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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
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    THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    A Bantam Book / published by arrangement with the author
    PUBLISHING HISTORY
    Random House edition published March 1990
    Bantam Export edition / August 1990
    Bantam rack edition / March 1991
    All rights reserved
    Copyright ? 1990 Robert Ludlum
    Cover art copyright ? 1990 by Paul Bacon
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    For Bobbi and Leonard Raichert,
    two lovely people who have enriched
    our lives—Our Thanks
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    THE BOURNE
    ULTIMATUM
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    8
    Prologue
    Darkness had descended on Manassas, Virginia, the countryside alive with nocturnal undercurrents,
    as Bourne crept through the woods bordering the estate of General Norman SwayneStartled birds
    fluttered out of their black recesses; crows awoke in the trees and cawed their alarms, and then, as
    if calmed by a foraging co-conspirator, kept silent
    Manassas! The key was here! The key that would unlock the subterranean door that led to
    Carlos the Jackal, the assassin who wanted only to destroy David Webb and his familyWebb!
    Get away from me, David! screamed Jason Bourne in the silence of his mindLet me be the killer
    you cannot be!
    With each scissoring cut into the thick, high wire fence, he understood the inevitable, confirmed
    by his heavy breathing and the sweat that fell from his hairlineNo matter how hard he tried to keep
    his body in reasonable shape, he was fifty years of age; he could not do with ease what he did
    thirteen years ago in Paris when, under orders, he had stalked the JackalIt was something to think
    about, not dwell uponThere were Marie and his children now—David’s wife, David’s children—
    and there was nothing he could not do as long as he willed it! David Webb was disappearing from
    his psyche, only the predator Jason Bourne would remain
    He was through! He crawled inside and stood up, instinctively, rapidly checking his equipment
    with the fingers of both handsWeapons: an automatic, as well as a CO2 dart pistol; Zeiss Ikon
    binoculars; a scabbarded hunting knifeThey were all the predator needed, for he was now behind
    the lines in enemy territory, the enemy that would lead him to CarlosThe bastard battalion from Vietnam, the unlogged, unsanctioned, unacknowledged
    collection of killers and misfits who roamed the jungles of Southeast Asia directed by Command
    Saigon, the original death squads who brought Saigon more intelligence input than all the searchand-
    destroys put togethe
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:46 am
    @@@@@Not simply "ladies" as opposed to "women
    @@@@@Not simply "ladies" as opposed to
    "women They were Lady Felicity and Lady Marjorie and their "dim
    papa" was an earlFrances Sturbridge, their disapproving chaperone,
    was also "Lady," they explained, but she was Lady Sturbridge, not
    Lady
    Frances, because she wasn't born a "Lady" and she'd married a man
    who was
    "only a baronet
    "Whereas I could marry one of the footmen and Marjorie cc run off
    with
    the boot boy, and we'd still be Lady Felicity and Marjorie in the foul
    sinks of Bristol where our husbands robbed poor boxes to support us
    Scarlett could only laugh"It's too complicated for me," she
    admitted"Oh, but my dear, it can be ever so much more complicated
    than our boring little familyWhen you get into widows and horrid
    little viscounts and third son's wives and so on, it's like a
    labyrinthMama has to hire advice every time she gives a dinner or
    she'd be guaranteed to insult someone fearfully importantYou simply
    must not seat the daughter of an earl's younger son, like Roger, below
    somebody like poor FrancesIt's all too foolish for words The
    Cowperthwaite Ladies were more than a little giddy and rattlebrained,
    and Roger seemed to have inherited some of Papa's dimness, but they
    were a cheerful and warmhearted trio who genuinely liked Scarlett
    They made the trip fun for her, and she was sorry when they left the
    ship at LiverpoolNow she had almost two full days before she got to
    Galway, and she wouldn't be able to delay any longer thinking about
    the
    meeting with Rhett in Charleston, that was really no meeting at all
    Had he felt the same shock of recognition she had when their eyes
    met?
