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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:24 am
    @@@@@ Rosenblatt, meanwhile, was rummaging in
    @@@@@
    Rosenblatt, meanwhile, was rummaging in his
    pocketsAt last he came up with a book of matches
    so battered it looked as if it might have entered
    the United States without a passport at Ellis
    IslandHe opened it and tore one out
    "I thought smoking was against the rules in all
    these public buildings now," Elizabeth said
    Rosenblatt struggledColor rose up his neckI
    almost expected his head to explodeFinally he
    exclaimed: "Fuck the rules, Miss Eastlake!"
    "BRAVISSIMO!" Mary shouted, laughing and throwing
    her hands to the ceiling, and at this there was
    another round of applauseA greater one came when
    Rosenblatt finally got the ancient match to ignite
    713
    and held it out to Elizabeth, who placed her
    cigarette-holder between her lips
    "Who is she really, Daddy?" Ilse asked softly
    "Besides the little old lady who lives down the
    lane, I mean?"
    I said, "According to reports, at one time she was
    the Sarasota art scene
    "I don't understand why that gives her the right
    to muck up our lungs with her cigarette smoke,"
    Linnie saidThe vertical line was returning
    between her brows"Oh, chérie, this after all the bars
    we-"
    "This is not there," she said, the vertical line
    deepening, and I thought, Ric, you may be French,
    but you have a lot to learn about this particular
    American woman
    Alice Aucoin murmured to Dario, and from his
    pocket, Dario produced an Altoids tinHe dumped
    the mints into the palm of his hand and gave Alice
    the tinAlice gave it to Elizabeth, who thanked
    her and tapped her cigarette ash into it
    Pam watched, fascinated, then turned to me"What
    does she think of your pictures?"
    714
    "I don't know," I said"She hasn't seen them
    Elizabeth was beckoning to me"Will you introduce
    me to your family, Edgar?"
    I did, beginning with Pam and ending with Ric
    Jack and Wireman also shook hands with Pam and the
    girls
    "After all the calls, I'm pleased to meet you in
    the flesh," Wireman told Pam
    "The same goes back to you," Pam said, sizing him
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    11:23 am
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    Last night, I took a break from writing and watched a TV program on the history of a young man named Alexander Graham BellBell had just old omega patented his telephone, and was having growing pains because the demand for his new invention was so strongNeeding a bigger company, he then went to the giant at that time, Western Union, and asked them if they would buy his patent and his tiny companyHe wanted $100,000 for the whole packageThe president of Western Union scoffed at him and turned him down, saying the price was ridiculousA multi-billion-dollar industry emerged, and AT&T was born
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:31 am
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    The knob of the lanyard hefted pleasantly in the General's palmHe stared at the complicated obscured mechanism of the breech and the carriage springs, his mind hovering delicately between anxiety and excitementAutomatically he had posed his body in a relaxed confident posture; it was instinctive with him to appear unconcerned whenever he was doing something unfamiliarThe mass of the gun, however, troubled him; he had not fired an artillery chanel clutch piece since West Point, and he was remembering not the noise nor the concussion, but a time in World War I when he had been under an artillery barrage for two hoursIt had been the most powerful single fear of his life, and an echo of it now was rebounding through his mindJust before he fired he could see it all, the sharp detumescent roar of the gun, the long soaring plunge of the shell through the night sky, its downward whistle, and the moments of complete and primordial terror for the classic chanel bag Japanese at the other end when it landedAn odd ecstasy stirred his limbs for a moment, was gone before he was quite aware of it
    The General pulled the lanyard
    The muzzle blast deafened him momentarily, left him shaken and numb by its unaccustomed forceHe felt rather than saw the great twenty-foot flambeau of flame that discharged from the muzzle, heard dumbly the long billowing murmurs of the discharge through the dark closeted aisles of the jungleThe balloon tires, the trails were still men wallet gucci vibrating gently from the recoil
