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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:43 am
    @@@@@He picked up a helmet and began to use it as
    @@@@@He picked up a helmet and began to use it as a mallet on one of the stakes"If you'll excuse me for saying so, that's no way to look at it He pounded several times with the helmet and then whistled sadly"Very poor steel in these," he said"Look at the way I dented it just hitting in a stake
    Roth smiled a little contemptuouslyGoldstein's animation irritated him"Aaah, it's all very well to talk," he said, "but you never do get a break in the ArmyLook at the ship we came over onThey had us packed in like sardines
    "I suppose they did the best they could," Goldstein suggested
    "The best they could? I don't think so He paused as if to edit his woes and select the most telling ones"Did you notice how they treated the officers? They slept in staterooms when we were jammed in the hold like pigsIt's to make them feel superior, a chosen groupThat's the same device Hitler uses when he makes the Germans think they're superior Roth felt as if he were on the edge of something profound
    Goldstein held up his hand"But that's why we can't afford to have such an attitudeWe're fighting against that Then, as if his words had rubbed against a bruised part of his mind, he frowned angrily and added, "Aaah, I don't know, they're just a bunch of Anti-Semiten
    "Who, the Germans?"
    Goldstein didn't answer right away
    "That's one approach to it," Roth said, a little pontifically"However, I don't think it's as simple as that
    Goldstein did not li
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:43 am
    @@@@@How could it be otherwise, with such an
    @@@@@How could it be otherwise,
    with such an education and adviser? Under the disadvantages, indeed,
    which both have had, is it not wonderful that they should be
    what they are? Crawford’s feelings, I am ready to acknowledge, have
    hitherto been too much his guidesHappily, those feelings have generally
    been goodYou will supply the rest; and a most fortunate man
    he is to attach himself to such a creature—to a woman who, firm as a
    rock in her own principles, has a gentleness of character so well adapted
    to recommend themHe has chosen his partner, indeed, with rare
    felicityHe will make you happy, Fanny; I know he will make you
    happy; but you will make him everything
    “I would not engage in such a charge,” cried Fanny, in a shrinking
    accent; “in such an office of high responsibility!”
    “As usual, believing yourself unequal to anything! fancying everything
    too much for you! Well, though I may not be able to persuade
    you into different feelings, you will be persuaded into them, I trust
    I confess myself sincerely anxious that you mayI have no common
    interest in Crawford’s well-doingNext to your happiness, Fanny,
    his has the first claim on meYou are aware of my having no common
    interest in Crawford
    Fanny was too well aware of it to have anything to say; and they
    walked on together some fifty yards in mutual silence and abstraction
    Edmund first began again—
    “I was very much pleased by her manner of speaking of it yesterday,
    particularly pleased, because I had not depended upon her seeing
    everything in so just a lightI knew she was very fond of you;
    but yet I was afraid of her not estimating your worth to her brother
    quite as it deserved, and of her regretting that he had not rather
    fixed on some woman of distinction or fortuneI was afraid of the
    bias of those worldly maxims, which she has been too much used to
    305
    Jane Austen
    hearBut it was very differentShe spoke of you, Fanny, just as she
    oughtShe desires the connexion as warmly as your uncle or myself
    We had a long talk about itI should not have mentioned the subject,
    though very anxious to know her sentiments; but I had not
    been in the room five minutes before she began introducing it with
    all that openness of heart, and sweet peculiarity of manner, that spirit
    and ingenuousness which are so much a part of herselfGrant
    laughed at her for her rapidityGrant in the room, then?”
    “Yes, when I reached the house I found the two sisters together by
    themselves; and when once we had begun, we had not done with
    you, Fanny, till Crawford and Dr
    “It is above a week since I saw Miss Crawford
    “Yes, she laments it; yet owns it may have been bestYou will see
    her, however, before she goesShe is very angry with you, Fanny;
    you must be prepared for tha
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:50 am
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    “I don’t think he’ll bite you; he probably wants to thank youThere’s a
    storm coming up from Basse-Terre and we’ll need the CG’s input if the phones go out
    “I myself shall perform whatever service he requires, sir!”