    It was, for her, as if the rest of the world disappeared and they were
    alone in some place and time separate from everything and everyone
    that
    existed
    It wasn't possible that she could feel so bound to him by a look and
    that he would not feel the same wayWas it? She worried and relived
    the moment until she began to think she'd dreamed it or even
    imagined
    itWhen the Fleece entered Galway Bay she was able to store the
    memory with her other prized memories of Rhett
    Ballyhara was waiting, and harvest time was nearBut first she had to
    smile and whisk her trunks past the customs inspectorsColum was
    expecting the weaponsIt was hard to remember that the English
    were
    all such bad people when the Cowperthwaites were so charming
    Colum was waiting at the end of ú the gangplank when Scarlett left
    The
    Golden FleeceShe hadn't expected him, she'd known only that
    someone
    would meet her and take care of her trunksAt the sight of his stocky
    figure in worn black clericals and smiling Irish face, Scarlett felt
    that she'd come h
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    CHAPTER 20
    Freed
    Jeb let me cry myself out without interruptingHe didn't comment all through the following
    snifflesIt was only when I'd been completely silent for a good half hour that he spoke
    “Still awake in there?”
    I didn't answerI was too much in the habit of silence
    “You want to come out here and stretch?” he offered“My back is aching silver chanel just thinking about
    that stupid hole
    Ironically, considering my week of maddening silence, I wasn't in the mood for companyBut
    his offer wasn't one I could refuseBefore I could think about it, my hands were pulling me
    through the exit
    Jeb was sitting with crossed legs on the matI watched him for some reaction as I shook out my
    arms and legs and men wallet gucci rolled my shoulders, but he had his eyes closedLike the time of Jamie's visit,
    he looked asleep
    How long had it been since I'd seen Jamie? And how was he now? My already sore heart gave a
    painful little lurch
    “Feel better?” Jeb asked, his eyes opening
    “It's going to be okay, you know He grinned a wide, face-stretching grin“That stuff I said rolex watches for women to
    Jared… Well, I won't say Ilied, exactly, because it's all true if you look at it from a certain angle,
    but from another angle, it wasn't so much the truth as it was what he needed to hear
    I just stared; I didn't understand a word of what he was saying
    “Anyway, Jared needs a break from thisNot from you, kid,” he added quickly, “but from gold gucci the
    situationHe'll gain some perspective while he's away
    I wondered how he seemed to know exactly which words and phrases would cut at meAnd,
    more than that, why should Jeb care if his words hurt me, or even if my back was aching and
    throbbing? His kindness toward me was frightening in its own way because it was
    incomprehensibleAt least Jared's actions made logo louis vuitton se
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:46 am
    @@@@@He sighs, reaches for his shoes, which he
    @@@@@He sighs, reaches for his shoes, which he has tied to a stanchion, and slowly puts them onHis bunk is the fourth in a tier of five, and he climbs down uncertainly in the half-darkness, afraid of stepping on one of the men in the hammocks below himOn the floor he picks his way through a tangle of bags and packs, stumbles once over a rifle, and makes his way to the bulkhead doorHe passes through another hold whose aisle is just as cluttered, and finally reaches the head
    Inside the air is steamingEven now a man is using the sole fresh-water shower, which has been occupied ever since the troops have come on boardThe soldier walks past the crap games in the unused salt-water shower stalls, and squats down on the wet split boards of the latrineHe has forgotten his cigarettes and he bums one from a man sitting a few feet awayAs he smokes he looks at the black wet floor littered with butts, and listens to the water sloshing through the latrine boxThere has been really no excuse for coming, but he continues to sit on the box because it is cooler here, and the odor of the latrine, the brine, the chlorine, the clammy bland smell of wet metal is less oppressive than the heavy sweating fetor of the troop holdsThe soldier remains for a long time, and then slowly he stands up, hoists his green fatigue pants, and thinks of the struggle to get back to his bunkHe knows he will lie there waiting for the dawn and he says to himself, I wish it was time already, I don't give a damn, I wish it was time alreadyAnd as he returns, he is thinking of an early morning in his childhood when he had lain awake because it was to be his birthday and his mother had promised him a party

    Early that evening Wilson and Gallagher and Staff Sergeant Croft had started a game of seven card stud with a couple of orderlies from headquarters platoonThey had grabbed the only empty place on the hold deck where it was possible to see the cards once the lights were turned offEven then they were forced to squint, for the only bulb still lit was a blue one near the ladder, and it was difficult to tell the red suits from the blackThey had been playing for hours, and by now they were in a partial stuporIf the hands were unimportant, the betting was automatic, almost unconscious