    It had all taken a fraction of a secondEven the backward blast of wind had passed him, roiled his hair and closed his eyes before he was conscious of itThe General was recovering his sense-impressions by degrees, clutching at them in the wake of the explosion like a man chasing his hat in a galeHe took a breath, smiled, heard himself say in an even voice, "I wouldn't like to be at the other end He noticed the cannoneers, the Captain, after he spokeHe had chanel wholesale said it because a part of his mind always considered the objective situation; consciously he had been unaware of the men about him as he talkedHe strode away slowly, drawing the Captain with him
    "Artillery is a bit more impressive at night," he murmuredHis poise was addled slightlyHe would not have said this to a stranger if he were still not absorbed in the impact of firing the howitzer
    "I know what you mean, sirI always get a kick out of firing the battery at night
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    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:34 am
    @@@@@ Scarlett forced her eyes open She felt as
    @@@@@ Scarlett forced her eyes
    open
    She felt as if she could sleep forever-if people would let her"All
    right," she sighed, "get my things outI'll wear the red and blue
    plaid
    "Oh, you do look so lovely in that one," Kathleen said happilyShe
    said the same whatever Scarlett choseKathleen considered Scarlett
    quite the most elegant and beautiful woman in the worldScarlett
    drank her tea while Kathleen arranged her hair in a thick figure-eight
    across the nape of the neckI look like the wrath of God, she
    thoughtThere were faint shadows under her eyesJ Maybe I should
    wear the pink dress, it's better with my skin, but then Kathleen would
    have to do the laces again, the pink has a smaller waist, and her
    fussing is driving me crazy"That's fine," she said when the last
    hairpin was in, "now go on
    "Would you care for another cup of tea?"
    "No I'd really like coffee, Scarlett thoughtMaybe I
    should go to the Market after all No, I'm too tired to walk up and
    down, up and down, looking at every single thingShe powdered
    under
    her eyes and made a face at herself in the looking glass before she
    went downstairs to rummage up some breakfast"My grief!" she said
    when she saw Colum reading the newspaper in the kitchenShe'd
    thought
    there was no one in the house"I came to ask you a favor," he said
    He wanted some feminine advice in selecting things for people back in
    Ireland"I can manage the lads myself, and their fathers, but the
    lasses are a mysteryScarlett will know, I told myself, what's the
    latest thing in America She laughed at his perplexed expression
    "I'd love to help, Colum, but you have to pay me-with a cup of coffee
    and a sweet roll at the bakery on Broughton Stree
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:24 am
    @@@@@I need to be far awayI really hope they are
    @@@@@I need to
    be far awayI really hope they are going out for a night on the townThey
    keep our habits so perfectly, it's hard to see any differenceWhich is how they won in the first
    place
    The fence around the yard is only waist highI get over easily, noiselesslyThe yard is gravel,
    though, and I have to walk carefully to keep my weight from shifting itI make it to the patio
    slabThe starlight is enough to see that the rooms are empty of movementThis
    couple goes for a spartan look, and I'm gratefulIt makes it harder for someone to hideOf
    course, that leaves no place for me to hide, either, but if it comes to hiding for me, it's too late
    anyway
    I ease the screen door open first, and then the glass doorI place my feet
    carefully on the tile, but this is just out of habitNo one is waiting for me here
    The cool air feels like heaven
    The kitchen is to my leftI can see the gleam of granite counters
    I pull the canvas bag from my shoulder and start with the refrigeratorThere is a moment of
    anxiety as the light comes on when the door opens, but I find the button and hold it down with
    my toeI don't have time to let them adjust
    Milk, cheese slices, leftovers in a plastic bowlI hope it's the chicken-and-rice thing I watched
    him cooking for dinnerWe'll eat this tonight
    Juice, a bag of appl
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:24 am
    @@@@@"Still, this is suggestive "Really," Jack
    @@@@@"Still, this
    is suggestive
    "Really," Jack agreed
    "So's the unlocked door you found when you brought
    the picnic basket," I saidThe
    canvas that was lifted out of the rack and put
    onto the easel
    808
    "You saying it was the crazy librarian after all,
    amigo?"
    "No My voice cracked, brokeI had
    to take another sip of water before I could say
    what needed saying"Just that maybe vampires
    aren't the only things that come back from the
    dead
    "What are you talking about?" Jack asked
    "Zombies?"
