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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    12:02 pm
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    @@@@@Read those words,
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    authorities
    “Oh, my God—”
    “You might try to operate from Hong Kong or Macao—they’d welcome your money, but with
    the problems they currently have with the Mainland’s markets and the Sino-British Treaty of ’97,
    they’d probably frown on your indictmentsI’d say Switzerland’s out; the reciprocal laws are so
    narrow these days, as Vesco found outYou could join him in Cuba
    “Stop it!” yelled Ogilvie
    “Then again you could turn state’s evidence; there’s so much to unravelThey might even take,
    say, ten years off your thirty-year sentence
    “Goddamn it, I’ll kill you!”
    The bedroom door suddenly opened as a consulate guard appeared, his hand menacingly under
    his jacketThe attorney had lurched to his feet; trembling helplessly, he returned to the chair and
    leaned forward, his head in his hands
    “Such behavior would not be looked upon favorably,” said Sulikov“Come, Counselor, it’s a
    time for cool heads, not emotional outbursts
    “How the hell can you say that?” asked Ogilvie, a catch in his voice, a prelude to tears
    “That’s a harsh judgment from such a resourceful man as youIt’s true you can’t
    remain here, but still your resources are immenseAct from that position of strengthForce
    concessions; it’s the art of survivalEventually the authorities will see the value of your
    contributions as they did with Boesky, Levine and several dozen others who endure their minimal
    sentences playing tennis and backgammon while still possessing fortunes
    “How?” said the lawyer, looking up at the Russian, his eyes red, pleading
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    346
    “The where comes first,” explained Sulikov“Find a neutral country that has no extradition
    treaty with Washington, one where there are officials who can be persuaded to grant you temporary
    residence so you can carry on your business activities—the term ‘temporary’ is extremely elastic,
    of courseBahrain, the Emirates, Morocco, Turkey, Greece—there’s no lack of attractive
    possibilitiesAll with rich English-speaking settlementsWe might even be able to help you,
    very quietly
    “Why would you?”
    “Your blindness returns, M
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    I left the phone on the overstuffed couch, limped
    to the bedroom (using my crutch now; I and my
    crutch were going to be inseparable until bedtime),
    and got RebaOne look into her blue eyes was
    enough to bring Pam's name back, and my heartbeat
    slowedWith my best girl clamped between my side
    and my stump, her boneless pink legs bags dolce and gabbana wagging, I
    made my way back to the Florida room and sat down
    againReba flopped onto my lap and I set her
    aside with a thump so she faced the westering sun
    "Stare at it too long, you'll go blind," I said
    "Of course, that's where the fun isBruce
    Springsteen, 1973 or so, muchacha
    "I should be upstairs, painting that," I told her,
    "Doing fucking gucci replica art for fucking art's sakeReba's wide eyes suggested to the world
    in general that she was stuck with America's
    nastiest man
    I picked up the cordless and shook it in her face
    "I can do this," I said
    Nothing from Reba, but I thought she looked
    doubtfulBeneath us, the shells continued their
    281
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    I wanted to go on discussing the matter with my
    Anger-Management DollInstead I punched in the
    number of what used to be my houseNo problem at
    all remembering thatI was hoping to get Pam's
    answering machineInstead I got the lady herself,
    sounding breathless"Hey, Joanie, thank God you
    called backI'm running late and was hoping motorcycle balenciaga our
    three-fifteen could be-"
    "It's not Joanie," I saidI reached for Reba and
    drew her back onto my lap without even thinking
    about itAnd you might have to
    cancel your three-fifteenWe've got something to
    talk about, and it's important
    "What's wrong?"
    "With me? Nothing
    "Edgar, can we talk later? I need to get my hair
    done and I'm running dior bag l
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    12:02 pm
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    you're ready to see it, by the way-"
    532
    "All in good timeThink of a number between one
    and ten
    "What?"
    "Just humor me, muchacho
    I thought of a number
    He was silent for a moment, purse logo looking out at the
    GulfThen he said, "Nine?"
    "Nope He drummed his fingers against
    his chest for a few moments, then dropped them
    into his lap"Yesterday I could have told youMy telepathy thing - that little
    twinkle - is goneIt's more than a fair trade
    Wireman is as Wireman was, and miu miu bag Wireman says muchas
    gracias
    "What's your point? Or did you have one?"
    "I didThe point is you're not going crazy, if
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    "I'm not sure what you're getting at
    533
    "Because you're trying to make a simple thing hard
    Look in front of you, muchacho, what do you see?"