    “Well, there are limitsDon’t brush his teeth
    Brendan Prefontaine hurried through the door of the circular glass-walled lobbyHe had waited
    until the old Frenchman had turned into the first villa before reversing direction and men omega watch heading
    straight for the main complexAs he had done so many times over the past thirty years, he was
    forced to think quickly on his feet—usually running feet—building plausible explanations that
    would support a number of obvious possibilities as well as others not so obviousHe had just
    committed an unavoidable yet stupid error, unavoidable because he was not prepared to give
    Tranquility Inn’s desk a false name in case identification was required, and stupid because he new cartier had
    given a false name to the hero of FranceWell, not stupid; the similarity of their surnames might
    have led to unwanted complications where the purpose of his trip to Montserrat was concerned,
    which was quite simply extortion—to learn what so frightened Randolph Gates that he would part
    with fifteen thousand dollars, and having learned it perhaps collect a great deal moreNo, the
    stupidity was in not taking the precautionary step he was about to takeHe approached the front
    desk omega deville watch and the tall, slender clerk behind it
    “Good evening, sir,” fairly yelled the inn’s employee, causing the judge to look around, grateful
    that there were very few guests in the lobby“However I may assist you, be assured of my
    perfection!”
    “I’d rather be assured of your keeping your voice down, young man
    “I shall whisper,” said the clerk inaudibly
    “What did you say?”
    “How may I help you?” intoned the man, now sotto voce
    “Let’s just talk quietly, all right?”
    “CertainlyI am chanel handbags sale so very privileged
    “You are?”
    “Of course
    “Very well,” said Prefontaine“I have a favor to ask of you—”
    “Anything!”
    “Shhh!”
    “Naturally
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    86
    “Like many men of advanced age I frequently forget things, you can understand that, can’t
    you?”
    “A man of your wisdom I doubt forgets anythingI’m traveling incognito, you do know what I mean
    “Most assuredly, sir
    “I registered under my name, Prefontaine—”
    “You certainly did,” interrupted the cheap rolex cl
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:51 am
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    expected you to be doing it unaccompanied Scarlett smiled her
    sweetest smile"I'll sprinkle some salt on it for you, ' She first
    noticed the hawk-faced man on the black horse on Friday when he
    made an
    impossible jump ahead of her and she reined in knock off louis vuitton abruptly to watch,
    nearly losing her seathe rode with an arrogant fearlessness that
    made her own recklessness seem tameAfterwards, people
    surrounded him
    at the hunt breakfast, all of them talking, the man saying littlehe
    was tall enough for her to see his aquiline face and dark eyes and hair
    almost gucci horsebit hobo blue it was black"Who is that bored-looking tall man?" she
    asked a woman knew"My dear!"
    The woman said with excitement"Isn't he too f-cinating for words?"
    She sighed happily"Everyone says he's most wicked man in Britain
    "Fenton what?"
    "Just FentonNe's the Earl of Fenton
    "You mean he doesn't louis vuitton pink have any name of his own at all?" never
    understand
    all this English title rigmarole, Scarlett thought- made no sense at
    allA superior smile, it seemed to Sc-1 and
    she became angryBut the woman quickly disarmed her it silly?"
