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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:46 am
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    "Ha' past six
    I had her doin' tricks
    Lay me down,
    Roll me over,
    Do it again

    Croft stared at the mountainThe inviolate elephant brooding over the jungle and the paltry hills
    It was pure and remoteIn the late afternoon sunlight it was velvet green and rock blue and the brown of light earth, made of another material than the fetid jungle before it
    The old torment burned in him againA stream of wordless impulses beat in his throat and he had again the familiar and inexplicable tension the mountain always furnished him
    He had failed, and it hurt him vitallyHis frustration was loose againHe would never have another opportunity to climb itAnd yet he was wondering if he could have succeededOnce more he was feeling the anxiety and terror the mountain had roused on the rock stairwayIf he had gone alone, the fatigue of the other men would not have slowed him but he would not have had their company, and he realized suddenly that he could not have gone without themThe empty hills would have eroded any man's courage

    Ha' past seven
    She thought she was in heaven

    In a few hours they would be back, pitching their pup tents in the darkness, getting a canteen cup of hot coffee, perhapsAnd tomorrow the endless routine of harsh eventless days would begin once moreAlready the patrol was unfamiliar, unbelievable, and yet the bivouac before them also was unrealIn transit everything in the Army was unrealThey sang to make a little noiseroll me over
    And do it again

    Croft kept looking at the mountainHe had lost it, had missed some tantalizing revelation of himself
    Of himself and much mor
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:46 am
    @@@@@"It was not in the tender heart of their
    @@@@@"It was not in the tender heart of their commander to
    injure the frail spinster woman who lay ill inside
    Scarlett laughed aloud"Frail spinster," indeed! Miss Julia must
    have scared the pants off him! The other passengers looked at her
    curiously, but Scarlett was unaware of their scrutinyThe Landing
    would be next Yes, there was the phosphate mineSo much
    bigger!
    There were five barges being loadedShe searched under the
    wide-brimmed hat of the man on the dockIt was that white-trash
    soldier-she couldn't remember his name, something like Hawkins-no
    matter, around that bend, past that big live oak The angle of the
    sunlight sculpted the great grass terraces of Dunmore Landing into
    green velvet giant steps and scattered sequins on the butterfly lakes
    beside the riverScarlett's involuntary cry was lost in the
    exclamations of the Yankees crowded around her along the railAt the
    top of the terraces the scorched chimneys were tall sentinels against
    the painfully bright blue sky; an alligator was sunning itself on the
    grass between the lakesDunmore Landing was like its owner:
    cultivated, damaged, dangerousThe shutters were
    closed on the wing that remained, the place that Rhett used for
    his office and hishomeHer eyes darted avidly from spot to spot,
    comparing her memory to what she sawMuch more of the garden
    was
    cleared and everything looked as if it was thrivingSome building was
    going up behind the house; she could smell raw lumber, see the top of
    a
    roofThe shutters of the house were fixed, or maybe newThey
    didn't
    sag at all, and they glistened with green paintHe'd done a lot of
    work over the fall and winterScarlett tried to look
    awayShe didn't want to see the newly cleared gardensAnne loves
    those flowers as much as Rhett doesAnd the fixed-up shutters must
    mean a fixed-up house where the two of them live togetherDoes
    Rhett
    fix breakfast for Anne? "Are you all right, miss?" Scarlett pushed
    past the concerned stranger"I'll go over
    there, deeper in the shad
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:46 am
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    see that it was possible for his wish to be trueHe would only see a dangerous liar looking out
    through the eyes he'd loved
    “The necklace chanel reason?” he prompted
    “The reason I ran away,” I breathed“The reason I came here
    Not entirely true, but not entirely a lie, either
    Jared stared at me, his mouth half-open, as he tried to process thisFrom the corner of my eye, I
    could see that Ian was peering through the hole again, Gucci Indy Bag his vivid blue eyes wide with surprise
    There was blood, dark on his pale lips
    “You ran away from a Seeker? But you're one of them!” Jared struggled to compose himself, to
    get back to his interrogation“Why would it follow you? What did it want?”
    I swallowed; the sound seemed chanel logo unnaturally loud
    His expression hardened“And you were trying to lead it here?”
    I shook my head“I didn't… I…” How could I explain it? He'd never accept the truth
    “What?”
    “I… didn't want to tell her
    He blinked, confused again“Don't you all have to like everyone?”
    “We're supposed ladies gucci watch to,” I admitted, coloring with shame
    “Who did you tell about this place?” Ian asked over Jared's shoulderJared scowled but kept his
    eyes on my face
    “I couldn't tell–I didn't know I just saw the linesThe lines on the albumI drew them for
    the Seeker… but we didn't know what they tiffany heart tag w
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
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    Wireman tipped them a smiling salute, then turned
    back to me"How deep is it out here? Do you know?