    "The GulfWhat you call the caldo largo
    "And what do you spend most of your time
    painting?"
    "The Gulf
    "And what omega quartz is painting?"
    "Painting is seeing, I guessAnd what is seeing on Duma
    Key?"
    Feeling like a child reciting a lesson of which
    he's not quite sure, I said: "Special seeing?"
    "YesSo what do you think, Edgar? Were those dead
    girls there last night or not?"
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    5:47 am
    @@@@@ This low, sleek car behind us was not for
    @@@@@
    This low, sleek car behind us was not for any accidentThis was a vehicle made for pursuitI'd
    never seen anything quite like it before, but I knew exactly what it meant
    Jared was frozen, his foot still pushing down on the gas pedalI could see that he was trying to
    find a solution, a way to outrun them in this decrepit van or a way to evade them–to hide our
    wide white profile in the low, gaunt brush of the desert–without leading them back to the rest
    Without giving everyone awayWe were so close to the others nowThey slumbered,
    unaware…
    When he gave up after two seconds of frantic thought, he exhaled
    “I'm so sorry, Wanda,” he whispered
    “Jared?”
    He reached for my hand and eased up on the gasThe car started to slow
    “Got your pill?” he choked
    “Can Mel hear me?”
    Yes My voice only barely escaped being a sob, too
    A short, aching silence
    “Wanda, I… I care about you, tooYou're a good person, WandaYou deserve better than
    what I've given you
    He had something small, much too small to be so deadly, between his fingers
    “Wanda, we can't take the chanceWe can't outrun them, not in thisIf we try to run, a
    thousand of them will swarm after us
    The van was slowing, drifting to the shoulder
    “Give me one try,” I beggedI fumbled quickly for the pill in my pocke
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    12:10 pm
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    “These are my friends, Pet,” Melanie tells me I stretch my hand out to the man–he's the closest
    He reaches for my hand, and his grip is so strong
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    His hand swings toward my face, and I gaspI suck in the mist that comes from his handA
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    “Wha –” I want to ask, but I can't see them anymoreI can't see anything
    “Wanda? Can you hear me, fake hermes Wanda?” a familiar voice asked
    That wasn't the right name… was it? My ears didn't react to it, but something didWasn't I
    Petals Open to the Moon? Pet? Was that it? That didn't feel right, eitherMy heart beat faster,
    an echo of the fear in my memoryA santos cartier vision of a woman with white-and-red-streaked hair and
    kind green eyes filled my headWhere was my mother? But… she wasn'tmy mother, was she?
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    He ducks into a hatchway and lights a cigaretteThere is the phrase "I'm seeking for something" but it gives the process an importance it doesn't really possess, he thinksYou never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it's unimportant
    Somewhere in America now were the cities, and the refuse sitting on the steps, the electric lights and the obeisance to them
    (All the frenetic schemings, the cigar smoke, the coke smoke, the passion for movement like an ant nest suddenly gucci fabric jarredHow do you conceive your own death in all the marble vaults, the brick ridges and the furnaces that lead to the market place?)
    It was disappearing now, the water washing almost completely over the land, the long vast night of the Pacific settling overheadAnd there was the yearning toward the land that disappeared
    Not love, not hate necessarily, but an emotion when he had expected none at all
    Always there was the power that leaped at you, invited you
    Hearn sighed, went out to the rolex submariner price rail againAnd all the bright young people of his youth had butted their heads, smashed against things until they got weaker and the things still stood
    A bunch of dispossessedfrom the raucous stricken bosom of America



    12

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    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    12:10 pm
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    "Listen!" He touched Croft's arm
    The two of them lay rapt and attentive, their bodies prone at the crest of the hillAgain he could hear the thunder coming faintly, dully, through the falling night
    "That's artillery, LootenantIt's coming from the rolex watch prices other side of the mountainI guess they's an attack goin' on They were silent again, and Hearn handed Croft the field glasses"You want to look again?" he asked
    "Don't mind if I do Croft put up the glasses to his eyes again
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    5:55 am
    @@@@@The bond between brother and sister
    @@@@@The bond between brother and sister had
    never been severed, despite the fact that they saw each other no more
    than a dozen times from first meeting until Rhett came home to
    Charleston eleven years laterHe had never forgiven himself for