    Wilson's luck had been fair from the very beginning, but after one series in which he had taken three games in a row it had become phenomenalHe was feeling very goodThere was a stack of Australian pound notes scattered sloppily and extravagantly under his crossed legs, and while he felt it was bad luck to count his money, he knew he must have won nearly a hundred poundsIt gave him a thick lustful sensation in his throat, the kind of excitement he received from any form of abundance"Ah tell ya," he announced to Croft in his soft southern voice, "this kind of money is gonna be the ruination of me yetAh never will be able to figger out these goddam poundsThe Aussies work out everythin' backward
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
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    spirits, courage, and curiosity up to anything, William expressed an
    inclination to hunt; and Crawford could mount him without the
    slightest inconvenience to himself, and with only some scruples to
    obviate in Sir Thomas, who knew better than his nephew the value
    of such a loan, and some alarms to reason away in FannyShe feared
    for William; by no means convinced by all that he could relate of
    his own horsemanship in various countries, of the scrambling parties
    in which he had been engaged, the rough horses and mules he
    had ridden, or his many narrow escapes from dreadful falls, that he
    was at all equal to the management of a high-fed hunter in an English
    fox-chase; nor till he returned safe and well, without accident
    or discredit, could she be reconciled to the risk, or feel any of that
    obligation to MrCrawford for lending the horse which he had
    fully intended it should produceWhen it was proved, however, to
    have done William no harm, she could allow it to be a kindness,
    and even reward the owner with a smile when the animal was one
    minute tendered to his use again; and the next, with the greatest
    cordiality, and in a manner not to be resisted, made over to his use
    entirely so long as he remained in Northamptonshire
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    CHAPTER XXV
    THE INTERCOURSE of the two families was at this period more nearly
    restored to what it had been in the autumn, than any member of
    the old intimacy had thought ever likely to be againThe return of
    Henry Crawford, and the arrival of William Price, had much to
    do with it, but much was still owing to Sir Thomas’s more than
    toleration of the neighbourly attempts at the ParsonageHis mind,
    now disengaged from the cares which had pressed on him at first,
    was at leisure to find the Grants and their young inmates really
    worth visiting; and though infinitely above scheming or contriving
    for any the most advantageous matrimonial establishment that
    could be among the apparent possibilities of any one most dear to
    him, and disdaining even as a littleness the being quick-sighted
    on such points, he could not avoid perceiving, in a grand and
    careless way, that MrCrawford was somewhat distinguishing his
    niece—nor perhaps refrain (though unconsciously) from giving a
    more willing assent to invitations on that account
    His readiness, however, in agreeing to dine at the Parsonage, when
    the general invitation was at last hazarded, after many debates and
    many doubts as to whether it were worth while, “because Sir Thomas
    seemed so ill inclined, and tiffany's jewelry Lady Bertram was so indolent!”
    proceeded from good-breeding and goodwill alone, and had nothing
    to do with MrCrawford, but as being one in an agreeable group:
    for it was in the course of that very visit that he first began to think
    that any one in the habit of such idle observations would have thought
    that MrCrawford was the admirer of Fanny Price
    The meeting was generally felt to be a pleasant one, being composed
    in a good proportion of those who would talk and those who
    would listen; and the dinner itself was elegant and plentiful, according
    to the usual style of the Grants, and too much according to the
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    usual habits of all to raise any emotion except in MrsNorris, who
    could never behold either the wide table or the number of dishes on
    it with patience, and who did always contrive to experience some
    evil from the passing of the servants behind her chair, and to bring
    away some fresh conviction of its being impossible among so many
    dishes but that some must be cold
    In the evening it was found, according to the predetermination of
    MrsGrant and her sister, that after making up the whist-table there
    would remain sufficient for a round game, and everybody being as
    perfectly complying and without a choice as on such occasions Chanel Purse they
    always are, speculation was decided on almost as soon as whist; and
    Lady Bertram soon found herself in the critical situation of being
    applied to for her own choice between the games, and being required
    either to draw a card for whist or notLuckily
    Sir Thomas was at hand
    “What shall I do, Sir Thomas? Whist and speculation; which will
    amuse me most?”
