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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    12:30 pm
    @@@@@“What we have here is a very unusual
    @@@@@“What we have here is a very unusual opportunity for learningIt would
    be wasteful to squander that
    “I really don't think anyone wants to learn from meI don't mind talking to you or Jamie –”
    “Doesn't matter what they want,” Jeb insisted“It's what's good for themLike chocolate
    versus broccoliOught to know more about the universe–not to mention the new tenants of our
    planet
    “How does it help them, Jeb? Do you think I know something that could destroy the souls?
    Turn the tide? Jeb, it's over
    “It's not over while we're still here,” he told me, grinning so I knew he was teasing me again“I
    don't expect you to turn traitor and give us some super-weaponI just think we should know
    more about the world we live in
    I flinched at the wordtraitor“I couldn't give you a weapon if I wanted to, JebWe don't have
    some great weakness, an Achilles' heelNo archenemies out there in space who could come to
    your aid, no viruses that will wipe us out and leave you standing He made a fist and tapped it playfully against my arm“You might be
    surprised, thoughI told you it gets boring in herePeople might want your stories more than
    you think
    I knew Jeb would not leave it aloneWas Jeb capable of conceding defeat? I doubted it
    At mealtimes I usually sat with Jeb and Jamie, if he was not in school or busy elsewhereIan
    always sat near, though not really with usI could not fully accept the idea of his self-appointed
    role as my bodyguardIt seemed too good to be true and thus, by human philosophy, clearly
    fals
    9:19 am
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    with meI want you to stay just as you are on that couch with the
    compresses on your eyesThey're still swollen from sunburn 'Do
    you
    want me to come, dear?" MrsButler rolled up her tatting to put it
    away
    "It is going to be a long wait, I'm afraid
    "I don't mind waiting at all, MamaI've got some plans to work out in
    my head about spring fake hermes planting at the plantation Scarlett settled
    back against the cushions, wishing that Rhett's sister wasn't coming
    homeShe had no clear idea of what Rosemary would be like, and
    she'd
    rather not find outShe knew, from bits of gossip that she'd heard,
    that Rosemary's birth had caused a lot of hidden smilesShe was a
    "change" baby, born when Eleanor Butler was over forty years old
    She chanel pearl was also an old maid, one of the domestic casualties of the War
    too
    young to marry before it began, too plain and too poor to attract the
    attention of the few men available when it was over
    Rhett's return to Charleston and his fabulous wealth had set tongues
    waggingRosemary would have a substantial dowry nowBut she
    seemed
    to be always away, visiting a cousin or a friend hermes bag in another townWas
    she looking for a husband there? Weren't Charleston men good
    enough
    for her? Everyone had been waiting for the announcement of an
    engagement for more than a year, but there was not even a hint of an
    attachment, much less a betrothal"Rich pickings for speculation" was
    the way Emma Anson described the situation
    Scarlett speculated on her ownShe'd be gucci g watch delighted to have Rosemary
    marry, no matter what it cost RhettShe didn't care to have her in the
    houseNo matter if Rosemary was as plain as a mud fence, she was
    still younger than Scarlett and Rhett's sister to bootShe'd get too
    much of his attentionShe tensed when she heard the outside door
    open,
    a few minutes before suppertimeRhett
    entered
    the library, and smiled at his balenciaga replica mother
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    12:30 pm
    @@@@@ COOK: For you, I'll waitWho're you to
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    (The soldiers file by



    4

