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Sunday, January 31st, 2010

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    12:48a
    “There’s no one left?” asked Bourne, wincing as...
    “There’s no one left?” asked Bourne, wincing as he sat in a chair dressed in a bathrobe, the last
    suture on his neck being pinceredSeven crazy Canadian couples, including my old buddy, who’s needlepointing
    your throat at the momentWould you believe they wanted to start up a brigade, Renfrews of the
    Mounties, after the evil people
    “That was Scotty’s idea,” interrupted the doctor softly, concentrating on the wound
    “So’s he but he doesn’t know itThen he wanted to advertise a reward to the tune of a hundred
    thousand for information leading to the et cetera! I finally convinced him that the less said the
    better
    “Nothing said is the best,” added Jason“That’s the way it’s got to be
    “That’s a little tough, David,” said StJacques, misunderstanding the sharp glance Bourne
    leveled at him“I’m sorry, but it isWe’re deflecting most of the local inquiries with an ersatz chanel jewellery story
    about a massive propane-gas leak, but not too many people are buying itOf course, to the world
    outside, an earthquake down here wouldn’t rate six lines buried in the last pages of the want ads,
    but rumors are flying around the Leewards
    “You said local inquiries what about that world outside? Has there been anything from it?”
    “There will be but not about here, not about TranquilityMontserrat, yes, and the news will get a
    column in the London Times and maybe an inch in the New York and Washington papers, but I
    don’t think it’ll touch us
    “Stop being so cryptic
    “Say whatever you like, John,” broke in the doctor“I’m just about finished, so I’m not paying
    much attention, and even if I heard you, I’m entitled to
    “I’ll make it brief,” said StJacques, walking to the right of the chair“The Crown governor,” he
    continued“You were right, at least I have to assume omega constellation lady watch you were right
    “Why?”
    “The news came in while you were getting cleaned upThe CG’s boat was found smashed on
    one of the nastier reefs off Antigua, halfway to BarbudaThere was no sign of survivorsPlymouth
    assumes it was one of those whipsaw squalls that can come out of south Nevis, but it’s hard to
    swallowNot a squall necessarily, but the circumstances
    “Which were?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “His usual two crewmen weren’t with himHe dismissed them at the yacht club, saying he
    wanted to take the boat out by himself, yet he told Henry he was going out for the running big
    fish—”
    “Which means he would’ve had to have a crew,” interrupted the Canadian physician
    “Yes, he would’ve,” agreed the owner of Tranquility Inn“You can’t fish the big fellas and
    skipper a boat at the same time—at least the CG couldn’tHe was afraid to take his eyes off sale tiffany jewelry the
    charts
    “But he could read them, couldn’t he?” asked Jason“The charts?”
    “As a navigator, he was no Captain Bligh sailing by the Pacific stars, but he was good enough to
    stay out of trouble
    “He was told to go out alone,” said Bourne“Ordered to rendezvous with a boat in waters that
    called for him to really keep his eyes on the charts Jason suddenly realized that the doctor’s
    nimble fingers were no longer touching his neck; instead, there was the constricting bandage and
    the physician was standing beside him looking down“How are we doing?” asked Bourne, looking
    up, an appreciative smile creasing his lips
    “We’re done,” said the Canadianthen I think we’d better meet later, for a drink, all right?”
    “Good heavens, you’re just getting to the good part
    “It’s not good, Doctor, it’s not good at all, and I’d be a very ungrateful patient—which I’m
    not—if I even unwittingly men's omega seamaster let you hear things I don’t think you should hear
    The elderly Canadian locked his eyes with Jason’s“You mean that, don’t you? In spite of
    everything that’s happened, you really don’t want to involve me any furtherAnd you’re not
    playing melodramatic games, secrecy for secrecy’s sake—an old dodge for inferior doctors,
    incidentally—but you’re really concerned, aren’t you?”
    “I guess I am
    “Considering what’s happened to you, and I don’t just mean these past few hours, which I’ve
    been a part of, but what the scars on your body tell me you’ve been through before, it’s rather
    remarkable that you can be concerned for anyone but yourselfYou’re a strange man, Mr
    At times you even sound like two different people
    “I’m not strange, Doctor,” said Jason Bourne, momentarily closing his eyes, his lids briefly
    tight“I don’t want to be strange or different or anything exotic at tiffany necklace all

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