    I thought of the Perse with her rotting sails
    "Let's say deserters
    xi
    "Are you sure you want to be here alone tonight,
    Edgar?" Wireman asked"Because I'm not sure it's
    such a great ideaEspecially with that stack of
    old pictures for company"You have
    succeeded in giving Wireman a first-class case of
    the willies
    We were sitting out in the Florida room, watching
    the sun start its long, slow decline toward the
    horizonI had produced cheese and crackers
    809
    "I'm not sure this will work otherwise," I said
    "Think of me as a gunslinger of the art worldI
    paint alone, podner
    Jack looked at me over a fresh glass of iced tea
    "You're planning to paint?"
    "Well - sketchIt's what I know how to do And
    when I thought back to a certain pair of gardening
    gloves - HANDS printed on the back of one, OFF on
    the back of the other - I thought sketching would
    be enough, especially if I did it with little
    Elizabeth Eastlake's colored pencils
    I swung around to Wirem
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:26 am
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    So the answer is:

    1Don't get into large debt positions that you have to pay for Keep your expenses lowBuild up assets firstThen, buy the big house or nice carBeing stuck in the logo louis vuitton rat race is not intelligentWhen you come up short, let the pressure build and don't dip into your savings or investments Use the pressure to inspire your financial genius to come up with new ways of making more money and then pay your billsYou will have increased your ability to make more money as well as your financial intelligence; : So many times I have ladies gucci watch gotten into financial hot water, and used my brain to create more income, while staunchly defending the assets in my asset columnMy bookkeeper has screamed and dived for cover, but I was like a good trooper defending the fort, Fort Assets
    Poor people have poor habitsA common bad habit is innocently called "Dipping into savings The rich know that savings are balenciaga handbag only used to create more money, not to pay bills
    I know that sounds tough, but as I said, if you're not tough inside, the world will always push you around anyway
    If you do not like financial pressure, then find a formula that works for youA good one is to cut expenses, put your money in the bank, pay more than your fair share of income tax, buy safe replica balenciaga mutual funds and take the vow of the average But this violates the "pay yourself first" rule
    The rule does not encourage self-sacrifice or financial abstinenceIt doesn't mean pay yourself first and starveLife was meant to be enjoyedIf you call on your financial genius, you can have all the goodies of life, get rich and pay bills, without sacrificing the good Jimmy choo handbag life
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:34 am
    @@@@@"An old buddy like Wilson an' you won't even
    @@@@@"An old buddy like Wilson an' you won't even give him any water 'cause some doctor starts talking about it There was a terror back of his speech which he could not quite faceEven in his exhaustion he knew there was something wrong, dangerously wrong, in giving Wilson a drink, but he avoided that, rousing in himself an emotion of certain righteousness"Try to relieve a man of a little suffering and what the hell do ya get for it? Goddammit, Brown, what the hell do ya want to do, torture him?" He felt himself driven by an excitement, a necessity"Give him a drink, what will it cost ya?"