    BY THE end of the first month of the campaign, the front-line troops had advanced to the base of the peninsulaBeyond it the island extended on either side, and about five miles from the junction of the peninsula with the mainland, the mountains of the Watamai Range ran along parallel to the seaThe Toyaku Line was drawn up to the left of the peninsula on a fairly straight line running from the cliffs of the mountain range to the oceanAs the General expressed it to his staff, he had "to make a left turn off the avenue of the peninsula into a narrow street which has figuratively a factory wall on its right, a ditch on its left [the sea], and Toyaku in front of us
    He conducted the pivoting operation with brillianceThere were many problems involvedHe had to move his front line, stabilized at last, through a ninety-degree arc to the left, and it meant that, while the flank companies on the left who could anchor themselves by the sea would have to move only a half mile or so, the companies on the right would be obliged to wheel through a six-mile arc of jungle, and would be exposed through every hour of their march
    He had two alternativesThe safer plan was to have the battalion on his right flank drive straight inland until it reached the mountainsA temporary line could then be drawn up on a diagonal, and slowly he could have the right wing turn and drive along parallel to the mountains until his lines faced ToyakuBut that would take several days, possibly a week, and there might be a great deal of resistanceThe other project, far more dangerous, was to move his right flank in a direct thrust to the mountain cliffs which abutted the Toyaku LineThat way, the entire front could be pivoted in a day
    But it was very dangerousToyaku undoubtedly would have a striking force ready to knife around the edge of the advancing troops, and turn their flankDuring the entire day he would be pivoting his troops, the General would have an undefended right flankHe took the chance, and turned it into an advantageOn the day of the operation he withdrew a battalion from the road and kept them in reserveHe gave instructions to the commanders of the companies on the right flank to advance through the jungle without concerning themselves with their flank or rearTheir mission was merely to make the six-mile march through no man's land, and establish a defense position by that night at the mountain cliffs a mile away from the outposts of the Toyaku Line
    The General guessed correctlyToyaku sneaked a company of Japanese troops around the flank while the movement was in progress, but the General met them with his reserve battalion, and encircled them almost completelyFor several days an extremely confused battle went on in the jungle behind the division's new lines, but by the end of that time, all but a few stragglers of the company Toyaku had dispatched into the division's rear had been kill
    9:19 am
    @@@@@Go to work on DeFazioHe’s the one under
    @@@@@Go to work on
    DeFazioHe’s the one under contract!”
    Peter Holland leaned back in his chair, rigid, intense“It had to come to this, didn’t it, Alex?” he
    asked quietly“We both have our prioritiesI’d do anything within my sworn capacity to save
    the lives of Jason Bourne and his wife, but I will not violate my oath to defend this country firstI
    can’t do it and I suspect you know thatMy priority is Medusa, in your words a global cartel that
    intends to become a government within our government over hereThat’s whom I have to go after
    First and immediately and without regard to casualtiesTo put it plainly, my friend—and I hope
    you’re my friend—the Bournes, or whoever they are, are expendable
    “That’s really why you asked me to come over here this morning, isn’t it?” said Conklin,
    planting his cane on the floor and awkwardly getting to his feet
    “You’ve got your own game plan against Medusa—and we can’t be a part of itIt’s a fundamental conflict of interest
    “I’ll grant you thatWe’d louse you up in a minute if it’d help Jason and MarieNaturally, my
    personal and professional opinion is that if the whole fucking United States government can’t rip
    out a Medusa without sacrificing a man and a woman who’ve given so much, I’m not sure it’s
    worth a damn!”
    “Neither am I,” said Holland, standing up behind the desk“But I swore an oath to try—in order
    of my sworn priorities
    “Have I got any perks left?”
    “Anything I can get you that doesn’t compromise our going after Medusa
    “How about two seats on a military aircraft, Agencycleared, to Paris
    “Two seats?”
    “Panov and meWe went to Hong Kong together, why not Paris?”
    “Alex, you’re out of your goddamned mind!”
