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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    6:03 pm
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    @@@@@They were going to walk to the
    Ball
    She would have ordered a hackney if she'd known that, she couldn't
    believe that Rhett hadn't done itIt didn't help that Pansy was
    supposed to carry her slippers in a Charleston contraption called a
    "slipper bag" because she didn't have a slipper bag, and it took Miss
    Eleanor's maid fifteen minutes to find a basket to use insteadWhy
    hadn't anyone told her she needed one of the miserable things? "We
    didn't think of it," Rosemary said"Everybody has slipper bags
    Everybody in Charleston maybe, thought Scarlett, but not in Atlanta
    People don't walk to balls there, they rideHer happy anticipation of
    her first Charleston ball began to change to uneasy apprehension
    What
    else was going to be different? Everything, she discovered
    Charleston had developed formalities and rituals in the long years of
    its history that were unknown in the vigorous semi-frontier world of
    North GeorgiaWhen the fall of the Confederacy cut off the lavish
    wealth that had allowed the formality to develop, the rituals survived,
    the only thing that remained of the past, cherished and unchangeable
    for that reasonThere was a receiving line inside the door of the
    ballroom at the top of the Wentworth houseEveryone had to line up
    on
    the stairs, waiting to enter the room one by one and then shake hands
    and murmur something to Minnie Wentworth, then to her husband,
    their
    son, their son's wife, their daughter's husband, their married
    daughter, their unmarried daughterWhile, all the time, the music
    was
    playing and earlier arrivals were dancing, and Scarlett's feet were
    itching to danceIn Georgia, she thought impatiently, the people
    giving the party come forward to meet their guestsThey don't keep
    them waiting in line like a chain gang
    It's a sight more welcoming than this foolishnessJust before she
    followed MrsButler into the room, a dignified manservant offered her
    a trayA pile of folded papers was on it, little booklets held
    together by thin blue twine with a tiny pencil hanging from it
    Dance cards? They must be dance cardsScarlett had heard Mammy
    talk
    about balls in Savannah when Ellen O 'Hara was a girl, but she'd never
    quite believed that parties were so peaceful that a girl looked in a
    book to see who she was supposed to dance with
    Why, the Tarleton twins and the Fontaine boys would have split their
    britches laughing if anyone told them they had to write their names on
    a tiny piece of paper with a little pencil so dinky that it would break
    in a real man's fingers! She wasn't even sure she wanted to dance
    with
    the kind of pantywaist who'd be willing to do thatYes, she was! She
    was sure she'd dance with the devil himself, horns and tail and all,
    just to be able to danceIt seemed like ten years, not one, since the
    Masquerade Ball in Atlan
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
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    “Okay, cool it,” said Conklin“We’re all uptight, but things have got to be clearOnce
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    “Who gave what where?” asked the bewildered psychiatrist
    “You were out of it, MoPrefontaine’s an impeached judge who fell into a Jackal contactTo cut
    it short, the contact gave our vintage omega seamaster judge a number here in Paris to reach the Jackal, but it didn’t coincide
    with the one Jason already hadBut there’s no question that the contact, a lawyer named Gates,
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    “Randolph Gates? Boston’s gift to the boardrooms of Genghis Khan?”
    “That’s the one
    “Holy Christ—I’m sorry, I shouldn’t say that, I’m not a gentileWhat the hell, I’m nothing, but
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    “A large one, santos cartier and we have to know who owns that number here in ParisKrupkin can find out
    for usIt’s corkscrew, I grant you, but there it is
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    315
    “Corkscrew?” asked Panov“Are you now going to produce a Rubik’s cube in Arabic? Or,
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    “It’s a late, very good vintage,” broke in Marie“You’d like him, DoctorYou could spend
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    is still intact despite such inconveniences as alcohol, corruption, loss of family and prisonHe’s an
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    6:11 pm
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    I shook my head and let it go"So what's the
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    "I could have told you that when we drove in
    "Probably just as well you kept it to yourself I looked both ways, then turned
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    believe I was driving, but I was starting to like
    it
    "The outlook is not exactly rosyI'm taking
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    working pretty well, but I knew I was in trouble
    that night we had dinner at Zoria'sI tried to
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    431
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    "Wireman, you won't do Elizabeth any good if you
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    He didn't reply for a minute or twoThe road, now
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    headlightsThen he said, "Blindness will soon be
    the least of my problems
    I risked a sideways glance at him"You mean this
    could kill you?"