    "It would be murder," Goldstein said
    "Aw, shut up, ya dumb Jew bastard Stanley spoke with fury
    "You can't say that to me," Goldstein pipedHe was quivering with anger now too, but back of it was the shattering realization that Stanley had been so friendly the night beforeYou can't trust any of them, he thought numbly with a certain bitter pleasureAt least this time, he was certain"Let's cut it out, men, let's get movin' again Before they could say any more, he bent down at one of the litter handles, and motioned the others to take up their positionsOnce again they staggered forward into the blare and dazzle of the afternoon sun
    "Gimme some water," Wilson whined
    Once more Stanley halted"Let's give him some, get him out of his misery
    "Shut up, Stanley!" Brown waved his free arm loosely"Keep going and cut out all this talk Stanley glared at himWith his exhaustion he was feeling an intense hatred for Brown
    Wilson's thoughts rolled back into his painHe drifted along, not conscious for a while of the jarring of the litter, not even thinking directly of anything about himSensations washed through to him through the filter of his deliriumHe could feel his wound throbbing, and in his mind he saw a horn boring into his stomach, pausing and then boring forward ag
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:34 am
    @@@@@The ship soon had a full complement of
    @@@@@The ship soon had a full complement of passengers who
    boarded at Boston and New York, but they didn't seem like Yankees at
    all, Scarlett thoughtThey were Irish and proud of itThey had the
    vitality that was so appealing in the O'Haras, and they took advantage
    of everything the ship had to offerAll day there was something to
    do: checkers tournaments, heated competitions at quoits on deck,
    excited participation in games of chance, such as wagering on the
    number of miles the ship would cover the following dayIn the
    evening
    they sang along with the professional musicians and danced
    energetically to all the Irish reels and Viennese waltzesEven when
    the dancing was done, the amusement continuedThere was always a
    game
    of whist in the Ladies' Card Saloon, and Scarlett was always in demand
    as a partnerExcept for Charleston's rationed coffee, the stakes were
    higher than any she'd known, and every turn of a card was exciting
    So were her winningsThe Brian Boru's passengers were living proof
    that America was the Land of Opportunity, and they didn't mind
    spending
    their lately gained wealthColum, too, benefitted from their opened
    pocketsWhile the women played cards, the men generally retired to
    the ship's bar for whiskey and cigarsThere, Colum brought tears of
    pity and pride to eyes that were normally shrewd and dryHe talked
    about Ireland's oppression under English rule, called the roll of
    martyrs to the cause of Irish freedom, and accepted lavish donations
    for the Fenian BrotherhoodA crossing on the Brian Boru was always
    a
    profitable enterprise, and Colum made the trip at least twice a year,
    even though the excessive luxury of the staterooms and the
    gargantuan
    meals secretly sickened him when he thought of the poverty and need
    of
    the Irish in IrelandBy the end of the first week, Scarlett, too, was
    looking at their fellow passengers with a disapproving eyeBoth men
    and women changed clothes four times a day, the better to show off
    the
    extent of their costly wardrobesScarlett had never seen so many
    jewels in her lifeShe told herself she was glad that she'd left hers
    in the vault 445 of the Savannah bank; they'd pale next to the array in
    the dining saloon every nightBut in truth she wasn't glad at all
    She had grown accustomed to having more of everything than anyone
    she
    knewa bigger house, more servants, more luxury, more things, more
    moneyIt put her nose decidedly out of joint to see display more
    conspicuous than hers had ever beenIn Savannah, Kathleen, Mary
    Kate,
    and Helen had been ingenuously blatant in their envy, and all the
    O'Haras had fed her need for admirationThese people on the ship
    didn't envy her, or even admire her all that much
    Scarlett wasn't at all pleased with th
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:24 am
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    There was a bank of grass beside the walkAround a streetlamp there was a well-trimmed
    hedgeI had no time to look for a better placeI stumbled to the light and caught the post to
    hold myself upThe nausea was making me dizzy
    Yes, I was definitely going to experience gucci backpacks throwing up
    “Wanderer, is that you? Wanderer, are you ill?”
    The vaguely familiar voice was impossible to concentrate onBut it made things worse,
    knowing I had an audience as I leaned my face close to the bush and violently choked up my
    most recent meal
    “Who's your Healer here?” the voice askedIt sounded far away through the buzzing in cheap gucci my
    earsA hand touched my arched back“Do you need an ambulance?”
    I coughed twice and shook my headI was sure it was over; my stomach was empty
    “I'm not ill,” I said I as pulled myself upright using the lamppost for supportI looked over to
    see who was watching my moment of disgrace
    The Seeker from Chicago had her cell phone in her hand, kelly bag hermes trying to decide which authority to
    callI took one good look at her and bent over the leaves againEmpty stomach or no, she was
    the last person I needed to see right now
    But, as my stomach heaved uselessly, I realized that there would be a reason for her presence
    Oh, no! Oh, no no no no no no!
    “Why?” I gasped, panic and sickness louis vuitton tote stealing the volume from my voice“Why are you here?
