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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:19 am
    @@@@@So simply put, what happened is this: I had
    @@@@@So
    simply put, what happened is this: I had an
    accident at a job siteThere was
    this crane, you see, and it crushed the pickup
    truck I was in, and it crushed me, as wellI lost
    my right arm and I almost lost my lifeI was
    married, but my marriage broke upI was at my
    590
    wits' endThis is a thing I see more clearly now;
    I only knew then that I felt very, very bad
    Another friend, a man named Xander Kamen, asked me
    one day if anything made me happyKamen looked up intently from the first
    row with the long gift-box balanced on his non-lap
    I remembered him that day at Lake Phalen - the
    tatty briefcase, the cold autumn sunshine coming
    and going in diagonal stripes across the living
    room floorI remembered thinking about suicide,
    and the myriad roads leading into the dark:
    turnpikes and secondary highways and shaggy little
    forgotten lanes
    The silence was spinning out, but I no longer
    dreaded itAnd my audience seemed not to mindIt
    was natural for my mind to wander
    "The idea of happiness - at least as it applied to
    me - was something I hadn't thought of in a long
    time," I said"I thought of supporting my family,
    and after I started my own company, I thought of
    not letting down the people who worked for meI
    also thought of becoming a success, and worked for
    it, mostly because so many people expected me to
    591
    failThen the accident happenedI discovered I had no-"
    I reached out for the word I wanted, groping with
    both hands, although they only saw oneAnd,
    perhaps, a twitch of the old stump inside its
    pinned-up sleeve
    "I had no resources to fall back onAs far as
    happiness went"I told my friend
    Kamen that I used to draw, but I hadn't done it in
    a long timeHe suggested I take it up again, and
    when I asked why, he said because I needed hedges
    against the nightI didn't understand what he
    meant then, because I was lost and confused and in
    painI understand it better
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    11:18 am
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    "Does this go on all the wallet vuitton time?" I asked
    "Not always, but quite often," said Mike, smiling as he pulled up a chair to sit down next to me
    "I asked him if he would teach us to make money," Mike said
    "Oh, and what did he say to that?" I asked with cautious curiosity
    "Well, he had a funny look on his face at first, and then he said he would make us an cheap gucci offer
    "Oh," I said, rocking my chair back against the wall; I sat there
    perched on two rear legs of the chair
    Mike did the same thing
    "Do you know what the offer is?" I asked
    "No, but we'll soon find out
    Suddenly, Mike's dad burst through the rickety screen door and onto the porchMike and I jumped to our feet, not out of respect cartier love but because we were startled
    "Ready boys?" Mike's dad asked as he pulled up a chair to sit down
    with us
    We nodded our heads as we pulled our chairs away from the wall to sit in front of him
    He was a big man, about 6 feet tall and 200 poundsMy dad was taller, about the same weight, and five years older than Mike's dadThey sort Gucci Indy Bag of looked alike, though not of the same ethnic makeupMaybe their energy was similar
    "Mike says you want to learn to make money? Is that correct, Robert?"
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:27 am
    @@@@@As they crossed the first ridge-line, he
    @@@@@As they crossed the first ridge-line, he hefted his pack higher on his broad shoulders, and turned up his face to the sun for an instantEverything smelled fine, and the grass had the sweet fresh odor of early morning"Okay, men, let's hit it," he called to them cheerfully as they passed byHe had dropped back from the point, and he moved from man to man, slowing his stride or increasing it in order to keep pace with them
    "How's it going today, Wyman, you feel any better?"
    Wyman noddedI'm sorry I pooped out yesterday
    "Hell, we all were bushed, it'll be better today He clapped Wyman on the shoulder and dropped back to Ridges
    "Lot of country, heh, boy?"
    "Yeah, Lootenant, always enough country
    He walked for a while beside Wilson, kidding him"Still fertilizing the ground, boy?"