    That little orange flag suggests you do
    "Well, I'll tell youI did a little research on
    Lake Phalen - probably overdue, since Pam and I
    have owned the place on Aster Lane going on
    twenty-five yearsThe average depth is ninety-one
    feetexcept out here, where quilted bag chanel there's a fissure
    Wireman relaxed and pushed his cap back a little
    from his browWireman thinks you're
    still el zorro - still the fox
    "Maybe sí, maybe no, but there's three hundred and
    eighty feet of water under that little orange flag
    Three hundred and eighty at leastA hell of a lot
    better than a twelve-foot cistern thumbed into a
    coral splinter on the edge replica tiffany jewelry of the Gulf of Mexico
    "You look well, Wireman"That Gulfstream's the way to flyNo
    standing in line at security, no one pawing
    through your carry-on to make sure you didn't turn
    your little shitass can of Foamy into a bombAnd
    for once in my life I managed to fly north without
    a stop at fucking Atlantaalthough I
    could have afforded it myself, it looks louis vuitton denim like
    "You settled with Elizabeth's relatives, I take
    it?"
    "YepOffered them the house
    and the north end of the Key in exchange for the
    cash and securitiesThey thought that was a hell
    of a deal, and I could see their lawyers thinking,
    'Wireman is a lawyer, and today he has a fool for
    a client'"
    "Guess I ain't the only zorro in this boat
    "I'll end up with over rolex ladies watch eighty million bucks in
    liquid assetsPlus various keepsakes from the
    houseIncluding Miss Eastlake's Sweet Owen
    cookie-tinThink she was trying to tell me
    something with that, 'chacho?"
    I thought of Elizabeth popping various china
    figures into the tin and then insisting Wireman
    1111
    throw it in the goldfish pondOf course she had
    been trying to tell him fake louis vuitton bags someth
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:46 am
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    should not contrive better! And round their enormous great wide
    table, too, which fills up the room so dreadfully! Had the doctor
    been contented to take my dining-table when I came away, as anybody
    in their senses would have done, instead of having that absurd
    new one of his own, which is wider, literally wider than the dinnertable
    here, how infinitely better it would have been! and how much
    more he would have been respected! for people are never respected
    when they step out of their proper sphere
    Five—only five to be sitting round that tableHowever, you will
    have dinner enough on it for ten, I dare sayNorris fetched breath, and went on again
    “The nonsense and folly of people’s stepping out of omega seamaster gmt their rank
    and trying to appear above themselves, makes me think it right to
    give you a hint, Fanny, now that you are going into company without
    any of us; and I do beseech and entreat you not to be putting
    yourself forward, and talking and giving your opinion as if you were
    one of your cousins—as if you were dear Mrs
    That will never do, believe meRemember, wherever you are, you
    must be the lowest and last; and though Miss Crawford is in a manner
    at home at the Parsonage, you are not to be taking place of her
    And as to coming away at night, you are to stay just as long as
    Edmund chusesLeave him to settle that
    “Yes, ma’am, I should not think of anything else
    “And if it should rain, which I think fake prada exceedingly likely, for I never
    saw it more threatening for a wet evening in my life, you must manage
    as well as you can, and not be expecting the carriage to be sent for
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    youI certainly do not go home to-night, and, therefore, the carriage
    will not be out on my account; so you must make up your
    mind to what may happen, and take your things accordingly
    Her niece thought it perfectly reasonableShe rated her own claims
    to comfort as low even as MrsNorris could; and when Sir Thomas
    soon afterwards, just opening the door, said, “Fanny, at what time
    would you have the carriage come round?” she felt a degree of astonishment
    which made it impossible for her to speak
    “My dear Sir Thomas!” gucci g watch cried MrsNorris, red with anger, “Fanny
    can walk
    “Walk!” repeated Sir Thomas, in a tone of most unanswerable
    dignity, and coming farther into the room“My niece walk to a
    dinner engagement at this time of the year! Will twenty minutes
    after four suit you?”