    “I don’t think you understand, PeterMo’s wife died ten years after they were married, and I
    never had the courage to give it a trySo you see, ‘Jason Bourne’ and Marie are the only family we
    haveShe makes a hell of a meat loaf, let me tell you
    “Two tickets to Paris,” said Holland, his face a
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    12:35 pm
    @@@@@ Her disappointment in her mother was
    @@@@@
    Her disappointment in her mother was greater: there she had hoped
    much, and found almost nothingEvery flattering scheme of being
    of consequence to her soon fell to the groundPrice was not
    unkind; but, instead of gaining on her affection and confidence,
    and becoming more and more dear, her daughter never met with
    greater kindness from her than on the first day of her arrivalThe
    instinct of nature was soon satisfied, and MrsPrice’s attachment
    had no other sourceHer heart and her time were already quite full;
    she had neither leisure nor affection to bestow on FannyHer daughters
    never had been much to herShe was fond of her sons, especially
    of William, but Betsey was the first of her girls whom she had
    ever much regardedTo her she was most injudiciously indulgent
    William was her pride; Betsey her darling; and John, Richard, Sam,
    Tom, and Charles occupied all the rest of her maternal solicitude,
    alternately her worries and her comfortsThese shared her heart:
    her time was given chiefly to her house and her servantsHer days
    were spent in a kind of slow bustle; all was busy without getting
    on, always behindhand and lamenting it, without altering her ways;
    wishing to be an economist, without contrivance or regularity;
    dissatisfied with her servants, without skill to make them better,
    and whether helping, or reprimanding, or indulging them, without
    any power of engaging their respect
    Of her two sisters, MrsPrice very much more resembled Lady
    Bertram than MrsShe was a manager by necessity, without
    any of MrsNorris’s inclination for it, or any of her activity
    Her disposition was naturally easy and indolent, like Lady
    Bertram’s; and a situation of similar affluence and do-nothingness
    would have been much more suited to her capacity than the
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    Mansfield Park
    exertions and self-denials of the one which her imprudent marriage
    had placed her inShe might have made just as good a
    woman of consequence as Lady Bertram, but MrsNorris would
    have been a more respectable mother of nine children on a small
    income
    Much of all this Fanny could not but be sensible ofShe might
    scruple to make use of the words, but she must and did feel that her
    mother was a partial, ill-judging parent, a dawdle, a slattern, who
    neither taught nor restrained her children, whose house was the
    scene of mismanagement and discomfort from beginning to end,
    and who had no talent, no conversation, no affection towards herself;
    no curiosity to know her better, no desire of her friendship, and
    no inclination for her company that could lessen her sense of such
    feelings
    Fanny was very anxious to be useful, and not to appear above her
    home, or in any way disqualified or disinclined, by her foreign education,
    from contributing her help to its comforts, and therefore set
    about working for Sam immediately; and by working early and late,
    with perseverance and great despatch, did so much that the boy was
    shipped off at last, with more than half his linen readyShe had
    great pleasure in feeling her usefulness, but could not conceive how
    they would have managed without her
    Sam, loud and overbearing as he was, she rather regretted when
    he went, for he was clever and intelligent, and glad to be employed
    in any errand in the town; and though spurning the remonstrances
    of Susan, given as they were, though very reasonable in themselves,
    with ill-timed and powerless warmth, was beginning to be influenced
    by Fanny’s services and gentle persuasions; and she found
    that the best of the three younger ones was gone in him: Tom and
    Charles being at least as many years as they were his juniors distant
    from that age of feeling and reason, which might suggest the expediency
    of making friends, and of endeavouring to be less disagreeable
    Their sister soon despaired of making the smallest impression
    on them; they were quite untameable by any means of address which
    she had spirits or time to att
    9:19 am
    @@@@@ Today it sounded rather subaqueousMaybe
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    Today it sounded rather subaqueousMaybe because
    of the rainI hung the phone up and stood looking
    at the suit of armor"I think that went very well,
    Sir Lancelot," I said
    No reply, which was exactly what I deserved
    x
    I crossed the plant-lined main hall to the doorway
    of the China Parlor, looked in at Elizabeth, and
    saw she was sleeping in the same head-cocked
    positionHer snores, which had earlier struck me
    as pathetic in their naked antiquity, were now
    actually comforting; otherwise, it would have been
    too easy to imagine her sitting there dead with
    her neck brokenI wondered if I should wake her,
    and decided to let her sleepThen I glanced right,
    toward the wide main staircase, and thought of her
    saying Oh, you'll find it on the second floor
    landing
    Find what?