    "Yeah, Ah lost mah petcock, ain't nothin' to hold it in now
    Hearn nudged him in the ribs"Next break we're gonna cut a plug for you
    It was easy, it was swellHe hardly knew why he was doing it, but it gave him a great deal of pleasureHe had suspended all judgments, scarcely cared now about the patrolThey would probably be successful today, and by tomorrow night they would be ready to start backIn a few days the patrol would be over, and they would be in bivouac
    He thought of Cummings, an felt a sour hatred, had no desire suddenly for the patrol to endHis mood was spoiled momentarilyWhatever they accomplished would be for Cummings's benefitIf you ever traced anything out to the end, you found yourself in troubleThe trick was to keep putting one foot in front of the other"Okay, men, let's keep moving," he said quietly, as they filed past him on a slope
    And there were other problem
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:27 am
    @@@@@Scarlett dropped the sacks of breads and
    @@@@@Scarlett dropped the sacks of
    breads and cookies on the floor and ran to get It"Henry Hamilton,"
    it said as signatureDamn! She'd thought it was from Rhett, begging
    her to come home or telling her that he was on his way to fetch her
    She crumpled the flimsy paper angrily in her fistThen she smoothed
    it outBetter see what Uncle Henry had to sayAs she read the
    message, Scarlett began to smileYOUR TELEGRAM RECEIVED STOP
    ALSO
    LARGE BANK DRAEr FROM YOUR HUSBAND STOP WHAT FOOLISHNESS
    IS THIS
    QUESTION MARK RHETr ASKED ME TO NOTIEY HIM YOUR
    WHEREAB0UTS STOP LETTER
    F0LL0WS STOP HENRY HAMELTON So Rhett was looking for herJust
    what
    she'd expectedHah! She'd been so right to come to SavannahShe
    hoped Uncle Henry had had the sense to tell Rhett right away and by
    telegram, not letterWhy, he might be reading his right this minute,
    just like she was reading hersScarlett hummed a waltz tune and
    danced around the room holding the telegram against her heartHe
    might even be on his way nowThe train from Charleston arrived just
    about this time of dayShe ran to the mirror to smooth her hair and
    pinch color into her cheeksShould she change her dress? No, Rhett
    would notice, and it would make him think she wasn't doing anything
    except wait for himShe rubbed toilet water on her throat and
    templesHer eyes, she saw, were glowing
    green
    like a prowling cat'sShe'd have to remember to drop her lashes over
    themShe took a stool to the window, seated herself where she'd be
    hidden by the curtain but still able to see outAn hour later, Rhett
    hadn't comeScarlett's small white teeth tore at a roll from the
    bakery bagWhat a bother this Lent business was! Imagine having to
    hide in her room and eat rolls without even 36'1 any butter to put on
    themShe was in a very bad mood when she went downst
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:19 am
    @@@@@ “Let’s go,” said Benjamin, starting to walk
    @@@@@
    “Let’s go,” said Benjamin, starting to walk away“I personally pointed out that the assignment
    wasn’t very realistic, but it was explained to me that instilling the attitude was important
    “Like telling a student that he can actually argue with a professor, or a citizen that he can
    publicly criticize a member of the Politburo? They are strange attitudes, aren’t they?”
    “Pound sand, Archie
    “Relax, young Lenin,” said Jason, coming alongside the trainer“Where’s your LA cool?”
    “I left it in the La Brea Tar Pits
    “I want to study the maps
    “It’s been arrangedAlso the other ground rules
    They sat in a conference room at staff headquarters, the large rectangular table covered with
    maps of the entire Novgorod complexBourne could not help himself, even after nearly four hours
    of concentration, he frequently shook his head in sheer astonishmentThe series of deep-cover
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    417
    training grounds along the Volkhov were more expansive and more intricate than he had thought
    possibleBenjamin’s remark that it would “be easier to move a dozen cities” rather than drastically
    alter Novgorod was a simple statement of fact, not too much of an exaggerationScaled-down
    replicas of towns and cities, waterfronts and airports, military and scientific installations from the
    Mediterranean to the Atlantic, north to the Baltic and up the Gulf of Bothnia, were represented
    within its boundaries, all in addition to the American acreageYet for all the massive detail,
    suggestion and miniaturization made it possible to place everything within barely thirty miles of
    riverfront wilderness, at a depth ranging from three to five miles
    “Egypt, Israel, Italy,” began Jason, circling the table, staring down at the maps“Greece,
    Portugal, Spain, France, the UK—” He rounded the corner as Benjamin interrupted, leaning
    wearily back in a chair: “Germany, the Netherlands, and the Scandinavian countriesAs I
    explained, most of the compounds include two separate and distinct countries, usually where there
    are common boundaries, cultural similarities or just to conserve spaceThere are basically nine
    major compounds, representing all the major nations—major to our interests—and therefore nine
    tunnels, approximately seven kilometers apart starting with the one here and heading north along
    the river
    “Then the first tunnel next to ours is the UK, right?”