    accepting their mother's reassurance that Rosemary was well and
    happy
    and sheltered by the money he lavished on them once his father was
    dead
    and could no longer intercept and return itHe should have been
    more
    alert, more attentive, he accused himself laterThen perhaps his
    sister would not have grown up distrusting men the way she did
    Perhaps she would have loved and married and had childrenAs it
    was,
    when he returned home he found a twenty-four-year- old woman with
    the
    same awkwardness of the thirteen-year-old he had first metShe was
    uncomfortable with all men except him; she used the distant lives in
    novels as a substitute for the uncertainty of life in the world; she
    rejected the conventions of society about how a woman should look
    and
    think and behaveRosemary was a bluestocking, distressingly
    forthright, and totally lacking in feminine wiles and vanityRhett
    loved her, and he respected her prickly independenceHe couldn't
    make
    up for the years he'd missed, but he could give her the rarest gift of
    all-his inner selfHe was completely honest with Rosemary, talked to
    her as an equal and, on occasion, even confided the secrets of his shirt
    to her, as he had never done to any other personShe recognized the
    immensity of hisgift, and she adored himIn the fourteen months that
    Rhett had been home, the over-tall, illat-ease, innocent spinster and
    the oversophisticated, disillusioned adventurer had become the closest
    of friendsNow Rosemary felt betrayedShe'd seen a side of Rhett
    that she hadn't known existed, a streak of cruelty in the brother she'd
    known as unfailingly kind and loving
    She was confused and distrustful"You haven't answered my
    question,
    Rhett Rosemary's reddened eyes were accusing"I'm sorry,
    Rosemary,"
    he said cautiously"I am deeply sorry you happened to hear meIt
    was something I had to doI want her to go away and leave all of us
    alone
    "But she's your wife!"
    "I left her, RosemaryShe w,o,uldn't divorce me as I offered, but she
    knew the marriage was over"Then why is she here?" Rhett
    shrug
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    12:02 pm
    @@@@@"You can say anything you like, Rhett, but
    @@@@@"You can say anything you like, Rhett, but it won't
    change
    the truthI love you and you love me and we made love to prove it to
    each other Rhett drank the whiskeyThen he laughed harshly"I
    never thought you were a silly little romantic, ScarlettYou used to have some sense in your hard little head
    A primitive, hasty coupling should never be confused with love
    Though
    God knows it happens often enough to fill churches with wedding
    ceremonies Scarlett continued to walk
    "You can talk till you're blue, but that won't change anything
    She put a hand to her face and wiped away the tears that were
    pouring
    from her eyesShe was very close to him nowShe could smell the
    salt on hisskin, the whiskey on his breath"You do love me," she
    sobbed, "you do, you do The quilt fell to the floor when she let go
    of it to reach out to Rhett"Take me in your arms and tell me you
    don't love me and then I'll believe itRhett's hands abruptly caught
    her head and he kissed her with bruising possessive strength
    Scarlett's arms closed behind his neck as his hands moved down her
    throat and her shoulders, and she gave herself up to abandonment
    But
    Rhett's fingers suddenly closed around her wrists and he pried her
    arms
    apart, away from his neck, away from him, and his mouth was no
    longer
    seeking hers, his body was drawing away He cast her away, releasing her wrists, stumbling backwards in
    the first uncontrolled action she had ever seen him take"Yes, by
    Christ! I do want you, and sicken for youYou're a poison in my
    blood, Scarlett, a sickness of my soulI've known men with a hunger
    for opium that was like my hunger for youI know what happens to
    an
    addictHe becomes enslaved, then destr
    5:47 am
    @@@@@Medusa grew out of Saigon’s officer corps
    @@@@@Medusa grew out of Saigon’s officer corps and it still
    relegates its dirty work to the hungry grunts and corrupt NCOsand men like
    Sergeant FlannaganWhen it comes to killing or kidnapping or using drugs on prisoners, the
    starched-shirt boys stay far in the background; they’re nowhere to be found
    “But I gather you found them,” said the impatient Conklin
    “Again, we think so—we being our people in quiet consultation with New York’s anticrime
    division, especially a unit called the U
    “They’re mostly Italian Americans; they gave themselves the name Untouchable Siciliansinitials with a dual connotationAccording to the Reco-Metropolitan’s billing files—”
    “The who?”
    “The company that installed the answering machine on One Hundred Thirty-eighth Street in
    Manhattan
    “According to the files, the machine was leased to a small importing firm on Eleventh Avenue
    several blocks from the piersAn hour ago we got the telephone records for the past two months for
    the company, and guess what we found?”