    What's happened?” The Comforter's very uncomforting words pounded in my head
    I stared at the hands gripping the collar of the Seeker's black suit for two seconds before I
    realized they were mine
    “Stop!” she said, and there was outrage on her face
    My hands jerked open and landed against my ladies gucci watches
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:24 am
    @@@@@A little while ago, Wireman had killed
    @@@@@A little while ago, Wireman had killed a
    charging alligatorI could hardly believe that
    now, even though my ears were still ringing from
    the gunshots
    987
    Then Wireman said: "I want to hear you do itMake
    her say, 'Buenos días, amigos, mi nombre es Noveen,
    and la mesa is leakingIf you don't do it for awhile, you
    forget how
    And from my own research, I knew he could be right
    In the matter of learned skills, memory comes to a
    fork in the roadDown one branch are the it'slike-
    riding-a-bicycle skills; things which, once
    learned, are almost never forgottenBut the
    creative, ever-changing forebrain skills have to
    be practiced almost daily, and they are easily
    damaged or destroyedJack was saying
    ventriloquism was like thatAnd while I had no
    reason to doubt him - it involved creating a new
    personality, after all, as well as throwing one's
    voice - I said: "Give it a try
    "What?" He looked at me
    "I told you, I can't-"
    "Try, anyway
    988
    "Edgar, I have no idea what she would sound like
    even if I could still throw my voice
    "Yeah, but you've got her on your knee, and it's
    just us chickens, so go ahead He blew hair off his forehead"What
    do you want her to say?"
    Wireman said, very quietly indeed: "Why don't we
    just see what comes out?"
    v
    Jack sat with Noveen on his knee for a moment
    longer, their heads in the sun, little bits of
    disturbed dust from the stairs and the ancient
    hall carpet floating around their facesThen he
    shifted his grip so that his fingers were on the
    doll's rudiment of a neck and her cloth shoulders
    "Hello, boys," Jack said, only he was trying not
    to move his lips and it came out Hello, oys
    He shook his head; the disturbed dust flew"Wait
    a minute," he said
    "Got all the time in the world," I told himI
    think I sounded calm, but my heart was thudding
    989
    harder than everPart of what I was feeling was
    fear for JackIf this worked, it might be
    dangerous for h
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:36 am
    @@@@@This is a sort of talking which is very
    @@@@@This is a sort of talking which is
    very unpleasant to me But he
    was still talking on, describing his affection, soliciting a return,
    and, finally, in words so plain as to bear but one meaning even to
    her, offering himself, hand, fortune, everything, to her acceptance
    It was so; he had said itHer astonishment and confusion increased;
    and though still not knowing how to suppose him serious, she
    could hardly standHe pressed for an answer
    “No, no, no!” she cried, hiding her face“This is all nonsenseI can hear no more of thisYour kindness to William
    makes me more obliged to you than words can express; but I do not
    want, I cannot bear, I must not listen to such—No, no, don’t think of
    meBut you are not thinking of meI know it is all nothing
    She had burst away from him, and at that moment Sir Thomas
    was heard speaking to a servant in his way towards the room they
    were inIt was no time for farther assurances or entreaty, though to
    part with her at a moment when her modesty alone seemed, to his
    sanguine and preassured mind, to stand in the way of the happiness
    he sought, was a cruel necessityShe rushed out at an opposite door
    from the one her uncle was approaching, and was walking up and
    down the East room ill the utmost confusion of contrary feeling,
    before Sir Thomas’s politeness or apologies were over, or he had
    reached the beginning of the joyful intelligence which his visitor
    came to communicate
    She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated,
    happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angryIt was all beyond
    belief! He was inexcusable, incomprehensible! But such were
    his habits that he could do nothing without a mixture of evilHe
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    had previously made her the happiest of human beings, and now he
    had insulted—she knew not what to say, how to class, or how to
    regard itShe would not have him be serious, and yet what could
    excuse the use of such words and offers, if they meant but to trifle?
    But William was a lieutenantThat was a fact beyond a doubt,
    and without an alloyShe would think of it for ever and forget all
    the restCrawford would certainly never address her so again:
    he must have seen how unwelcome it was to her; and in that case,
    how gratefully she could esteem him for his friendship to William!