    “Yes, followed by France, then Spain—which includes Portugal—then across the
    Mediterranean, beginning with Egypt along with Israel—”
    “It’s clear,” broke in Jason, sitting down at the end of the table, bringing his clasped hands
    together in thought“Did you get word up the line that they’re to admit anyone with those papers
    Carlos has, no matter what he looks like?”
    “No
    “What?” Bourne snapped his head toward the young trainer
    “I had Comrade Krupkin do thatHe’s in a Moscow hospital, so they can’t lock him up here for
    training fatigue
    “How can I cross over into another compound? Quickly, if necessary
    “Then you’re ready for the rest of the ground rules?”
    “I’m rea
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:19 am
    @@@@@The Scoto was already packed - to the
    @@@@@The Scoto was already packed - to the legal
    limit and probably a little beyond - but my family
    hadn't arrivedI had seen Pam and Illy earlier in
    the day, and Wireman had assured me that Melinda's
    flight was on time, but so far that evening there
    hadn't been a sign of them
    In the alcove to my left, where both the bar and
    eight of the Sunset With pictures had drawn a
    crowd, a trio from the local music conservatory
    was tinkling through a funereal version of "My
    Funny Valentine Mary Ire (holding a glass of
    champagne but sober so far) was expatiating on
    something artistic to an attentive little crowd
    686
    To the right was a bigger room, featuring a buffet
    On one wall in there was Roses Grow from Shells
    and a painting called I See the Moon; on another,
    three views of Duma RoadI'd observed several
    people taking photographs of these with their
    camera-phones, although a sign on a tripod just
    inside the door announced that all photography was
    verboten
    I mentioned this to Jimmy Yoshida in passing, and
    he nodded, seeming not angry or even irritated,
    but rather bemused"There are a great many people
    here I either don't associate with the art scene
    or don't recognize at all," he said"The size of
    this crowd is outside of my experience
    "Is that a bad thing?"
    "God, no! But after years of fighting to keep our
    corporate heads above water, it feels strange to
    be carried along this way
    The Scoto's center gallery was large, which was a
    good thing that nightIn spite of the food, drink,
    and music in the smaller rooms, the center seemed
    to be where most of the visitors eventually
    gravitatedThe Girl and Ship series had been
    mounted there on almost invisible cords, directly
    687
    down the center of the roomWireman Looks West
    was on the wall at the far endThat one and Girl
    and Ship No8 were the only paintings in the show
    which I had stickered NFS, Wireman because the
    painting was his, No8 because I simply couldn't
    sell it
    "We keepin you up, boss?" Angel Slobotnik said
    from my left, as oblivious to his wife's elbow as
    ever"I was never more awake in my life,
    I just-"
    A man in a suit that had to've cost two grand
    stuck out his handFreemantle,
    First Sarasota Bank and Trust
    These are just marvelous
    "Thank you," I said, thinking he'd left out YOU
    MUST NOT STOP
    A business card appeared between his fingersIt
    was like watching a street-busker do a magic t
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:20 am
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:30 am
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    If I had a few company commanders who were perceptive, the whole process would be simpler, more responsive, and yet it's too much to ask sensitivity of a CO besides all the other things he has to haveNo, it's my fault, I should have seen it in spite of themPerhaps for this reason the early success of the attack gave him replica balenciaga little elationHe was pleased, naturally enough, because his greatest burden had been removedThe pressure from Corps had relaxed, and the fear that for a time had colored everything -- that he would be relieved of his command in the middle of the campaign -- had retreated now, and would expire if the advance continued favorablyStill he had substituted one dissatisfaction for anotherCummings was bothered by a suspicion, very faint, not quite stated, that he had no more to do with the success of the attack than a man who presses a button and waits for the elevatorIt muddied the edges tiffany price of his satisfaction, angered him subtlyThe odds were that the attack would bog down sooner or later in any case, and when he left tomorrow for Army, this present success was going to hurt his chances of getting naval support for the Botoi Bay operationIn effect he would have to commit himself, claim that the campaign could be won only by that side invasion, and there would be the ticklish business of having to undercut, disparage the advances he had made already