    she said His Christian name is Luke; I don't know the family name
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:43 am
    @@@@@He did not lead me far, just into the
    @@@@@He did not lead me far, just into the darkness where we were invisible from the
    big roomI felt Jamie's hand rest lightly on my other arm
    After half a minute, deep voices echoed through the big cavernThey were not boisterous–they
    were somber, as depressed as any of the faces I'd read this morningThe voices passed us, close
    by the crack where we hid, and Ian's hand tensed on my elbow, his fingers pressing into the soft
    spots above the boneI recognized Jared's voice, and Kyle'sMelanie strained against my
    control, and my control was tenuous anywayWe both wanted to see Jared's faceIt was a good
    thing Ian held us backdon't know why we let him keep tryingWhen it's over, it's over,” Jared was saying
    “He really thought he had it this timeIt will be worth all this if he
    figures it out someday,” Kyle disagreed“I guess it's a good thing we found that brandyDoc's going to blow
    through the whole crate by nightfall at the rate he's going
    “He'll pass out soon enough,” Kyle said, his voice beginning to fade in the distance“I wish
    Sharon would…” And then I couldn't make out any more
    Ian waited until the voices faded completely, and then a few minutes more, before he finally
    released my arm
    “Jared promised,” Jamie muttered to him
    “Yeah, but Kyle didn't,” Ian answered
    They walked back out into the lightI followed slowly behind them, not sure what I was
    feeling
    Ian noticed for the first time what I carried“No dishes now,” he told me“Let's give them a
    chance to clean up and move
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:43 am
    @@@@@They're all sonsofbitches "Listen, Red,"
    @@@@@They're all sonsofbitches
    "Listen, Red," Toglio protested, "where could you find a general like that who'd talk to a bunch of GIs? He's okay for my money
    "He's a crowd-pleaser, that's all he is," Red told him"What the fug business has he got tellin' us his worries? I got enough of my own
    Toglio sighed and stopped talkingWhat a contrary guy Red was, he decided finallyIt had stopped raining and he thought of going back to the remains of his tentThe idea depressed him, but Toglio would not allow himself to dawdle now that the storm was over"Come on, we might as well fix up some way to sleep," he said"It won't do you any goodWe're gonna be up on the line tonight With nightfall, the air was becoming sultry again

    The General was worriedAfter the jeep pulled out of the motor pool he said to his driver, "Take us to headquarters battery of the one-five-one He turned around to Major Dalleson and Lieutenant Hearn, who were squeezed together uncomfortably in the back seat"If their line isn't in to Second Battalion we'll be doing some walking before the night is over The jeep passed through an opening in the barbed wire and turned right onto the road that led toward the frontThe General scrutinized it moroselyThe mud was very bad and it would become worseNow it was slimy and the jeep skidded and weaved from one side of the road to the other, but in a few hours it would become hard and gummy like clay, and the vehicles might bog down to their hubsHe gazed dully at the jungle on either side of the roadThey passed a few Jap corpses decomposing in a ditch and the General held his breathNo matter how familiar that smell had become, he could never bear it casuallyHe made a mental note to have a burial detail police the road once this trouble was over
    The night had come and with it a potential disas
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:43 am
    @@@@@To be going so soon, sent for so kindly,
    @@@@@To be going so soon, sent for so kindly, sent for as a
    comfort, and with leave to take Susan, was altogether such a combination
    of blessings as set her heart in a glow, and for a time seemed
    to distance every pain, and make her incapable of suitably sharing
    the distress even of those whose distress she thought of mostJulia’s
    elopement could affect her comparatively but little; she was amazed
    and shocked; but it could not occupy her, could not dwell on her
    mindShe was obliged to call herself to think of it, and acknowledge
    it to be terrible and grievous, or it was escaping her, in the
    midst of all the agitating pressing joyful cares attending this summons
    to herself
    There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment,
    for relieving sorrowEmployment, even melancholy, may dispel
    melancholy, and her occupations were hopefulShe had so much
    to do, that not even the horrible story of MrsRushworth—now
    fixed to the last point of certainty could affect her as it had done
    beforeShe had not time to be miserableWithin twenty-four hours
    she was hoping to be gone; her father and mother must be spoken
    to, Susan prepared, everything got readyBusiness followed busi389
    Jane Austen
    ness; the day was hardly long enoughThe happiness she was imparting,
    too, happiness very little alloyed by the black communication
    which must briefly precede it—the joyful consent of her father
    and mother to Susan’s going with her—the general satisfaction with
    which the going of both seemed regarded, and the ecstasy of Susan
    herself, was all serving to support her spirits
    The affliction of the Bertrams was little felt in the family
    Price talked of her poor sister for a few minutes, but how to find