    “Yes, sir,” was Fanny’s humble answer, given with the feelings almost
    of a criminal towards MrsNorris; and not bearing to remain
    with her in what might seem a state of triumph, she followed her
    uncle out of the room, having staid behind him only long enough
    to hear these words spoken in angry agitation—
    “Quite unnecessary! a great deal too kind! But Edmund goes; true,
    it is upon Edmund’s accountI observed he was hoarse on Thursday
    night
    But this louis vuitton vernis could not impose on FannyShe felt that the carriage was
    for herself, and herself alone: and her uncle’s consideration of her,
    coming immediately after such representations from her aunt, cost
    her some tears of gratitude when she was alone
    The coachman drove round to a minute; another minute brought
    down the gentleman; and as the lady had, with a most scrupulous fear
    of being late, been many minutes seated in the drawing-room, Sir
    Thomas saw them off in as good time as his own correctly punctual
    habits required
    “Now I must look at you, Fanny,” said Edmund, with the kind
    smile of an affectionate brother, “and tell you how I like you; and as
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
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    “Medusa,” said Webb quietly“I want to use Medusa
    “Now you’re out of your mind,” responded Conklin, no louder than David“That name is as offlimits
    as you are—let’s be honest, a hell of a lot more so
    “There were rumors, Alex, stories all over Southeast Asia that floated up the China Sea to
    Kowloon and Hong Kong, where most of those bastards ran with their moneyMedusa wasn’t
    exactly the secret evil you seem to think it was
    “Rumors, Gucci Indy Bag yes, and stories, of course,” interrupted the retired intelligence officer“Which of
    those animals didn’t put a gun or a knife to the heads of a dozen or two dozen or two hundred
    marks during their so-called ‘tours’? Ninety percent were killers and thieves, the original death
    squadsPeter Holland said that when he was a SEAL in the northern operations he never met a
    member of that outfit he didn’t want to waste
    “And without them, instead of fifty-eight thousand casualties, there could well have been sixtyplus
    Give the animals their omega seamaster watch due, AlexThey knew every inch of the territories, every square foot of
    jungle in the triangleThey—we—sent back more functional intelligence than all the units sent out
    by Saigon put together
    “My point, David, is that there can never be any connection between Medusa and the United
    States governmentOur involvement was never logged, much less acknowledged; the name itself
    was concealed as much as possibleThere’s no statute of limitations on war crimes, and Medusa
    was officially determined to be a private organization, a collection of tiffany replica jewelry violent misfits who wanted
    the corrupt Southeast Asia back the way they knew it and used itIf it was ever established that
    Washington was behind Medusa, the reputation of some very important people in the White House
    and the State Department would be ruinedThey’re global power brokers now, but twenty years
    ago they were hotheaded junior staffers in Command SaigonWe can live with questionable
    tactics in time of war, but not with being accomplices in the slaughter of noncombatants and the
    diversion of funds totaling millions, both replica prada unknowingly paid for by the taxpayersIt’s like those
    still-sealed archives that detail how so many of our fat-cat financiers bankrolled the NazisSome
    things we never want out of their black holes, and Medusa’s one of them
    Webb again leaned back in the chair—now, however, taut, his eyes steady on his old friend, who
    was once briefly his deadly enemy“If what memory I have left serves me, Bourne was identified
    as having come out of Medusa
    “It was an entirely believable explanation and a perfect cover,” agreed Conklin, returning
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:46 am
    @@@@@She put Half Moon over three ditches and
    @@@@@She put Half Moon over three
    ditches and four hedges on Ballyhara, but it wasn't the sameShe
    wrote to Charlotte Montague the next dayTwo weeks later three
    wagons
    rolled heavily up the driveThe furniture for MrsMontague's rooms
    had arrivedThe lady followed in a smart carriage, along with her
    maidShe directed the disposition of the furniture in a bedroom and
    sitting room near Scarlett's, then left her maid to see to her
    unpacking"Now we begin," she said to Scarlett"I might just as
    well not be here at all," Scarlett complained"The only thing I'm
    allowed to do is sign bank drafts for scandalous amounts of money
    She was talking to Ocras, Cat's tabbyThe name meant "hungry" in
    Irish and had been given by the cook in an exasperated moment
    Ocras
    ignored Scarlett, but she had no one else to talk to
    Charlotte Montague and MrsFitzpatrick seldom asked her opinion
    about
    anythingBoth of them knew what a Big House should be, and she
    didn'tNor was she very interestedFor most of her life the house
    she lived in had simply been there, already as it was, and she'd never
    thought about itTara was Tara, Aunt Pittypat's was Aunt Pitty's,
    even though half of it belonged to herScarlett had involved herself
    only with the house Rhett built for herShe'd bought the newest and
    most expensive furnishings and decorations, and she'd been pleased
    with
    them because they proved how rich she wasThe house itself never
    gave
    her pleasure; she hardly saw it
    Just as she didn't really see the Big House at Ballyhara
    Eighteenth-century Palladian, Charlotte said, and what, pray tell, was
    so important about that? What mattered to Scarlett was the land, for
    its richness and its crops, and the town, for its rents and services
    and because no one, not even Rhett, owned his own townHowever,
    she
    understood perfectly well that accepting invitations placed an
    obligation on her to return them, and she couldn't invite people to a
    place that had furniture in only two r
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
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    I nodded, grateful at the thought of hiding againI ducked through the opening and then stood
    a few feet in, not sure what to do with myselfMelanie remembered that there were books here,
    but I reminded her of my vow to not touch anything
    “I got things to do, kid,” Jeb said to louis vuitton discount Jamie“Food ain't gonna fix itself, you knowYou up to
    guard duty?”