    She would not stir farther from the East room than the head of
    the great staircase, till she had satisfied herself of MrCrawford’s
    having left the house; but when convinced of his being gone, she
    was eager to go down and be with her uncle, and have all the happiness
    of his joy as well as her own, and all the benefit of his information
    or his conjectures as to what would now be William’s destination
    Sir Thomas was as joyful as she could desire, and very kind
    and communicative; and she had so comfortable a talk with him
    about William as to make her feel as if nothing had occurred to vex
    her, till she found, towards the close, that MrCrawford was engaged
    to return and dine there that very dayThis was a most unwelcome
    hearing, for though he might think nothing of what had
    passed, it would be quite distressing to her to see him again so s
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    10:31 am
    @@@@@ The owner, with two waiters trailing behind
    @@@@@
    The owner, with two waiters trailing behind him like anxious egrets, practically flew between
    the tables to greet his distinguished guestWhen the commander was seated, a chilled bottle of
    Corton-Charlemagne was presented and the menu discussedA young Belgian child, a boy of five
    or six, walked shyly up to the table and brought his hand to his forehead; he smiled and saluted the
    generalTeagarten rose to his feet, standing erect, and saluted the child back
    “Vous êtes un soldat distingué, mon camarade,” said the general, his commanding voice ringing
    through the sidewalk café, his bright smile winning the crowd, who responded with appreciative
    applauseThe child retreated and the meal continued
    A leisurely hour later, Teagarten and his lady were interrupted by the general’s chauffeur, a
    middle-aged army sergeant whose expression conveyed his anxietyThe commander of NATO had
    received an urgent message over his vehicle’s secure phone, and the chauffeur had had the presence
    of mind to write it down and repeat it for accuracyHe handed Teagarten the note
    The general stood up, his tanned face turning pale as he glanced around the now-half-empty
    sidewalk café, his eyes narrowed, angry, afraidHe reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded
    wad of Belgian franc notes, peeled off several large ones and dropped them on the table“Come
    on,” he said to the woman majorYou”—he turned to his driver—“get the car
    started!”
    “What is it?” asked his luncheon companionArmbruster and DeSole are dead
    “Oh, my God! How?”
    “It doesn’t matterWhatever they say is a lie
    “What’s happening?”
    “I don’t knowI just know we’re getting out of hereCome on!”
    The general and his lady rushed through the latticework archway, across the wide pavement and
    into the military vehicleOn either side of the hood, something was missingThe middle aged
    sergeant had removed the two red-and-gold flags denoting the impressive rank of his superior, the
    commander of NATOThe car shot forward, traveling less than fifty yards when it happened
    A massive explosion blew the military vehicle into the sky, shards of glass and metal, pieces of
    flesh and streaks of blood filling the narrow street in Anderlecht
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    198
    “Monsieur!” cried the petrified waiter as crews of police, firemen and sanitation workers went
    about their grisly business in the road
    “What is it?” replied the distraught owner of the sidewalk café, still shaking from the harsh
    interrogation he had gone through by the police and the descending hordes of journal
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:27 am
    @@@@@It's the way I felt about Pam the first
    @@@@@It's the way I felt
    about Pam the first time I met her, on a double
    date (she was with the other guy)And it's the
    way I felt about Big Pink from the very first
    She stood on pilings with her chin jutting over
    the high-tide lineThere was a NO TRESPASSING
    70
    sign slanting askew on an old gray stick beside
    the driveway, but I guessed that didn't apply to
    me"Once you sign the lease, you have it for a
    year," Sandy told me"Even if it's sold, the
    owner can't kick you out until your time is up
    Jack drove slowly up to the back dooronly with
    its face hanging over the Gulf of Mexico, that was
    the only door"I'm surprised they were ever
    allowed to build this far out," he said"I
    suppose they did things different in the old
    days To him the old days probably meant the
    nineteen-eighties
    The car drawn up on the square of cracked pavement
    to the right of the house was the sort of
    anonymous American mid-size the rental companies
    specialize inI hadn't driven since the day Mrs
    Fevereau hit Gandalf, and barely gave it a glance
    I was more interested in the boxy pink elephant
    I'd rented"Aren't there ordinances about
    building too close to the Gulf of Mexico?"