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    Friday, December 31st, 2010
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    I swallowed and took a deep breath so my voice wouldn't turn hystericalListen to me
    carefully, JebI amtired of being a parasiteCan you understand that? Do you think I want to go
    into another body and have this start all over again? Do I have to feel guilty forever for taking
    someone's life away from them? Do I have to have someone else hate me? I'm barely a ladies gucci watches soul
    anymore–I love you brutish humans too muchIt's wrong for me to be here, and Ihate feeling
    that
    I took another breath and spoke through the tears that were falling now“And what if things
    change? What if you put me in some-one else, steal another life, and it goes wrong? What if that
    body pulls me after some other love, back to the souls? What if you can't trust me chanel knockoff anymore?
    What if I betray you next time? I don't want to hurt you!”
    The first part was the pure and unadorned truth, but I was lying wildly through the secondI
    hoped they wouldn't hear thatIt would help that the words were barely coherent, my tears
    turned to sobsI would never hurt themWhat had happened to me here was permanent, a part
    of the very atoms that made up my chanel classic bag small bodyBut maybe, if I gave them a reason to fear me,
    they would more easily accept what had to be
    And my lies worked, for onceI caught the worried glance Jared and Jeb exchangedThey
    hadn't thought of that–of my becoming untrustworthy, becoming a dangerIan was already
    moving to put his arms around meHe dried my tears against his chestYou don't have to be anyone cartier watch santos elseNothing's going to change
    “Hold on, Wanda,” Jeb said, his shrewd eyes suddenly sharper“How does going to one of
    those other planets help you? You'll still be a parasite, kid
    Ian flinched around me at the harsh word
    And I flinched also, because Jeb was too insightful, as always
    They waited for my answer, all but Doc, who knew what the real answer wasThe one I
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    6:03 pm
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    He wondered why he had come up beside them, and thought of moving back to his cot, but it was warmer hereThe bow lurched and bumped under his feet omega seamaster gmt and he grunted"How long are they gonna keep us here like goddam sardines?" he growled
    Croft and Stanley, after a pause, were talking about the patrol again, and Gallagher listened with resentment"You know what the mother-fugger'll be like?" he blurted"We'll be lucky to get out of there with our goddam heads on He felt a quick remorse which was mixed with fearI got to cut out that swearing, he told himselfIn the past week and a half balenciaga city since the last letter had come, Gallagher had been making attempts to reformHis profanity was sinful, he believed, and he was afraid of more retribution
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    6:03 pm
    @@@@@It was true, though she hated to admit
    @@@@@It was true, though
    she
    hated to admit itLife was so much easier when she wasn't constantly
    listening for hisstep, watching for hisreactions, trying to guess what
    he was thinkingThe warmth of the fire was so relaxing that Scarlett
    caught herself yawning"Excuse me, Miss Eleanor," she said hastily,
    "it's not the company
    "I feel exactly the same way," said Mrs"Isn't it
    pleasant?"
    She yawned, too, and the contagion caught both of them, until
    helpless
    laughter took the place of their yawnsScarlett had forgotten how
    much fun Rhett's mother could be"I love you, Miss Eleanor," she said
    without thinkingEleanor Butler took her hand"I'm so glad, dear
    Scarlett"So much so that I'm
    not going to ask any questions or make any unwelcome commentsI
    just
    hope you know what you're doing Scarlett squirmed inwardly
    Then she bridled at the implied criticIsm"I'm not 'doing'
    anything!"