    Sir Thomas, after a moment’s thought, recommended speculation
    He was a whist player himself, and perhaps might feel that it
    would not much amuse him to have her for a partner
    “Very well,” was her ladyship’s contented answer; “then speculation,
    if you please, MrsI know nothing about it, but Fanny
    must teach me
    Here Fanny interposed, however, with anxious protestations of
    her own equal ignorance; she had never played the game nor seen it
    played in her life; and Lady Bertram felt a moment’s indecision
    again; but upon everybody’s assuring her that nothing could be so
    easy, that it was the easiest game on the cards, and Henry Crawford’s
    stepping forward with a most earnest request to be allowed to sit
    between her ladyship and Miss Price, and teach them both, it was
    so settled; and Sir Thomas, MrsGrant
    being seated at the table of prime intellectual state and dignity, the
    remaining six, under louis vuitton vernis Miss Crawford’s direction, were arranged round
    the otherIt was a fine arrangement for Henry Crawford, who was
    close to Fanny, and with his hands full of business, having two persons’
    cards to manage as well as his own; for though it was impossible
    for Fanny not to feel herself mistress of the rules of the game in
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    three minutes, he had yet to inspirit her play, sharpen her avarice,
    and harden her heart, which, especially in any competition with
    William, was a work of some difficulty; and as for Lady Bertram, he
    must continue in charge of all her fame and fortune through the
    whole evening; and if quick enough to keep her from looking at her
    cards when the deal began, must direct her in whatever was to be
    done with them to the end of it
    He was in high spirits, doing everything with happy ease, and preeminent
    in all the lively turns, quick resources, and playful impudence
    that could do honour to the game; and the round table was
    altogether a very comfortable contrast to the steady sobriety and orderly
    silence of the other
    Twice had Sir Thomas inquired into the enjoyment and success
    of his lady, but in vain; no pause was long enough for the time his
    measured manner needed; and very little of her state could be known
    till wallet vuitton Mr
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    “That’s pretty blunt—”
    “So was the son of a bitch who calledI had to take it inside, on a pay phoneI told him I
    wouldn’t break into your game, and he said I goddamned well better if I knew what was good for
    meNaturally, I asked him who he was and what rank and all the rest of the bullshit but he cut me
    off, more scared than anything else‘Just tell the general I’m calling about Saigon and some
    reptiles crawling around the city damn near twenty years ago Those were diaper bag gucci his exact words—”
    “Jesus Christ!” cried Swayne, interrupting?”
    “He said he’d call back in a half hour-that’s eighteen minutes nowI’m part of
    this, remember?”
    Bewildered and frightened, the general mumbledI have to make excusesI can’t just walk
    away, drive awayAnd, Norman, you’ve got on a short-sleeved shirt, you goddamned idiot! Bend
    your arm
    Swayne, his eyes wide, stared at the small tattoo on his flesh, instantly crooking his arm to his
    chest in British brigadier birkin hermes fashion as he walked unsteadily back to the tee, summoning a casualness
    he could not feel“Damn, young fella, the army calls
    “Well, damn also, Norm, but I’ve got to pay youI insist!”
    The general, half in a daze, accepted the debt from his partner, not counting the bills, not
    realizing that it was several hundred dollars more than he was owedProffering confused thanks,
    Swayne walked swiftly back to the golf cart and climbed in beside his master sergeant
    “So much for ladies omega constellation my hook, soldier boy,” said the armaments executive to himself, addressing the
    tee and swinging his club, sending the little pocked white ball straight down the fairway far beyond
    the general’s and with a much better lie“Four hundred million’s worth, you brass-plated bastard
    “What in heaven’s name are you talking about?” asked the senator, laughing as he spoke into the
    phone“Or should I say, what’s Al Armbruster trying to pull? He doesn’t need my sup port on the
    new omega sale bill and he wouldn’t get it if he didHe was a jackass in Saigon and he’s a jackass now, but
    he’s got the majority vote
    “We’re not talking about votes, SenatorWe’re talking about Snake Lady!”