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:28 am
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    O'Hara's double parlors held almost no furnitureThey had fireplaces
    for warmth, gaslit ceiling globes for light, and a broad, polished wood
    floor for dancingThe hours Scarlett passed in those bare rooms that
    Saturday were among the happiest she'd ever knownWithin the
    family
    the O 'Haras shared love and happiness as freely and unconsciously as
    they shared the air they breathedScarlett felt within her the growth
    of handbag dolce gabbana something she had lost too long ago to rememberShe became,
    like
    them, unaffected and spontaneous and open to carefree joyShe
    could
    shed the artifice and calculation that she'd learned to use in the
    battles for conquest and dominance that were part of being a belle in
    Southern societyShe had no need to charm or conquer; she was
    welcome
    as she was, one of the familyFor the first time in her life she was
    willing to relinquish the spotlight to let someone else be the center
    of attentionThe others were cartier santos watch fascinating to her, primarily because
    they were her new-found family, but also because she'd never known
    anyone like them in her lifeScarlett looked at
    Maureen, with Brian and Daniel making music behind her, Helen and
    Mary
    Kate clapping in time with the rhythm she was setting with the bones,
    and for a moment it was as if the vivid redheads were the youthful
    Tarletons come back to lifeThe twins, tall and handsome, the girls
    squirming with juvenile impatience to move on to the next adventure
    life held for themScarlett rolex daytona cosmograph had always envied the Tarleton girls
    their freeand-easy ways with their motherNow she saw the same
    easiness between Maureen and her childrenAnd she knew that she,
    too,
    was welcome to laugh with Maureen, to tease and be teased, to share
    in
    the bounteous affection that Jamie's wife showered on everyone
    around
    herAt that moment Scarlett's near-worship of her serene,
    self-contained mother shivered and suffered a tiny crack, and she
    began
    to free herself of the guilt she'd always felt because she rolex submariner price couldn't
    live up to her mother's teachingsPerhaps it was all right if she
    wasn't a perfect lady
    The idea was too rich, too complicatedShe'd think about it later
    She didn't want to think about anything nowNot yesterday, not
    tomorrowThe only thing that mattered was this moment and the
    happiness it held, the music and singing and clapping and dancing
    After the formal rituals of Charleston's balls, the spontaneous
    home-made pleasures were intoxicatingScarlett breathed deep of
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:20 am
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    Introductions were made, and the instant they were over, a barrage of questions was hurled at
    the SovietHe held up both hands, as a pope might from his balcony in StPeter’s Square, and
    spoke“I will not bore you or disturb you with the trivial details of my flight from Mother Russia,
    other than to say I’m aghast at the high price of corruption and will neither forget nor forgive the
    filthy Jimmy choo accommodations I was forced to endure for the exorbitant sums of money I spentThat
    said, thank God for Credit Suisse and those lovely green coupons they issue
    “Just tell us what happened,” said Marie
    “You, dear lady, are even lovelier than I had imaginedHad we met in Paris I would have
    whisked you away from this Dickensian ragamuffin you call a husbandMy, look at your hair—
    glorious!”
    “He probably couldn’t tell you what color it is,” said Marie, pasha cartier watch smiling“You’ll be the threat I hold
    over his peasant head
    “Still, for his age he’s remarkably competent
    “That’s because I feed him a lot of pills, all kinds of pills, DimitriNow tell us, what happened?”
    “What happened? They found me out, that’s what happened! They confiscated my lovely house
    in Geneva! It’s now an adjunct to the Soviet embassyThe loss is heartbreaking!”
    “I think my wife’s talking about the peasant me,” said Webb“You were in Tiffany Necklace the hospital in
    Moscow and you found out what someone intended for me—namely, my executionThen you told
    Benjamin to get me out of Novgorod
    “I have sources, Jason, and errors are made in high places and I’ll incriminate no one by using
    namesIf Nuremberg taught us all nothing else, it was that obscene
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    “Well spoken,” said Prefontaine, raising his glass of Perrier to the Soviet“When everything’s
    said and done, we’re all part of the same thinking, feeling human race, aren’t we?”