    381
    Probably it had been just another bit of gibberish,
    but I had nothing better to do, so I walked down
    the hall that would have been a dogtrot in a
    humbler house - the rain tapping the glass ceiling
    - and then climbed the wide staircaseI stopped
    five risers from the top, staring, then slowly
    climbed the rest of the wayThere was something,
    after all: an enormous black-and-white photograph
    in a frame of narrow banded goldI asked Wireman
    later how a black-and-white from the nineteentwenties
    could have been blown up to such a size -
    it had to have been at least five feet tall by
    four wide - with so little blurringHe said it
    had probably been taken with a Hasselblad, the
    finest non-digital camera ever made
    There were eight people in the photograph,
    standing on white sand with the Gulf of Mexico in
    the backgroundThe man was tall and handsome and
    appeared to be in his mid-fortiesHe was wearing
    a black bathing singlet that consisted of a strapstyle
    shirt and trunks that looked like the closefitting
    underwear basketball players wear nowadays
    Ranged on either side of him stood five girls, the
    oldest a ripe teenager, the youngest identical
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    towheads that made me think of the Bobbsey Twins
    from my earliest adventures in readingThe twins
    were wearing identical bathing dresses with
    frilled skirts, and holding handsIn their free
    hands they clasped dangly-legged, apron-wearing
    Raggedy Ann dolls that made me think of Reba
    and the dark yarn hair above the vacantly smiling
    faces of the twins' dolls was surely REDIn the
    crook of one arm, the man - John Eastlake, I had
    no doubt - held girl number six, the toddler who
    would eventually become the snoring crone below me
    Behind the white folks stood a young black woman
    of perhaps twenty-two, with her hair tied in a
    kerchiefShe was holding a picnic basket, and
    judging from the way the not-inconsiderable
    muscles in her arms were bunched, it was heavy
    Three bangled silver bracelets clung to one
    forear
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    12:38 pm
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    “It’s simple interrogatory progression,” replied the former judge, briefly glancing at Jean Pierre
    before turning back to Marie“However, my dear, I may have glossed over an item that was
    extremely helpful in negotiations with my clientTo put it plainly, your identity was being withheld
    and protected by the governmentIt was a strong point that frightened a very strong and influential
    man
    “I want his name,” said Marie
    “Then I must have protection, too,” rejoined necklace chanel Prefontaine
    “You’ll have it—”
    “And perhaps something more,” continued the old disbarred attorney“My client has no idea I
    came here, no knowledge of what’s happened, all of which might fuel the fires of his largess if I
    described what I’ve experienced and observedHe’d be frightened out of his mind even to be
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    129
    associated with such eventsAlso, considering the fact that I was nearly killed by that Teutonic
    Amazon, I really deserve more
    “Am I then seamaster omega to be rewarded for saving your life, monsieur?”
    “If I had anything of value—other than my legal expertise, which is yours—I’d happily share it
    If I’m given anything, that still holds, Cousin
    “Merci bien, Cousin
    “D’accord, mon ami, but never let the Irish nuns hear us
    “You don’t look like a poor man, Judge,” said John St
    “Then appearances are as deceiving as a long-forgotten title you so generously useI should
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    not require luxury
    “You’ve lost your woman, too, then?”
    “Not that it’s any of your damn business, but my wife left me twenty-nine years ago, and my
    thirty-eight-year-old son, now a successful attorney on Wall Street, uses her name and when
    questioned by curious people tells them he never knew meI haven’t seen him since he was ten; it
    was not in his interest, you understand
    “Quel bullshit, CousinThat boy got his brains from me, not from the dior bag airhead who bore himMy French pureblood here has his own reasons—obviously based on
    betrayal—for cooperating with youI have equally strong reasons for wanting to help you, too, but
    I must also consider myselfMy aged new friend can go back and live what’s left of his life in
    Paris, whereas I have no place to go but Boston and the few opportunities I’ve developed over the
    years to eke out a livingTherefore my deep-seated motives for wanting to help must themselves
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    9:27 am
    @@@@@“Is it Rebecca? Alexandra? Olivia?
    @@@@@“Is it Rebecca? Alexandra? Olivia? Something
    simpler, maybe… Jane? Jean? Joan?”
    It was better than nothing, I thought glumlyAt least I'd given them a way to help themselves if
    they were ever takenI could help the resisters, if no one else
    It didn't seem like enough
    “You're not giving me much to work with,” I murmuredI took her hand in both of mine,
    chafed it softly“It would really be nice if you would make an effortMy friends are going to be
    depressed enoughThey could use some good newsBesides, with Kyle still gone… It will be
    hard to evacuate everyone without having to carry you around, tooI know you want to help
    This is your family here, you know
    The gently lined face was vacant with unconsciousnessShe was quite pretty in an
    inconspicuous way–her features very symmetrical on her oval faceForty-five, maybe a little
    younger, maybe a little olderIt was hard to tell with no animation in the face
    “They need you,” I went on, pleading nowYou know so much that I
    never knewHe deserves some helpYou've been a Healer
    for a while now; some of that care for the well-being of others must have rubbed off on you
    You'll like Doc, I think
    “Is your name Sarah? Emily? Kristin?”