    “The only snakes I knew in Saigon were jerks like Alby who crawled around the city pretending
    to know all the answers when there weren’t anyWho the hell are you anyway?” In Vienna,
    Virginia, Alex Conklin replaced the telephone
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
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    The Georgian architects knew precisely what they were doingCome
    through to the entrance door, ScarlettShe escorted Scarlett onto the
    top of the steps that led down to the freshly gravelled drive
    "My grief," Scarlett said weaklyTwo long rows of uniformed servants
    were facing herFitzpatrick stood slightly in
    front of the cook, four kitchen maids, two parlor maids, four upstairs
    maids, three dairymaids, the head laundress, and three laundry maids
    To her left she saw a haughty-looking man who could only be a butler,
    eight footmen, two nervous-footed boys, the stableman she knew and
    six
    grooms, and five men she guessed were gardeners by their earthstained
    hands
    "I believe I need to sit down," she whispered"First you smile and
    welcome them to Ballyhara," Charlotte saidHer tone would permit no
    remonstranceScarlett did as she was toldBack inside the
    house-which had now become an establishment-Scarlett began to
    giggle
    "They're all better dressed than I am," she saidShe looked at
    Charlotte Montague's expressionless face"You're about to bust out
    laughing, Charlotte, you can't fool meFitz must have
    had a high old time planning this
    "We did rather," Charlotte admittedA smile was the nearest thing to
    "bust out laughing" that Scarlett could get from herScarlett invited
    all the people from Ballyhara and Adamstown to come up to see the
    revived Big HouseThe long dining room table was spread with
    refreshments, and she darted from room to room, urging everyone to
    help
    themselves, dragging them to see the High KingsCharlotte Montague
    stood quietly to one side of the big staircase, quietly disapproving
    Scarlett ignored herShe tried to ignore the discomfort and
    embarrassment of her cousins and villagers, but within a half hour of
    their arrival, she was close to tears"It goes against tradition,
    Mr
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    kind of a plan was that, to wander off into the desert without any way to get back?” He
    chuckled“Wandering–guess that's your specialty, eh, Wanda?”
    He leaned toward me and nudged me with one elbowWide with uncertainty, my eyes flickered
    to the floor, to his face, and back to the floor
    “That trek was just a few steps shy of a successful suicide, in my opinionDefinitely not cartier santos watch a
    Seeker's MO, if you know what I meanI've tried to reason it outUse logic, right? So, if you
    didn't have backup, which I've seen no sign of, and you had no way to get back, then you
    must've had a different goalYou haven't been real talkative since you got here, 'cept with the
    kid just now, but I've listened to what youhave saidKind of seems to me like the reason you
    almost died out there was 'cause you were hell-bent on classic chanel bag finding that kid and Jared
    “Only why wouldyou care?” Jeb asked, expecting no answer, just musing“So, this is how I see
    it: either you're a really good actress–like a super-Seeker, some new breed, sneakier than the
    first–with some kind of a plan I can't figure out, or you're not actingThe first seems like a
    pretty complicated explanation for your behavior, then and now, and I don't buy it
    “But if you're not acting…”
    He birkin hermes paused for a moment
    “Spent a lot of time watching your kindI was always waiting for them to change, you know,
    when they didn't have to act like us anymore, because there was no one to actforI kept on
    watching and waiting, but they just kept on actin' like humansStaying with their bodies'
    families, going out for picnics in good weather, plantin' flowers and paintin' pictures and all the
    rest of itI've been wondering if you Tiffany Earrings all aren't turning sort of humanIf we don't have some real
    influence, in the end
    He waited, giving me a chance to respond
    “Saw something a few years ago that stuck with meOld man and woman, well, the bodies of
    an old man and an old womanBeen together so long that the skin on their fingers grew in
    ridges around their wedding ringsThey were holding hands, and he kissed her on her cheek,
    and she blushed under all those dior women wrink
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:46 am
    @@@@@Everyone was suddenly very merry in the
    @@@@@Everyone was suddenly very merry in the little boat which was swaying gently under the davits"Here comes old Red," Wilson yelled, and everybody laughed as Red worked gingerly along the beam, his face puckered like a pruneWhen he reached the side he looked over scornfully at them and said, "Goddam, got the wrong boatThey ain't no one stupid-looking enough here to be recon
    "C'mon in, y'old billygoat," Wilson chuckled, his laughter easy and phlegmy, "the water's nice and cold"I know one place on you that ain't coldRight now it's red-hot
    Brown found himself laughing and laughingWhat a bunch of good old boys there were in the platoon, he told himselfIt seemed as if the worst part were over already
    "How's the General get into these boats?" Hennessey asked"He ain't young like us"They got two privates to carry him over He basked in the laughter which greeted this