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:19 am
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    thisIf I go slow and do my best work, I can do
    this'" I stopped and passed my hand over my eyes
    "I think that's right, but you have to take it
    with a grain of saltIt could be mixed up with
    what I remember about myselfMy mind playing more
    tricksMore stupid fucking pet tricks
    "Take it easy, muchacho," Wireman said
    She tried to draw Perse out of existenceHow does
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    "Draw and then erase
    "Perse didn't let her?"
    "Perse didn't know, I'm almost sure of itBecause
    Elizabeth was able to hide what she meant to do
    If you ask me how, I can't tell youIf you ask me
    if it was her own idea - something she thought up
    by herself at the age of four-"
    "Not beyond belief," Wireman said"In a way, it's
    four-year-old thinking
    "I don't understand how she could have kept it
    from this Perse," Jack saida little
    kid?"
    "I don't know, either," I said
    866
    "In any case, it didn't work," Wireman saidI think she made the drawing, and
    I'm sure she did it in pencil, and I think when
    she was done, she erased the whole thingIt
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    killed Candy Brown, but Perse wasn't humanAll it
    did was make her angryShe paid Elizabeth back by
    taking the twins, whom she idolizedTessie and
    Laura didn't go down that path to the Shade Beach
    to look for more treasureThey
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:30 am
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    never been with those who thought much of parental claims, or
    family confidence, could not perceive that anything of the kind was
    necessary; and therefore, thanking them, said, “he preferred remaining
    where he was, that he might pay his respects to the old gentleman
    handsomely since he was come; and besides, he did not think
    it would be fair by the others to have everybody run away
    Fanny was just beginning to collect herself, and to feel that if she
    staid longer behind it might seem disrespectful, when this point
    was settled, and being commissioned with the brother and sister’s
    apology, saw them preparing to go as she quitted the room herself
    to perform the dreadful duty of appearing before her uncle
    Too soon did she find herself at the drawing-room door; and after
    pausing a moment for what she knew would not come, for a courage
    which the outside of no door had ever supplied to her, she turned the
    lock in desperation, and the lights of the drawing-room, and all the
    collected family, were before herAs she deville watch entered, her own name caught
    her earSir Thomas was at that moment looking round him, and
    saying, “But where is Fanny? Why do not I see my little Fanny?”—
    and on perceiving her, came forward with a kindness which astonished
    and penetrated her, calling her his dear Fanny, kissing her affectionately,
    and observing with decided pleasure how much she was
    grown! Fanny knew not how to feel, nor where to lookShe was quite
    oppressedHe had never been so kind, so very kind to her in his life
    His manner seemed changed, his voice was quick from the agitation
    of joy; and all that had been awful in his dignity seemed lost in tenderness
    He led her nearer the light and looked at her again—inquired
    particularly after her health, and then, correcting himself, observed
    that he need not inquire, for her appearance spoke sufficiently
    on that pointA fine blush having succeeded the previous paleness of
    her face, he was justified in his belief of her equal improvement in
    health and beautyHe inquired next after her family, especially William:
    and his kindness altogether was such as made her reproach herself
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    155
    Jane Austen
    when, on having courage to lift her eyes to his face, she saw that he
    was grown thinner, and had the burnt, fagged, worn look of fatigue
    and a hot climate, every tender feeling was increased, and she was
    miserable in considering how much unsuspected vexation was probably
    ready to burst on him
    Sir Thomas was indeed the life of the party, who at his suggestion
    now seated themselves round the fireHe had the best right to be
    the talker; and the delight of his sensations in being again in his
    own house, in the centre of his family, after such a separation, made
    him communicative and chatty in a very unusual degree; and he
    was ready to give every information as to his voyage, and answer
    every question of his two sons almost before it was putHis business
    in Antigua had latterly been prosperously rapid, and he came directly
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    passage thither in a private vessel, instead of waiting for the packet;
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    Bertram and looked with heartfelt satisfaction on the faces around
    him—interrupting himself more than once, however, to remark on
    his good fortune in finding them all at home—coming unexpectedly
    as he did—all collected together exactly as he could have wished,
    but dared not depend onRushworth was not forgotten: a most
    friendly reception and warmth of hand-shaking had already met
    him, and with pointed attention he was now included in the objects
    most intimately connected with MansfieldThere was nothing disagreeable
    in MrRushworth’s appearance, and Sir Thomas was liking
    him already
    By not one of the circle was he listened to with such unbroken,