    I stroked her soft cheek, but there was no response, so I took her limp hand in mine againI
    gazed at the blue sky through the holes in the high ceiling
    “I wonder what they'll do if Kyle never comes backHow long will they hide? Will they have to
    find a new home somewhere else? There are so many of
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    12:30 pm
    @@@@@Luke was very much on Scarlett's mind
    @@@@@Luke was very much on
    Scarlett's mind during the following weeksShe was restless, and on
    bright mornings she raced alone over the routes they'd followed
    togetherWhen she and Cat decorated the tree, she remembered the
    pleasure of dressing up for dinner the night he first came to
    BallyharaAnd when she pulled the wishbone of the Christmas goose
    with Cat, she wished that he would return from London soon
    Sometimes
    she closed her eyes and tried to remember the way it felt to have
    his arms around her, but every attempt made her tearfully angry,
    because
    Rhett's face and Rhett's embrace and Rhett's laughter always filled her
    memory insteadThat was because she'd known Luke such a short
    time,
    she told herself
    In time his presence would blot out the memories of Rhett, that was
    only
    logicalOn New Year's Eve there was a great racket, and Colum
    marched
    in beating the bodhran followed by two fiddlers and Rosaleen
    Fitzpatrick playing the bonesScarlett screeched with joyful surprise
    and ran to hug him"I'd given up hope that you'd ever come home,
    ColumNow it's bound to be a good year, with a beginning like
    this
    She got Cat up from her sleep, and they saw in the first moments of
    1880 with music and love all around them
    New Year's Day began with laughter as the harm brack shattered
    against
    the wall, showering crumbs and currants all over Cat's dancing body
    and
    upturned, open-mouthed faceBut afterwards the sky darkened with
    clouds, and an icy wind tore at Scarlett's shawl when she made the
    rounds of New Year's visits in her towntook a drink in every house,
    liquor, not tea, and talked politics the men until Scarlett thought she
    would scream"Will you not come to the bar, then, Scarlett darling,
    and a glass to a brave New Year and new hope for the Irish?" said
    after the last cottage had been visitedcc Scarlett's nostrils flared
    at the smell of whiskey on himI'm tired and cold and I'm going
    home
    Come with me and we have a quiet time by the fire
    "A quiet time is what I dread most, Scarlett aroonQuiet lets L
    darkness creep into a man's soul
    Colum walked unsteadily the door of Kennedy's bar, and Scarlett
    trudged
    slowly up the to the Big house, holding her shawl close around her
    Her red - and the blue and yellow stripes on her stockings looked drab
    in the cold gray lightNot coffee and a hot bath, she promised herself
    as she open the heavy front doorShe heard a stifled giggle when
    tered the hall, and her heart tightened
    9:19 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 cheap rolex 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 wallet vuitton 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
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    @@@@@ Dunmore Landing has always been a rice
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    Dunmore Landing has always been a rice plantationThat's why I get
    so
    mad at Rhett-" Scarlett rocked fasterIf she starts going on about
    rice again, I'll screamThe loud double report of a shotgun crashed
    through the night and Scarlett did screamShe jumped up from the
    chair and ran toward the doorRosemary leapt up and ran after her
    She threw her strong arms around Scarlett's middle and held her back
    "Let me go, Rhett might be-" Scarlett croakedRosemary was
    squeezing
    the breath out of herRosemary's arms tightenedScarlett struggled
    to get freeShe heard her own strangled breath loud in her ears
    and-strangely more distinct-the creak creak creak of the rocker,
    slowing even as her breath was slowingThe lighted room seemed to
    be
    turning darkHer flailing hands fluttered weakly and her straining
    throat made a faint rasping noise"I'm sorry,"
    Scarlett thought she heard Rosemary sayThe only
    thing that mattered was to draw great gulps of air into her lungsIt
    even made no difference that she'd fallen onto her hands and knees
    It
    was easier to breathe that wayIt was a long time before she could
    speakShe looked up then, saw Rosemary standing with her back
    against
    the door"You almost killed me," Scarlett saidI
    didn't mean to hurt you
    "Why? I was going to RhettI've got to go to Rhett He meant more
    to
    her than all the wor
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    12:30 pm
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