carson Jones, calling either to beg for another chance or to explainThat was a hunch I never verified, but then, I never had toSome things you simply know are true "Hey, If-So-Girl, whatcha doon?" Her voice brightened immediately"Daddy!" 572 "How are you, hon?" "I'm fine, Daddy, but not as fine as you - did I tell you they were good? I mean, did I tell you, or what?" "You told me," I said, grinning in spite of myself She might have sounded older to Lin, but after that first tentative hello, she sounded to me like the same old Illy, bubbling over like a Coke float "Mom said you were dragging your feet, but she was going to team up with this friend you made down there and get you crankingI loved it! She sounded just like the old days!" She paused to draw breath, and when she spoke again, she didn't sound so giddynot quite, but it'll do "Know what you mean, jellybean "Daddy, you're so amazingThis is a comeback and a half "How much is all this sugar going to cost me?" "Millions," she said, and laughed "Still planning to drop in on The Hummingbirds tour?" I tried to sound just interestedNot particularly concerned with my almost-twenty-yearold daughter's love life 573 "No," she said, "I think that's off Only five words, and little ones at that, but in those five words I heard the different, older Illy, one who might in the not-so-distant future be at home in a business suit and pantyhose and pumps with practical three-quarter heels, who might wear her hair tied back at the nape of her neck during the day and perhaps carry a briefcase down airport concourses instead of wearing a Gap-sack on her backNot an If-So-Girl any longer; you could strike any if from this vision "The whole thing, or-" "That remains to be seen "I don't mean to pry, honeyIt's just that enquiring Dads-" " - want to know, of course they do, but I can't help you this tim | | Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 | | 2:43 am |
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