    "Now, sure, but not when this place went upFrom
    a practical standpoint, it's all about beach
    71
    erosionI doubt if this place hung out that way
    when it was built
    He was undoubtedly rightI thought I could see at
    least six feet of the pilings supporting the
    screened porch - the so-called Florida room
    Unless those pilings were sunk sixty feet into the
    underlying bedrock, eventually the place was going
    into the Gulf of MexicoIt was only a matter of
    time
    As I was thinking it, Jack Cantori was saying it"Don't worry, though; I'm sure
    you'll get plenty of warningYou'll hear it
    groaning
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    10:28 am
    @@@@@ “So that's good, isn't it, Wanda? It will
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    “So that's good, isn't it, Wanda? It will be just like before we came here!”
    It felt sort of like a razor sliding between my ribs when he said that–too clean and precise a pain
    to be compared to a blow or a break
    Jamie analyzed my tortured expression with alarmNo, I mean but with you, tooThe four of us, right?”
    I tried to laugh through the pain; it didn't hurt any worse than not laughing
    Ian squeezed my hand
    “The four of us,” I mumbled
    Jamie crawled up the mattress, worming his way around Ian, to put his arms around my neck
    “Don't worry about it
    “You know I love you, too
    So sharp, so piercing, the emotions of this planetJamie had never said those words to me
    beforeMy whole body suddenly felt a few degrees warmer
    So sharp,Melanie agreed, wincing at her own pain
    “Will you come back?” Jamie begged against my shoulder
    I couldn't answer right away
    “What does Mel want?” he asked
    “She wants to live with you,” I whisperedI didn't have to check to know that
    “And what do you want?”
    “Do you want me to live with you?”
    “You know I do, Wanda
    “Please?”
    “If that's what you want, Jamie
    “Woo hoo!” Jamie crowed in my ear“Cool! I'm gonna go tell Jared! I'll get you some food,
    too, okay?” He was already on his feet, bouncing the mattress so that I felt it in my ribs
    “You want something, Ian?”
    “Sure, kidI want you to tell Jared he's shameless
    “Huh?”
    “Never mind
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
    10:59 am
    @@@@@ I'm getting out of here, I ain't gonna
    @@@@@ I'm getting out of here, I ain't gonna waste my life in back of a drill, waiting for a goddam tunnel to collapse on me
    His sister comes into the kitchenYou lousy kid, you're only eighteen, where do you talk of getting away?
    Stay out of this, he shouts
    I'm not going to stay out, it's my business more than ma'sThat's all you men are good for, you get us in trouble and then you skip outWell, you can't do it! she screams
    What's the matter? There'll always be some grub for ya
    Maybe I want to get out, maybe I'm sick to death of hanging around here without a man who'll marry me
    That was your lookoutYou're not going to stop me, goddammit
    You're just like that louse that skipped out on me, if there's anything that's worthless it's a man who won't stick around to face the music
    (Trembling) And if I'd been Joe Mackey I'da skipped out on ya tooThat was the smartest thing he ever did
    Take sides against your sister
    What the hell was in it for him, he had all the good out of youTears of anger and guilt form in his eyesHe blinks them back, and glares at herIt's bad thing when family fights like animals
    What about the mines? (He feels himself weakeningSomeday you know just how bad you be tonight, by God
    A man's got to get outHe's trapped in a hole here(This once, it gives him no relief

    In 1931 all the long voyages end in a hobo jungle
    But the itinerary is various:
    Freight trains out of Montana through Nebraska into
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    10:32 am
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    I've
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    "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself dear, but it was very wicked of Rhett to
    expose you to all that sun and windYou're red as an Indian
    Butler ordered Scarlett to her room with glycerine and rosewater
    compresses on her faceThen she scolded her tall, laughing son until
    he hung his head in pretended shame"If I put up the Christmas
    greens
    I brought you, will you let me have dessert after dinner, or do I have
    to stand in the corner?" he asked in mock humilityEleanor Butler
    spread her hands in surrender"I don't know what I'm going to do
    with
    you, Rhett," she said, but her effort not to smile was a total
    failure