    Gallagher dropped into the boat"The fuggin Army," he said, "I bet they get more fuggin casualties out of guys getting into boatsGallagher probably looked mad even when he was screwing his wifeFor an instant he was tempted to say so, and it made him laugh even moreIn the middle of his snickering he had a sudden image of his own wife in bed with another man at this exact moment, and there was a long empty second in his laughter when he felt nothing at all"Hey, Gallagher," he said furiously, "I bet you even look pissed-off when you're with your wife
    Gallagher looked sullen, and then unexpectedly began to laugh too"Aaah, fug you," he said, and that made everyone roar even more

    The little assault craft with their blunt bows looked like hippopotami as they bulled and snorted through the waterThey were perhaps forty feet long, ten feet wide, shaped like open shoe boxes with a motor at the rearIn the troop well, the waves made a loud jarring sound beating against the bow ramp, and already an inch or two of water had squeezed through the crevices and was sloshing around the bott
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    Sir Thomas looked at her with deeper surprise“This is beyond
    me,” said he“This requires explanationYoung as you are, and
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    having seen scarcely any one, it is hardly possible that your affections—”
    He paused and eyed her fixedlyHe saw her lips formed into a no,
    though the sound was inarticulate, but her face was like scarlet
    That, however, in so modest a girl, might be very compatible louis vuitton discount with
    innocence; and chusing at least to appear satisfied, he quickly added,
    “No, no, I know that is quite out of the question; quite impossible
    Well, there is nothing more to be said
    And for a few minutes he did say nothingHe was deep in thought
    His niece was deep in thought likewise, trying to harden and prepare
    herself against farther questioningShe would rather die than own
    the truth; and she hoped, by a little reflection, to fortify herself beyond
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    “Independently of the interest which MrCrawford’s choice seemed
    to justify” said Sir Thomas, beginning again, and very composedly,
    “his wishing to marry at all so early is recommendatory to meI am
    an advocate for early marriages, where there are means in proportion,
    and would have every young man, with a sufficient income,
    settle as soon after four-and-twenty as he canThis is so much my
    opinion, that I am sorry to think how little likely my own eldest
    son, your dior handbags cousin, MrBertram, is to marry early; but at present, as
    far as I can judge, matrimony makes no part of his plans or thoughts
    I wish he were more likely to fix Here was a glance at Fanny
    “Edmund, I consider, from his dispositions and habits, as much
    more likely to marry early than his brotherHe, indeed, I have lately
    thought, has seen the woman he could love, which, I am convinced,
    my eldest son has notAm I right? Do you agree with me, my dear?”
    “Yes, sir
    It was zucca fendi bag gently, but it was calmly said, and Sir Thomas was easy on
    the score of the cousinsBut the removal of his alarm did his niece
    no service: as her unaccountableness was confirmed his displeasure
    increased; and getting up and walking about the room with a frown,
    which Fanny could picture to herself, though she dared not lift up
    her eyes, he shortly afterwards, and in a voice of authority, said,
    “Have you any reason, child, to think ill of MrCrawford’s temper?”
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    2:46 am
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    @@@@@There was a single spit, a
    single crack in the air and then no moreThe killer had not reloaded! Perhaps he had no more
    shells—whatever, the primary target was now on the high groundBourne raced out of the bushes
    and across the lawn through the opposing light of the flares; the dogs were now really aroused, the
    yelps and throated growls of attack becoming louderThe killer ran out of the shrubbery and into
    the road, racing through shadows toward the front gatesJason had the bastard, he knew itThe
    gates were closed, the Medusan was corneredBourne roared: “There’s no way out, Snake Lady!
    Make it easy on yourself—”
    A spit, a crackThe man had reloaded while running! Jason fired; the man fell in the roadAnd
    as he did so, the intermittent silence of the night was ripped open by the sound of a powerful,
    racing engine, the vehicle in question speeding up the outside road, its flashing red and blue lights
    signifying the policeThe police! The alarm must have been wired into the Manassas headquarters,
    a fact that had never occurred to Bourne; he had assumed that such a measure was impossible
    where Medusa was concernedIt wasn’t logical; the security was internal; no external force could
    be permitted for Snake LadyThere was too much to learn, too much that had to be kept secret—a
    cemetery!
    The killer writhed in the road, rolling over and over toward the bordering pine treesThere was
    something clutched in his handJason approached him as two police officers got out of the patrol
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    136
    car beyond the gateHe lashed his foot out, kicking the man’s body, releasing whatever it was in
    his grip and reaching down to pick it upIt was a leather-bound book, one of a set, like a volume of
    Dickens or Thackeray, the embossed letters in gold, more for display than for readingIt was crazy!
    Then he flipped open a page and understood it was not crazy at allThere was no print inside, only
    the scrawl of handwritten notes on blank pagesIt was a diary, a ledger!