    She pulled her hand awayEleanor ignored Scarlett's anger"How
    are
    Eulalie and Pauline?" she asked easily"I haven't seen either of
    them to talk to for agesThe Season wears me outThey're trying to make me go to Savannah with them
    for
    Grandfather's birthday
    "Good heavens!"
    MrsButler's tone was incredulous"You mean he's not dead yet?"
    Scarlett began to laugh again"That was the first thing I thought,
    too, but Aunt Pauline would have skinned me alive if I'd said so
    He must be about a hundred
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    6:09 pm
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    349
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    6:12 pm
    @@@@@You don't look dangerous at allYou look the
    @@@@@You don't look dangerous at allYou look the opposite
    of dangerousJared said anyone who sees you would just naturally want to protect you, right,
    Jared? But then I got the final say, because I was looking for someone who looked likeyouAnd
    I thought this looked like youBecause she sort of looks like an angel, and you're good like thatI knew you would be prettyHe just sat
    here with you–he said he didn't care what you looked likeHe wouldn't let anyone else put a
    finger on your tank at all, not even me or MelBut Doc let me watch this timeIt was way cool,
    WandaI don't know why you wouldn't let me watch beforeThey wouldn't let me help,
    thoughIan wouldn't let anyone touch you but him
    Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hairHis voice was so low that I
    was the only one who could hear“I held you in my hand, WandererAnd you were so
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    My eyes got all wet, and I had to sniff
    “You like it, don't you?” Jamie asked, his voice worried now“You're not mad? There's nobody
    in there with you, is there?”
    “I'm not mad, exactly,” I whispered“And I–I can't find anybody elsePet's
    been in here since… I can't remember when she wasn't hereI can't remember any other name
    “You're not a parasite,” Melanie said firmly, touching my hair, pulling up a strand and letting
    the gold slide between her fingers“This body didn't belong to Pet, but there's nobody else to
    claim
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    6:03 pm
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    "It was okay, keepin' us outWe appreciate it," Polack saidTo himself, he thought, What a crock of shit! Brown entertained himThere's always that kind of guy, Polack thoughtAct like a prick to get the stripes, and then when he's got them he starts worrying whether you think he's a right Joe or notHe held his long pointed chin in his hand, brushed his mop of blond straight hair off his forehead"That's a fac'," Polack said"You t'ink the boys in your squad don't appreciate the deals you get us
    Brown was pleased despite his doubts of Polack's sincerity"I'll tell you, I'll be frank with you," he said"You been in the platoon a couple months and I've had my eye on youYou're a pretty smart apple, Polack, and you know to keep your mouth shut
    "You take the job I've gotI gotta keep you men happyYou may not know it, but that's even in the manual, right there in black and whiteI figure if I look out for my men they'll look out for me
    "Sure, we're right behind ya The way Polack looked at it, you were a goddam fool if you didn't say what your boss wanted you to say
    Brown was fumbling for something"There's lots of ways a noncom can be a sonofabitch, but I'd rather treat my men right
    What the hell does he want out of me? Polack thought"It's the only way to be," he said
    "Yeah, but a lot of noncoms don't know thatThe responsibility can get you downYou don't know the kind of worries there ar
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    6:04 pm
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    feels wonderful She dropped her eyes as if she were embarrassed by
    her boldnessHer thick lashes fluttered on her cheeksRhett did not
    respond"I'll just get soaked silver chanel again when I go back out," he said
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    Rhett walked into the small pantry adjoining the kitchen"Bother Fort
    Moultrie!" Scarlett wished he'd stop rooting around in the pantry like
    thatHow could she talk to him when he was rolex oyster perpetual daytona in another room? Rhett
    emerged with a bottle of whiskey in one hand"The shelves are pretty
    bare," he said with a brief smile, "but the necessities are there He
    opened a cupboard and took down two cups"Clean enough," he said
    "I'll pour us a drink He set cups and deville watch bottle down on the table"I
    don't want a drinkI want-" He interrupted before she could tell him
    what she wanted"I need a drink," he saidHe poured the cup half
    full, drank it in one long swallow, then shook his head"No wonder
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    6:16 pm
    @@@@@To have my mind to myselfThis world was very
    @@@@@To have my mind to myselfThis world was very pleasant in
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    distractions of an angry, displaced nonentity who should have had better sense than to linger
    unwanted this way
    Melanie squirmed, figuratively, in the recesses of my head as I tried to consider it rationally
    Maybe I should give up
    The words themselves made me flinchI, Wanderer, give up? Quit? Admit failure and try again
    with a weak, spineless host who wouldn't give me any trouble?