    anything to hold Susan’s clothes, because Rebecca took away all the
    boxes and spoilt them, was much more in her thoughts: and as for
    Susan, now unexpectedly gratified in the first wish of her heart, and
    knowing nothing personally of those who had sinned, or of those
    who were sorrowing—if she could help rejoicing from beginning to
    end, it was as much as ought to be expected from human virtue at
    fourteen
    As nothing was really left for the decision of MrsPrice, or the
    good offices of Rebecca, everything was rationally and duly accomplished,
    and the girls were ready for the morrowThe advantage of
    much sleep to prepare them for their journey was impossibleThe
    cousin who was travelling towards them could hardly have less than
    visited their agitated spirits—one all happiness, the other all varying
    and indescribable perturbation
    By eight in the morning Edmund was in the houseThe girls
    heard his entrance from above, and Fanny went downThe idea of
    immediately seeing him, with the knowledge of what he must be
    suffering, brought back all her own first feelingsHe so near her,
    and in miseryShe was ready to sink as she entered the parlourHe
    was alone, and met her instantly; and she found herself pressed to
    his heart with only these words, just articulate, “My Fanny, my only
    sister; my only comfort now!” She could say nothing; nor for some
    minutes could he say more
    He turned away to recover himself, and when he spoke again,
    though his voice still faltered, his manner shewed the wish of selfcommand,
    and the resolution of avoiding any farther allusion“Have
    you breakfasted? When shall you be ready? Does Susan go?” were
    questions following each other rapi
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:51 am
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    “Is that right, Sis?”
    “It’s not wrong, Bro, but it’s up to Jason—damn it—David!”
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    “My instructions, Cousin,” said the false yet not so false hero of France
    “I don’t understand any more than I understood the other name, the ‘Jackal,’ or ‘Carlos,’
    which you both rather brutally questioned me about when I wasn’t sure whether I was dead or
    aliveI thought the ‘Jackal’ was fiction
    The old man called Jean Pierre Fontaine looked at Marie; she nodded“Carlos the Jackal is a
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    131
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    “But the hatred that obsesses Carlos omega sale grows like a cancer in his aging brainOne man drew him
    out; one man tricked him, usurped his kills, taking credit for the Jackal’s work, kill after kill,
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    the ultimate assassinThat same man was responsible for the death of his lover—but one far more
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    in all thingsThat single man, one of dior women hundreds, perhaps thousands sent out by governments
    everywhere, was the only one who ever saw his face—as the JackalThe man who did all this was
    a product of American intelligence, a strange man who lived a deadly lie every day of his life for
    three yearsAnd Carlos will not rest until that man is punished The man is Jason
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    Squinting, stunned by the Frenchman’s story, Prefontaine leaned forward over the table“Who
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:51 am
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:43 am
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    “Whatever you said to him, I think he believes us nowHow does she
    feel?”
    “She's glad about that“How about you?”
    I hesitated, looking for a factual response“Telling the truth is easier for me than trying to hide
    it
    My evasion seemed to answer the question enough to satisfy him
    Behind him, the light in the garden was red and fadingThe sun had already set on the desert
    “I'm hungry,” I told him, and I pulled away from our hug
    “I knew you would beI saved you something goodIan says you're too self-sacrificing for your own good
    “I think he's got a point,” Jamie muttered“Even if we all want you here, you don't belong until
    you decide you do
    “I can't ever belongAnd nobody really wants me here, Jamie
    I didn't fight with him, but he was wrongNot lying, because he believed what he was saying
    But what he really wanted was MelanieHe didn't separate us the way he should
    Trudy and Heidi were baking rolls in the kitchen and sharing a bright green, juicy appleThey
    took turns taking bites
    “It's good to see you, Wanda,” Trudy said sincerely, covering her mouth while she spoke
    because she was still chewing her last biteHeidi nodded in greeting, her teeth sunk in the
    appleJamie nudged me, trying to be inconspicuous about it–pointing out that people wanted
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:43 am
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    @@@@@ For an instant, he saw again the dead bodies in the green draw, the naked look of lacerated flesh"Don't kid yourself," he said, "a man's no more important than a goddam cow
    Gallagher was remembering how the legs and arms of the Japanese prisoner had twitched for a second after Croft had shot him"Just like wringing the neck of a fuggin chicken," he muttered surlilyHis face was drawn, and there were shadows under his eyes"Why not you keep quiet?" he asked"We see same things you do His voice, almost always quiet and polite, had an angry strident note which amazed Gallagher and silenced him