    She loved her son beyond all reasonThat afternoon, while Scarlett
    was submitting to a treatment of lotions for her sunburn, Rhett carried
    one of the holly wreaths he had brought from the plantation to Alicia
    Savage, as a gift from his mother"How kind of Eleanor, and of you,
    RhettWould you like to have a pre-seasonal toddy
    Rhett
    accepted the drink with pleasure, and they talked idly about the
    unusual weather, the winter thirty years earlier when it had actually
    snowed, the year it rained for thirty-eight days in a rowThey had
    known each other as children
    Their families had houses that shared a garden wall and a mulberry
    tree
    with sweet, fingerstaining purple fruit on branches that reached low on
    both sides of the wall"Scarlett's scared half out of her wits about
    the Yankee bedroom prowler," said Rhett after he and Alicia finished
    reminiscing"I hope you don't mind talking about it with an old
    friend who saw up your skirts when you were fiveSavage
    laughed heartily"I'll talk freely if you'll manage to forget my
    youthful antipathy to undergarmentsI was the despair of the whole
    family for at least a year
    but this business with the Yankee isn't funny at allSomebody's going
    to get trigger-happy and shoot a soldier, and then there'll be the
    devil to pay
    "Tell me what he looked like, AliciaI have a theory about him
    "I only saw him for an instant, Rh
    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    It was shortly past eight o’clock the next morning when Alex Conklin limped into Peter
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    director
    “Anything?” asked the DCI, looking up from the papers on his desk
    “Nothing,” answered the retired field officer angrily, heading for the couch against the wall
    rather than a chair“Not a goddamned thingJesus, what a fucked-up day and it hasn’t even begun!
    Casset and Valentino are down in the cellars sending dior handbags out queries all over the Paris sewers but so far
    nothingChrist, look at the scenario and find me a thread! Swayne, Armbruster, DeSole—our
    mute son of a bitch, the moleThen for God’s sake, Teagarten with Bourne’s calling card, when we
    know damned well it’s a trap for Jason set by the JackalBut there’s no logic anywhere that ties
    Carlos to Teagarten and by extension to MedusaNothing makes sense, PeterWe’ve lost the
    spine—everything’s gone off the wire!”
    “Calm down,” said Holland gently
    “How the hell can I? Bourne’s disappeared-I mean really messenger bag prada disappeared, if he isn’t deadAnd
    there’s no trace of Marie, no word from her, and then we learn that Bernardine was killed in a
    shoot-out only hours ago on the Rivoli—Christ, shot in broad daylight! And that means Jason was
    there—he had to be there!”
    “But since none of the dead or wounded fits his description, we can assume he got away, can’t
    we?”
    “We can hope, yes
    “You asked for a thread,” mused the DCI“I’m not sure I can actually provide one, but I can
    give you something like it
    “New York?” Conklin sat forward on the couch“The answering machine? prada clutch That DeFazio hood in
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    “We’ll get to New York, to all of that—themRight now let’s concentrate on that thread of
    yours, that spine you mentioned
    “I’m not the slowest kid on the block, but where is it?”
    Holland leaned back in his chair, gazing first at the papers on his desk and then up at Alex
    “Seventy-two hours ago, when you decided to come clean with me about everything, you said that
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    294
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    them?”
    “That was the premise, yes,” agreed Conklin, nodding“It’s why I dug around and made those
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
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    "Esmeralda," Wireman said"The other half of ladies omega constellation my
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    "Esmeralda," I saidI thought the eyes looking
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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    “Why not? It's fairer totell her where she's going to sleep? Don't you think it's more polite –”
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    “Not this timeI just know how she thinks
    There was a silenceHedid know how I thoughtHe'd probably already foreseen
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    “Fine,” Jared snapped“But if you try cuddling up to me tonight… so help me, O'Shea“Not to sound overly arrogant, but to be perfectly honest, Jared, were I so
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