    I shook my headI could barely stand to think of it
    And… this wasmy bodyI was used to the feel of itI liked the way the muscles moved over
    the bones, the bend of the joints and the pull of the tendonsI knew the reflection in the mirror
    The sun-browned skin, the high, sharp bones of my face, the short silk cap of mahogany hair,
    the muddy green brown hazel of my eyes–this was meI wouldn't let what was mine be destroyed
    CHAPTER 6
    Followed
    The light was finally fading outside the windowsThe day, hot for March, had lingered on and
    on, as if reluctant to end and set me free
    I sniffled and twisted the wet handkerchief into another knot“Kathy, you must have other
    obligationsCurt will be wondering where you are
    “I can't stay here foreverAnd we're no closer to an answer than before
    “Quick fixes aren't my specialtyYou are decided against a new host –”
    “Yes
    “So dealing with this will probably take some time
    I clenched my teeth in frustration
    “And it will go faster and more smoothly if you have some
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    9:04 pm
    @@@@@Because of this and the staring
    @@@@@Because of this and the staring concentration of his eyes he gave an immediate impression of great sincerity"I'm just fixing my tent," Goldstein said now"I was thinking and thinking about it today, and I finally decided what the trouble wasThe Army never designed tent pins to be used in sand He smiled enthusiastically"So I cut some branches off a bush, and I'm making stakes out of them nowI bet it'll hold up in any kind of a wind Goldstein's speech was always earnest but a little breathless as if he were afraid of being interruptedExcept for the unexpectedly sad lines which ran from his nose to the corners of his mouth, he would have looked like a boy
    "That's quite an idea," Roth saidHe couldn't think of anything to add, and he hesitated for a moment, and then sat down on the sandGoldstein kept working, humming to himself"What do you think of our assignment?" he asked"It's what I expected Roth was a small man with an oddly hunched back and long armsEverything about him seemed to droop; he had a long dejected nose and pouches under his eyes; his shoulders slumped forwardHis hair was clipped very short and it accentuated his large ears"No, I don't care for our assignment," he repeated a little pompouslyAltogether, Roth looked like a frail mournful ape
    "I think we were pretty lucky," Goldstein said mildly"After all, it isn't as if we're going to see the worst kind of combatI hear a headquarters company is pretty good, and there'll be a more intelligent type fellow in it
    Roth picked up a handful of sand and let it drop"What's the use of kidding myself?" he said"The way I look at it, every step in the Army turns out to be worse than you expected, and this is going to be the worst of
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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    He ceasedFanny was by this time crying so bitterly that, angry as
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    277
    Jane Austen
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    But Fanny shewed such reluctance, such misery, at the idea of
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    crying had brought her into, he thought there might be as much
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    of no particular meaning, he walked off by himself, leaving his
    poor niece to sit and cry over what had passed, with very wretched
    feelings
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    6:11 pm
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    The strategy took nearly ten years before concrete results appeared, and while the early returns
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    began publishing his semi-controversial articles as much for their style as for their content, for the
    young associate professor had a seductive way with the written word, at once riveting and arcane,
    by turns flowery and incisiveBut it was his opinions, latently emerging, that made segments of the
    financial community take noticeThe mood of the nation was changing, the crust of the benevolent
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    89
    Great Society beginning to crack, the lesions initiated with code words coined by the Nixon boys,
    such as the Silent Majority and Bums-on-Welfare and the pejorative themA meanness was rising