    “I’d rather not wait,” said Alex emphatically
    “Nine calls to a reasonably acceptable number in Brooklyn Heights, and three in the space of an
    hour to an extremely unlikely telephone on Wall Street
    “Someone was excited—”
    “That’s what we thought—we in this case being our own unitWe asked the Sicilians to give us
    what they had on Brooklyn Heights
    “DeFazio?”
    “Let’s put it this wayHe lives there, but the phone is registered to the Atlas Coin Vending
    Machine Company in Long Island CityWhat about DeFazio?”
    “He’s a middle-level but ambitious capo in the Giancavallo familyHe’s very close, very
    underground, very vicious
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    297
    “Holy Christ !”
    “The Untouchables swore us to secrecyThey intend to spring it themselves
    “Bullshit,” said Conklin softly“One of the first things we learn in this business is to lie to
    anyone and everyone, especially anyone who’s foolish enough to trust usWe’ll use it anytime it
    gets us a square forwardWhat’s the other telephone number, the unlikely one?”
    “Just about the most powerful law firm on Wall Street
    “Medusa,” concluded Alex fir
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    12:02 pm
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    “I’ll get Jason—”
    “Aleksei, listen to me!”
    “What?” Conklin cupped the telephone under his chin as he reached down for the hollowed—
    out prosthetic boot
    “We’ve formed a tactical assault squad, men and women in civilian clothes—they’re being
    given instructions now and will be there shortly
    “But we have purposely not alerted the hotel staff or the police
    “You’d be idiots if you did,” broke in Alex“We’ll settle for taking the cartier santos 100 son of a bitch here!
    We’d never do it with uniforms prowling around or clerks in hystericsThe Jackal has eyes in his
    kneecaps
    “Do as I say,” ordered the Soviet“Admit no one, stay away from the windows and take all
    precautionsWhat do you mean, the windows? He’ll need time to find out where we are to
    question the maids, the stewards
    “Forgive me, old friend,” interrupted Krupkin, “but an angelic priest inquiring at the desk omega pocket watch about
    two Americans, one with a pronounced limp, during the early morning rush in the lobby?”
    “Good point, even if you’re paranoid
    “You’re on a high floor, and directly across the Marx Prospekt is the roof of an office building
    “You also think pretty fast
    “Certainly faster than that fool in DzerzhinskyI would have reached you long before now, but
    my commissar Kartoshki over there didn’t call me until two minutes ago
    “I’ll wake cartier watch santos up Bourne
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    387
    “Be careful
    Conklin did not hear the Soviet’s final admonitionInstead, he swiftly replaced the telephone
    and pulled on his boot, carelessly lashing the Velcro straps around his calfHe then opened the
    bedside table drawer and took out the Graz Burya automatic, a specially designed KGB weapon
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    the only automatic known that would accept a silencerThe cylindrical instrument had rolled to the
    front of the drawer; he removed it and spun it into the short barrelUnsteadily, he got into his
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    @@@@@ "Not how you knew she was bumping uglies
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    "Not how you knew she was bumping uglies with this
    guy, but-"
    "How I diagnosed his suicidal depression from
    fifteen hundred miles away
    "Ah! And what did you say?"
    "Not having a good lawyer present, I was reduced
    to the truth
    "And she thought you were un poco loco
    "No, Wireman, she thought I was muy loco
    "Does it matter?"
    "NoBut she's going to brood about this - believe
    me when I say Pam's UOlympic Brooding Team
    material - and I'm afraid my good deed could
    explode in my younger daughter's face
    "Assuming your wife's looking for someone to
    blame
    "It's a safe assumption
    "It'd rock Ilse's world more than it deserves to
    be rockedTom's been like an uncle to her and
    Melinda their whole lives
    366
    "Then you'll have to convince your wife that you
    really saw what you saw, and your daughter had
    nothing to do with it
    "How do I do that?"
    "How about you tell her something about herself
    you have no way of knowing?"
    "Wireman, you're crazy! I can't just make
    something like that happen!"
    "How do you know? I have to get off the phone,
    amigo - by the sound, Miss Eastlake's lunch just
    went on the floorI'll see you later?"