    There could be no police! Especially not nowHe could not allow them to be aware of his and
    Conklin’s penetration into MedusaThe leather-bound book in his hand could not see the official
    light of day! The Jackal was everythingHe had to get rid of them!
    “We got a call, mister,” intoned a middle-aged patrolman walking toward the grilled gate, a
    younger associate joining him“HQ said he was uptight as hellWe’re responding, but like I told
    dispatch, there’ve been some pretty wild parties out here, no criticism intended, sirWe all like a
    good time now and then, right?”
    “Absolutely right, Officer,” replied Jason, trying his utmost to control the painful heaving in his
    chest, his eyes straying to the wounded killer—he had disappeared! “There was a momentary
    shortage in electricity that somehow interfered with the telephone l
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    2:44 am
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    "Well, as you say, I'll probably hear it groaning,
    and it looks safe enough for the time beingLet's
    get my stuff inside
    I opened my door, got out, then staggered as my
    bad hip locked upIf I hadn't gotten my crutch
    planted in time, I would have said hello to Big
    Pink by sprawling on her stone doorstep
    "I'll get the stuff in," Jack said"You better go
    in and sit down, MrA cold drink
    wouldn't hurt, eitherYou look really tired
    iv
    The traveling had caught up with me, and I was
    more than tiredBy the time I eased into a living
    room armchair (listing to the left, as usual, and
    trying to keep my right leg as straight as
    possible), I was willing to admit to myself that I
    was exhausted
    Yet not homesick, at least not yetAs Jack went
    back and forth, stowing my bags in the bigger of
    the two bedrooms and putting the laptop on the
    75
    desk in the smaller one, my eye kept being drawn
    to the living room's western wall, which was all
    glass, and the Florida room beyond it, and the
    Gulf of Mexico beyond thatIt was a vast blue
    expanse, flat as a plate on that hot November
    afternoon, and even with the sliding glass windowwall
    shut, I could hear its mild and steady
    sighingI thought, It has no memoryIt was an
    odd thought, and strangely optimisticWhen it
    came to memory - and anger - I still had my issues
    Jack came back from the guest room and sat on the
    arm of the couch - the perch, I thought, of a
    young man who wants to be gone"You've got all
    your basic staples," he said, "plus salad-in-a-bag,
    hamburger, and one of those cooked chickens in a
    plastic capsule - we call em Astronaut Chickens at
    my houseI hope that's okay with you
    "Two per cent milk-"
    "Also fine
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    time, if you want it
    "You want to clog my one remaining artery?"
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    He laughed"There's a little pantry with all
    kinds of canned s
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    2:46 am
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    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    in the dark, and the days are so short
    "You could have avenues, not trails, if you'd put your men to work on
    the land instead of at that disgraceful phosphate rolex submariner price mine
    "Now, Miss Julia, I thought we'd reached a truceFurthermore, I'll admit that you
    should take care to be well home before duskI've been indulging
    myself with happy memories about Rome, and I haven't watched the
    time
    Perhaps Rosemary might stay the night with me
    I'd see her to the Landing tomorrow morning Oh, yes! miu miu bag thought
    Scarlett"Unfortunately, that won't do," Rhett said"I might have to
    go out tonight, and I don't want Scarlett at the house with no one she
    knows except her Georgia maid
    "I don't mind, Rhett," Scarlett said loudly, "truly I don'tDo you
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    abrupt movementShe stood and walked toward the door"I'll see
    you
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    the
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    mounting
    block near the makeshift stables and held on to their elbows while the
    stableboy gathered the reins and led the horses awayWhen the boy
    was
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    “You’re the judge,” broke in Alex
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    Bernardine stared at the ringing telephone, briefly debating with himself whether or not to pick
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    “Fran?ois? What are you doing there? Where’s Jason?”
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    264
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    2:45 am
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    @@@@@For most of Elizabeth's guests, their time
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    on Duma Key amounted to little more than a free
    vacation
    "She provided the place gratis?"
    "Oh, yes," she said, smiling rather ironically
    "The Sarasota Arts Council paid the honoraria for
    their lectures, and Elizabeth usually provided the
    lodging - Big Pink, née Salmon PointBut you
    didn't get that deal, did you? Perhaps next time
    Especially since you actually work thereI could
    name half a dozen artists who stayed in your house
    and never so much as wet a brush She marched to
    the sofa, lifted her glass, and had a sip
    "Elizabeth has a Dalí sketch that was done at Big
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    Mary's eyes gleamedDalí
    loved it there, but not even he stayed long
    although before he left, the son of a bitch goosed
    meDo you know what Elizabeth told me after he
    left?"