    out of the ground and spreading, and it was more than the perceptive, decent Ford could stop,
    weakened as he was by the wounds of Watergate; and too much as well for the brilliant Carter, too
    consumed by minutiae to exercise compassionate leadershipwhat you can do for
    your country” was out of fashion, replaced by “what I can do for meRandolph Gates found a relentless wave on which to ride, a mellifluous voice with which to
    speak, and a growing acerbic vocabulary to match the dawning new eraIn his now refined
    scholarly opinion—legally, economically and socially—bigger was better, and more far preferable
    to lessThe laws that supported competition in the marketplace he attacked as stifling to the larger
    agenda of industrial growth from which would flow all manner of benefits for everyone—well,
    practically everyoneIt was, after all, a Darwinian world and, like it or not, the fittest would always
    surviveThe drums went bang and the cymbals clanged and the financial manipulators found a
    champion, a legal scholar who lent respectability to their righteous dreams of merger and
    consolidation; buy out, take over and sell off, all for the good of the many, of course
    Randolph Gates was summoned, and he ran into their arms with alacrity, stunning one
    courtroom after another with his elocutionary gymnasticsHe had made it, but Edith Gates was not
    sure what it all meantShe had envisioned a comfortable living, naturally, but not millions, not the
    private jets flying all over the world, from Palm Springs to the South of FranceNor was she
    comfortable when her husband’s articles and lectures were used to support causes that struck her as
    unrelated or patently unfair; he waved her arguments aside, stating that the cases in point were
    legitimate intellectual parallelsAbove everything, she had not shared a bed or a bedroom with her
    husband in over six years
    She walked into the study, abruptly stopping as he gasped, swerving his head around, his eyes
    glazed and filled with alarm
    “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to startle youWhy didn’t you knock? You know how it is when I’m concentra
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
    6:41 pm
    @@@@@ She crouched, then kneeled in the ghastly
    @@@@@ She crouched, then kneeled in the
    ghastly mud, trying to lift torn shoulders and lolling head into her
    lapHer hood fell away, revealing a pale fine-boned face, neatly
    chignoned golden hair, blue eyes in shadowed circles of grief
    Scarlett was frozen in placeTo move, to clatter wheels over cobbles
    would be an obscene intrusion on the woman's tragedy
    A dirty little boy ran barefoot across the square"Can I have a
    button or something, lady? My ma wants a keepsake he shook the
    woman's shoulderScarlett raced over the cobbles, the bloodspattered
    grass, the edge of the churned mudShe grabbed the boy's armhe
    looked up, startled, mouth gapingScarlett slapped his face with all
    the strength in her armThe sound of it was like the crack of a rifle
    shot"Get out of here, you filthy little devil! Get out of here
    The boy ran, bawling with fear"Thank you," said the wife of the man
    who had been beaten to deathShe was in it now, Scarlett knewShe
    had to do what little could be done"I know a doctor in Trim," she
    said
    "A doctor? Will he want to bleed him, do you think?" Her bitter,
    desperate words were English-accented, like the voices at the Castle
    balls"Ne'll prepare your husband for burial," said Scarlett
    quietly
    The woman's bloody hand seized the hem of Scarlett's skirtShe lifted
    it to her lips, an abject kiss of gratitudeScarlett's eyes clouded
    with tearsMy God, I don't deserve thisI would have turned the
    buggy if I cou
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    6:17 pm
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    off-planet–get me away from the bad influences
    “Would you be yourself again?”
    I met his gazeI haven't lost myself to MelanieI would feel the same as I do now,
    even as a Bear or a Flower
    “They wouldn'tdiscard you?”
    “Not a soulWe have no capital punishment for our kindOr any punishment, reallyWhatever
    they did, it would be to save meI used to think there was no need for any other way, but now I
    have myself as proof against that theoryIt would probably be right to discard meI'm a traitor,
    aren't I?”