    "Yeah," I saidI was about to add goodbye, but he
    was already goneI hung up, wondering where I had
    put Pam's gardening gloves, the ones that said
    HANDS OFFMaybe if I had those, Wireman's idea
    might not turn out to be so crazy after all
    I looked for them all over the house and came up
    emptyMaybe I threw them away after making the
    Friends with Benefits drawing, but I couldn't
    remember doing itI can't remember nowAll I
    know is that I never saw them again
    vii
    367
    The room which Wireman and Elizabeth called the
    China Parlor was filled with a sad, subtropical
    winterlight that afternoonThe rain was heavier
    now, drumming against the walls and windows in
    waves, and a wind had gotten up, clattering
    through the palms surrounding El Palacio and
    sending shadows flying across the wallsFor the
    first time since I'd been coming there, I could
    see no sense to the china figures on the long
    table; there were no tableaux, only a clutter of
    people, animals, and buildingsA unicorn and one
    of the blackface guys lay side by side next to the
    overturned schoolhous
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    12:02 pm
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    "Elizabeth? Never
    "You're sure of thatI asked her once, and I remember the
    occasion very wellIt was when Norman Rockwell
    was in town to lectureHe didn't stay at your
    place, either; he stayed at the RitzNorman
    Rockwell, pipe and all!" Gene Hadlock shook his
    head, smiling more widely now"Ye gods, what a
    controversy that was, the howling when the Arts
    Council announced MrSaturday Evening Post was
    comingIt was Elizabeth's idea and she loved the
    hubbub it caused, said they could have filled Ben
    Hill Griffin Stadium-" He saw my blank look"The
    University of Florida'The swamp where only
    Gators come out alive'?"
    634
    "If you're talking football, my interest begins
    with the Vikings and ends with the Packers
    "The point is, I asked her about her own artistic
    abilities during the Rockwell uproar - and he did
    indeed sell out; not the Geldbart, either, but
    City CenterElizabeth laughed and said she could
    hardly draw stick figuresIn fact, she used a
    sports metaphor, which is probably why I thought
    of the GatorsShe said she was like one of those
    wealthy college alumni, except she was interested
    in art instead of footballShe said, 'If you
    can't be an athlete, hon, be an athletic supporter
    And if you can't be an artist, feed em, care for
    em, and make sure they have a place to come in out
    of the rain' But artistic talent herself?
    Absolutely none
    I thought of telling him about Mary Ire's friend
    Aggie WinterbornThen I touched the red pen in my
    pocket and decided not toI decided what I wanted
    to do was to get back to Duma Key and paint8 was the most ambitious of the
    series, also the largest and the most complex, and
    it was almost done
    635
    I stood up and offered my hand"Thank you for
    everythingAnd if you change your mind and want
    something a little stronger for the pain-"
    iv
    The drawbridge to the Key was up to allow some
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    Gulf
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    He reached for a bottle on the tableI was sure the souls had something better
    to useI would have to try to find it for Doc, before I was gone
    “Who knows about this?”
    “Still just Jeb, Aaron, and BrandtThey all want to watch
    This didn't surprise me; Aaron and Brandt would be suspicious“Don't tell anyone else
    Doc nodded, then he disappeared into the black corridor
    I went to sit against the wall, as far from the prepared cot as I could getI'd have my turn on
    top of it all too soon
    Trying to think of something besides that grim fact, I realized that I hadn't heard from Melanie
    since… When was the last time she'd spoken to me? When I'd made the deal with Doc? I was
    belatedly surprised that the sleeping arrangements by the jeep today had not elicited a reaction
    from her
    It wasn't like before, so I didn't panicI could definitely feel her there in my head, but she
    was… ignoring me? What was she doing?
    Mel? What's going on?
    No answer
    Are you mad at me? I'm sorry about before, by the jeepI didn'tdoanything, you know, so it's
    not really fair –
    She interrupted me, exasperated
    Why won't you talk to me?
    No answer
    I pushed a little harder, hoping to pick up the direction of her thoughtsShe tried to keep me
    out, to put the wall in place, but it was too weak from disuse
    I tried to keep my mental tone evenave you lost your mind?
    In a manner of speaking,she teased halfheartedly
    You think that if you can make yourself disappear, that will stop me?
    What else can I do to stop you? If you've got a better idea, please share
    I don't get it, MelanieDon't youwantthem back? Don't you want to be with Jared again? With
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    She writhed, fighting the obviousness of the answeres, but… I can't… She took a moment to
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
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    @@@@@It will make more sense in years to comejust
    @@@@@It will make more sense in years to comejust be an observer, not a reactor, to your emotionsMost people do not know that it's their emotions that are doing the thinkingYour emotions are your emotions, but you have got to learn to do your own thinking
    "Can you give me an example?" I asked
    "Sure," replied rich dad"When a person says, `I need to find a job,' it's most likely an emotion doing the thinkingFear of not having money generates that thought
    "But people do need money if they have bills to pay," I said
    "Sure they do," smiled rich dad"All I'm saying is that it's fear that is all too often doing the thinking
    "I don't understand," said Mike
    "For example," said rich dad"If the fear of not having enough money arises, instead of immediately running out to get a job so they can earn a few bucks to kill the fear, they instead might ask themselves this question`Will a job be the best solution to this fear over the long run?' In my opinion, the answer is `no' Especially when you look over a person's lifetimeA job is really a short-term solution to a long-term problem
    "But my dad is always saying, `Stay in school, get good grades, so you can find a safe, secure job' I spoke out, somewhat confused
    "Yes, I understand he says that," said rich dad, smiling"Most people recommend that, and it's a good idea for most peopleBut people make that recommendation primarily out of fear
    "You mean my dad says that because he's afraid?"