    unalloyed enjoyment as by his wife, who was really extremely happy
    to see him, and whose feelings were so warmed by his sudden arrival
    as to place her nearer agitation than she had been for the last
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    absence: she had done a great deal of carpet-work, and made many
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    yards of fringe; and she would have answered as freely for the good
    conduct and useful pursuits of all the young people as for her own
    It was so agreeable to her to see him again, and hear him talk, to
    have her ear amused and her whole comprehension filled by his
    narratives, that she began particularly to feel how dreadfully she
    must have missed him, and how impossible it would have been for
    her to bear a lengthened absenceNorris was by no means to be compared in happiness to her
    sisterNot that she was incommoded by many fears of Sir Thomas’s
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    for her judgment had been so blinded that, except by the instinctive
    caution with which she had whisked away MrRushworth’s pink
    satin cloak as her brother-in-law entered, she could hardly be said
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    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
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    someone, an abrupt, startled glance by someone in an unexpected direction—it was the little things,
    the sudden involuntary, precisely imprecise small motions that so often pointed to the concealed
    string that was the fuse leading to the explosive trapIn silence, Jason walked back to the window,
    picked up the binoculars and put them to his face
    A police officer in the tan-and-scarlet uniform of Montserrat approached the procession of four
    priests on the path; he was obviously as bewildered as he was deferential, nodding courteously as
    the four gathered together to listen, gesturing politely toward the glass doors of the lobbyBourne’s
    eyes shifted within the frame of vision, studying the black features of each cleric, one after another
    in rapid successionHe spoke quietly to the Frenchman“Do you see what I see?”
    “The fourth one, the priest who was last,” replied Fontaine“He’s alarmed, but the others are
    not
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    off the sillI’ll be up in a few minutes—”
    “Those priests, do you know them?”
    “Only the one who calls himself the ‘vicar’; he comes around for contributionsAnd they’re not
    really priests, David, they’re more like ‘ministers’ in a religious orderVery religious and very
    local
    “Is the vicar there?”
    “YesHe’s always first in lineSlight change of plan
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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    10:19 am
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    There was another crack, and I glanced backOne of Kyle's legs drooped farther down as a rock
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    Good,Melanie snarled
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    About ten men start to walk toward the gateSome stones fly over their heads and scatter among the soldiers
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    Croft sights down his barrelHe has pointed his gun at the chest of the nearest man, and he feels a curious temptation
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    BAA-WOWWW! The shot is lost in the volley, but the striker drops
    Croft feels a hollow excitement
    The lieutenant is cursingGoddam, who shot him, men?
    Guess they's no way to find out, Lieutenant, Croft saysHe watches the mob retreating in a panicBunch o' dogs, he tells himselfHis heart is beating, and his hands feel very dry

    " 'Member that gal, Janey, he marriedAh'll say one thing for her, she was a reg'lar ole tomcat," Jesse Croft said(He spewed an oyster of phlegm, and ground it reflectively with his boot
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
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    “Who the hell said that?”
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    “Oh, for Christ’s sake, cut the crap!” laughed Holland
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
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    "Edgar, can we talk later? I need to get my hair
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    and began stroking Reba's hair"Know anything
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    "What do She sounded punched,
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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    “Wanda,” Jamie exhaled when he saw me He took a deep breath
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    and felt the skin burn under my handMy elbow brushed Doc's, but I barely noticedHe scooted
    away, but I didn't look to see what emotion was on his face, whether it was aversion or guilt
    “Jamie, baby, how are you?”
    “Stupid,” he said, grinningCan you believe this?” He gestured to his leg
    I found a wet rag on his pillow and wiped it across his forehead
    “You're going to be fine,” I promisedI was surprised at how fierce my voice soundedBut Jared wouldn't let me come talk to you His face was suddenly
    anxious“I heard about… and Wanda, you know I –”
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    “I'm not really sickJust a stupid infectionI'm glad you're here, thoughI hated not knowing
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    I couldn't swallow down the lump in my throatMonster? My Jamie? Ne
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