    Ian pursed his lips“More of an expatriate, I'd sayYou haven't turned on them; you've just left
    their society
    We were quiet againI wanted to believe what he said was trueI considered the
    wordexpatriate, trying to convince myself that I was nothing worse
    Ian exhaled loudly enough to make me jump“When Doc sobers up, we'll get him to take a
    look at your face He reached over and put his hand under my chin; this time I didn't flinchHe
    turned my head to the side so he could examine the wound
    “It's not importantI'm sure it looks worse than it is
    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
    6:17 pm
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    "The answer is, I don't concern myself with that The General ticked his beard again with his fingernailHe spoke after a little hesitation"What's the tiffany cross matter, Hearn? I didn't know you were married
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    "No, there're no loose ends in back of me
    "Then why all this concern about women 'cheating'? It's in their nature to do that
    Hearn grinned with a sudden relish, a little amazed at his own audacity"What's the matter, sir, speaking from personal experience?" He remembered immediately afterward that the General was married, apparently a hermes bag piece of minor information, for the General had never spoken about it, and he had learned it from some other officerHe regretted the statement he had just made, however
    "Maybe from personal experience, maybe," the General saidHis voice changed abruptly"I'd like you to remember, Robert, that every liberty you take is with my sufferanceI think you went a little too far
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
    6:34 pm
    @@@@@She was still fuming with frustration a
    @@@@@She was still fuming with
    frustration a month later when Colleton's message brought her back
    out
    to the siteShe didn't see Ashley until it was too late to turn
    back
    What am I going to tell him?
    I've got no call to be here, and Ashley's so smart he'd see right
    through any lie I might tryShe was sure the hasty smile on her face
    looked as ghastly as she feltIf it did, Ashley didn't seem to
    noticeHe handed her down from her carriage with his usual ingrained
    courtesy"I'm happy I didn't miss you, Scarlett; it's so good to see
    youColleton told me you might be coming, so I dallied as long
    as I could He smiled ú ruefully"We both know I'm not much of a
    businessman, my dear, so my advice isn't worth much, but I do want
    to
    say that if you do, in fact, build another store out here, you can't
    possibly go wrong What is he going on about? Oh How clever Joe Colleton is, he's made my excuse for being here
    alreadyShe ú turned her attention back to Ashleyand I've
    heard that the city's very likely to run a trolley line out here to the
    edge of townIt's amazing, isn't it, the way Atlanta is growing?"
    Ashley looked strongerVery tired by the effort of living, but more
    capable of itScarlett wished urgently that it meant the lumber ú
    business was betterShe wouldn't be able to bear it if the mills and
    yard died, tooAnd she'd never be able to forgive AshleyHe took
    her hand in his and looked down at her with a worried expression on
    his drawn face
    "You look tired, my dearIs everything quite all right?" She wanted
    to lay her head against his chest and wail that everything was awful"Oh, fiddle-dee-dee, Ashley, don't be a sillyI was
    up too late last night at a party, that's allYou should know better
    than to hint to a lady that she's not looking her bes
    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
    6:06 pm
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “Carlos will be here by noon tomorrow
    “Oh, dear God!”
    The telephone rang inside the villaJacques lurched out of his chair only to be blocked
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    roomShe picked up the phone
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    redial for three hours! Are you all right?”
    “We’re alive but we weren’t supposed to be
    “The old men! The old men of Paris! Did Johnny—”
    “Johnny did, but they’re on our side!”
    “Who?”
    “The old men—”
    “You’re not making one damn bit of sense!”
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    “Screw the police, Alex!” screamed Marie“Get the army, the marines, the lousy CIA! We’re
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    “Jason won’t allow thatI can’t turn on him now
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    Friday, December 3rd, 2010
    6:10 pm
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    He laughed and poured the rest of his Grain Belt
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    "I'm going to give you an offer to take back to
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    the details
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    have a bottom-line figure to work withWe divide
    38
    the swag into four sharesShe takes three -
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    "I think the saying's 'eat my shorts'"
    "Isn't that what I said?"
    "Never mindEddie, that kind of deal is going to
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    "Ask me if I give a shitOr a shirt, for that
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    creamThere's plenty for all of us, if we're
    reasonable
    He finished his beer, never taking his eyes off me
    "Sometimes I wonder if you're the same man I used
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