    I shook my headOf course I didn't, but I wanted
    to hear
    "He said it was 'too rich' Does that strike a
    chord with you, Edgar?"
    616
    I smiled"Why do you suppose Elizabeth turned Big
    Pink into an artist's retreat? Was she always a
    patron of the arts?"
    She looked surprised"Your friend didn't tell you?
    Perhaps he doesn't knowAccording to local legend,
    Elizabeth was once an artist of some note
    herself
    "What do you mean, according to local legend?"
    "There's a story - for all I know it's pure myth -
    that she was a child prodigyThat she painted
    beautifully, while very young, and then just
    stopped
    "Did you ever ask her?"
    "Of course, silly manAsking people things is
    what I do She was swaying a bit on her feet now,
    the Sophia Loren eyes noticeably bloodshot
    "What did she say?"
    "That there was nothing to
    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
    2:46 am
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    @@@@@And while I am glad people have been getting richer and richer, I only caution that in the long run, it's not how much you make, it's how much you keep, and how many generations you keep it

    So when people ask, "Where do I get started?" or "Tell me how to get rich quick," they often are greatly disappointed with my answerI simply say to them what my rich dad said back to me when I was a little kid"If you want to be rich, you need to be financially literate

    That idea was drummed into my head every time we were togetherAs I said, my educated dad stressed the importance of reading books, while my rich dad stressed the need to master financial literacy

    If you are going to build the Empire State Building, the first thing you need to do is dig a deep hole and pour a strong foundationIf you are going to build a home in the suburbs, all you need to do is pour a 6-inch slab of concreteMost people, in their drive to get rich, are trying to build an Empire State Building on a 6-inch slab

    Our school system, having been created in the Agrarian Age, still believes in homes with no foundationDirt floors are still the rageSo kids graduate from school with virtually no financial foundationOne day, sleepless and deep in debt in suburbia, living the American Dream, they decide that the answer to their financial problems is to find a way to get rich quick

    Construction on the skyscraper beginsIt goes up quickly, and soon, instead of the Empire State Building, we have the Leaning Tower of SuburbiaThe sleepless nights return

    As for Mike and me in our adult years, both of our choices were possible because we were taught to pour a strong financial foundation when we were just kids

    Now, accounting is possibly the most boring subject in the worldIt also could be the most confusingBut if you want to be rich, long term, it could be the most important subjectThe question is, how do you take a boring and confusing subject and teach it to kids? The answer is, make it simpleTeach it first in pictures
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
    2:50 am
    @@@@@And of course their conversation alters, new
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    Oh, honey, you know I don't want to nag you, but we can't get married on the money you're making; after all, you wouldn't want me to live in a cold-water flatA woman wants to fix up things and have a nice home, it's awfully important, Joey
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    Joey, it's not like you to talk like that, what I like about you is you're so strong and optimistic
    No, you make me that wayHe sits there quite silentYou know, I'll tell you, I do have an idea, I've been thinking of going into welding, it's a new field but not so new that it isn't establishedOf course I think that plastics or television is the thing to come, but it's undependable yet, and I don't have the education for that, I have to face it
    That sounds all right, JoeyIt's not such a snooty profession, but maybe in a couple of years you'll be able to own a store
    A shop, shop, that isn't anything to be ashamed of
    They discuss it, decide he must go to night school for a year until he is trainedThe thought makes him moodyI won't be able to see you so much, maybe only a couple of nights a week, I'm wondering if that's such a healthy thing
    Oh, Joey, you don't understand me, when my mind is made up it's made up, I can wait, you don't have to worry about meShe laughs softly, warmly
    He begins a very hard year, working for forty-four hours in the warehouse, eating his quick supper, and striving to remain alert in the classrooms and workshops at nightHe gets home at twelve, goes to bed, and drags himself up to meet the next morningOn Tuesday and Thursday nights he sees Natalie after class, staying up till two and three in the morning to the displeasure of her parents and the nagging of his mother
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    Joey, I've got nothing against the girl, she's probably a very nice girl, but you're not ready to get married, for the girl's sake I don't want you to get marriedShe wouldn't want to live in a place not so ni
    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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