    "Let's pass the canteen around," Wilson suggestedHe tilted it upward, and drank the last inch"Guess we got to open another one," he sighed
    "We all paid up for this," Croft said"Let's see we drink the same amount
    They sat about in a circle, passing the canteen from time to time, and talking in slow indifferent voices which began to blur before the second canteen was finishedThe sun was dropping toward the west, and for the first time that afternoon shadows were beginning to drift from the trees and the black-green ponchos of their pup tentsGoldstein and Ridges and Wyman were sitting about thirty yards away talking in soft voicesOccasionally, a noise of some minor activity -- a truck grinding up the lane that led to the bivouac or the shouts of some soldiers on a labor detail -- would filter through the coconut groveEvery fifteen minutes a battery about a mile away would fire, and a part of their minds would wait for the sound of the explosion when the shells landedThere was nothing to look at but barbed wire in front of them and the thick brush of the jungle beyond the grove
    "Well, back to headquarters company tomorrowlet's drink to that," Wilson said
    "I hope we just dig that fuggin road for the rest of the campaign," Gallagher said
    Croft fingered his belt dreamilyThe awareness and excitement he had felt after he killed the prisoner had faded on the march to an empty sullen indifference to everything about himAs he drank, the sullenness remained but there were changes taking place in him
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
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    like a genie from a bottle and bought me everything in this house,
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    She doesn't remember what it was like before he went awayShe was
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    years
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    and Ross cannot fail to see itButler's voice was hoarse,
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    “Carlos?”
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    following himA farmer found their bodies around four o’clock this morning—it seems the dogs
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    “Christ, he’s gone over the edgeBut why do you think—”
    “One of our agents was gucci for women tortured before being killed,” broke in the KGB officer, fully
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    “I’ll get Jason—”
    “Aleksei, listen to me!”
    “What?” Conklin cupped the telephone under his chin as he reached down for the hollowed—
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    “But we have purposely not alerted the hotel staff or the police
    “You’d be idiots if you did,” broke in Alex“We’ll settle for taking the son of a bitch here!
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    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:46 am
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    But nobody said anything about public speaking
    This time the laughter was a little freer and a
    little more general
    "I was going to start by saying I have no idea how
    I wound up here, but actually I doAnd that's
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    This brought a chuckle, as if I'd said Some of you
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    looked around, preening a little, her back ramrod
    straight
    "When I first brought some of my paintings into
    the Scoto Gallery, MsIre saw them and called me
    an American primitiveI sort of resented that,
    because I change my underwear every morning and
    brush my teeth every night before I go to bed-"
    Another burst of laughterMy legs were just legs
    again, not cement, and now that I felt capable of
    running away, I no longer wanted or needed toIt
    was possible they'd hate my pictures, but that was
    all right because I didn't hate themLet them
    have their little laugh, their little boo-and-hiss,
    their little gasp of distaste (or their little
    yawn), if that was what they wanted to do; when it
    was over, I could go back and paint more
    And if they loved them? Same deal
    "But if she meant I'm someone who's doing
    something he doesn't understand, that he can't
    express in words because no one ever taught him
    the right terms, then she's right
    589
    Kamen was nodding and looking pleasedAnd so, by
    God, was Mary Ire
    "So all that leaves is the story of how I got here
    - the bridge I walked over to get from my other
    life to the one I'm living these days
    Kamen was patting his meaty hands together
    soundlesslyThat made me feel goodHaving him
    there made me feel goodI don't know exactly what
    would have happened if he hadn't've been, but I
    think it would have been what Wireman calls mucho
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    Disappointed, Mike and I sat in silence for about twenty minutes before we began cleaning up our messThe business was over on opening daySweeping the powder up, I looked at Mike and said, "I guess Jimmy and his friends are right
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    Mike and I stood there in silenceThey were nice words, but we still did not know what to do
    "So how come you're not rich, dad?" I asked
    "Because I chose to be a schoolteacherSchoolteachers really don't think about being rich
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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