    "Yes," said rich dad"He's terrified that you won't be able to earn money and won't fit into societyHe loves you and wants the best for y
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
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    @@@@@He sighed, and shook his headThe injustice seemed remote, a little abstract
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
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    @@@@@ Scarlett held out both her handsA cousin!
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    Scarlett held out both her handsA cousin! A big, strong,
    not-an-old-man cousin of her ownShe felt as if she'd just been given
    a surprise present"Jamie, that's me," said her cousin with a laugh,
    taking her hands in his"Jamie O'Hara at your service, Scarlett
    O'HaraAnd what a gift you are to a weary businessman, to be sure
    Pretty as a sunrise, and dropping from out of the blue like a falling
    starTell me now, how do you come to be here for the grand opening
    of
    the new store? Come let me get you a chair
    Scarlett forgot all about the rosary she'd meant to buyShe forgot
    about the Mother Superior, tooAnd about Pansy, who settled herself
    on a low stool in a corner and went to sleep at once with her head
    resting on a neat pile of horse blanketsJamie O 'Hara mumbled
    something under his breath when he returned from the back room
    with a
    chair for ScarlettThere were four customers waiting to be served
    In the next half hour more and more came in, so that there was no
    chance for him to say a word to ScarlettHe looked at her from time
    to time with apology in his eyes, but she smiled and shook her head
    There was no need to apologizeShe was pleased just to be there, in
    a
    warm, well-run store that was doing a good business, with a newfound
    cousin whose competence and skillful treatment of his customers was
    a
    delight to observeAt last there was a brief moment when the only
    customers were a mother and her three daughters who were looking
    through four boxes of laces"I'll talk like a rushing river, then,
    while I can," said Jamie"Uncle James will be longing to see you,
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    here every day until dinnertimeYou may not know it, but his wife
    died, God rest her soul, and Uncle Andrew's wife as wellIt took the
    heart out of Uncle Andrew, and he followed her within a monthMay
    they all be resting in the arms of the angels
    5:47 am
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    “And you don’t want to call it for fear of exposing your possession of the number—initial codes,
    that sort of thingI understand, of courseWhy send out an alert when it’s unnecessary? I’ll take
    care of it Krupkin looked at Jason, his expression that of an older, understanding colleague“Be
    of good and firm heart, MrBourne, as the czarists would say facing no discernible harm
    whatsoeverDespite your apprehensions, I have enormous faith in Langley’s abilitiesThey’ve
    harmed my not insignificant operations more than I care to dwell upon
    “I’m sure you’ve done your share of damage to them,” said Jason impatiently, glancing at the
    telephone console
    “That knowledge keeps me going
    “Thanks, Kruppie,” said Alex“In your words, you’re a fine old enemy
    “Again, shame on your parents! If they had stayed in Mother Russia, just thinkBy now you and
    I would be running the Komitet
    “And have two lakefront houses?”
    “Are you crazy, Aleksei? We would own the entire Lake Geneva!” Krupkin turned and walked
    to the door, letting himself out with quiet laughter
    “It’s all a damned game with you people, isn’t it?” said Bourne
    “Up to a point,” agreed Alex, “but not when stolen information can lead to the loss of life—on
    both sides, incidentallyThat’s when the weapons come out and the games are over
    “Reach Langley,” said Jason abruptly, nodding at the console“Holland’s got some explaining
    to do
    “Reaching Langley wouldn’t help—”
    “What?”
    “It’s too early; it’s barely seven o’clock in the States, but not to worry, I can bypass Conklin
    again reached into a pocket and withdrew a small notebook
    “Bypass?” cried Bourne“What kind of double talk is that? I’m close to the edge, Alex, those
    are my children over there!”
    “Relax, all it means is that I’ve got his unlisted home numbe
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