    “Sure,” Jamie said with a bright smileHis thin chest swelled with a deep breath
    My eyes widened in disbelief as I watched Jeb place the rifle in Jamie's eager hands
    “Are youcrazy? ” I shoutedMy voice was so loud that I didn't recognize it at firstIt felt like
    I'd Chanel Necklaces been whispering forever
    Jeb and Jamie looked up at me, shockedI was out in the hallway with them in a second
    I almost reached for the hard metal of the barrel, almost ripped it from the boy's handsWhat
    stopped me wasn't the knowledge that a move like that would surely get me killedWhat
    stopped me was the fact that I was weaker gucci backpack than the humans in this way; even to save the boy, I
    could not make myself touch the weapon
    I turned on Jeb instead
    “What are you thinking? Giving the weapon to a child? He could kill himself!”
    “Jamie's been through enough to be called a man, I thinkHe knows how to handle himself
    around a gun
    Jamie's shoulders straightened chanel knockoff at Jeb's praise, and he gripped the gun tighter to his chest
    I gaped at Jeb's stupidity“What if they come for me with him here? Did you think of what
    could happen? This isn't a joke! They'll hurt him to get to me!”
    Jeb remained calm, his face placid“Don't think there'll be any trouble today
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:46 am
    @@@@@Why, when I think of my wife fooling around
    @@@@@Why, when I think of my wife fooling around probably right this minute, while I'm lying here sweating out tomorrow, I begin to get mad He cracked his knuckles nervously, fingered the steel pipe between their hammocks"It ain't as if tomorrow is gonna be so bad although they'll have recon working its ass off, but a little work ain't gonna kill us"Hell, if General Cummings was to come up to me tomorrow and say, 'Brown, I'm putting you on unloading detail for the duration,' you think I'd bitch? In the pig's hole I wouldI've seen enough combat to last ten men, and I'll tell you this invasion tomorrow if we was to be shelled from the ship to the beach and back couldn't begin to equal MotomeThat was one day I knew I was gonna be deadI still don't see how I got through it
    "What happened?" Stanley askedHe flexed his knees carefully to avoid kicking the man in the bunk above him, only a foot above his headThis story he had heard a dozen times when he was first assigned to recon, but he knew Brown liked to tell it
    "Well, from the beginning when they assigned the platoon to Baker Company for that rubber boat deal, it was a cinch we were screwed, but what could you do?" He went on, telling a story of how they had set out in rubber boats from a destroyer several hours before the dawn, had been caught in an ebb tide and seen by the Japanese"Man," Brown said, "maybe you think I wasn't keeping a tight asshole when those Japs started firing at us with an AA batteryThere wasn't any of our boats that didn't get hit some and start sinking, and in the one next to us was the Company Commander, Billings was his name I think, and the poor bastard had just broken down completelyHe was crying and moaning and trying to fire off a flare so the destroyer would open up and give us some cover, but he was shaking so much he couldn't hold the flare gun in his hand
    "And in the middle of all that, Croft stands up in their rubber boat, and he says, 'Why, you ornery sonofabitch, give me that gun' Billings gives it to him, and Croft stands up in plain sight of all those Japs on the beach, fires the gun twice, and then loads it
    Stanley shook his head in commiseration"That Croft is quite a guy," he said
    "Quite a guy! Listen, he's made of ironHe's the one man I'd never crossHe's probably the best platoon sergeant in the Army and the meanestHe just doesn't have any nerves," Brown said bitterly"Out of all the old guys in recon, there ain't one of us whose nerves ain't shotI tell ya, I'm scared all the time, and Red is tooAnd Gallagher, he's only been with us six months but he was in on the rubber boat deal and he counts too I suppose, he's scared, and Martinez is the best little scout you could ever want but he's even more scared than I am, and even Wilson although he don't let on much is none too hap
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:46 am
    @@@@@The post was late this morning, but there
    @@@@@The post was late this morning, but there has
    not been since a moment’s delayHow impatient, how anxious, how
    wild I have been on the subject, I will not attempt to describe; how
    severely mortified, how cruelly disappointed, in not having it finished
    while I was in London! I was kept there from day to day in the
    hope of it, for nothing less dear to me than such an object would
    have detained me half the time from MansfieldBut though my
    uncle entered into my wishes with all the warmth I could desire,
    and exerted himself immediately, there were difficulties from the
    absence of one friend, and the engagements of another, which at
    last I could no longer bear to stay the end of, and knowing in what
    good hands I left the cause, I came away on Monday, trusting that
    many posts would not pass before I should be followed by such very
    letters as theseMy uncle, who is the very best man in the world,
    has exerted himself, as I knew he would, after seeing your brother
    He was delighted with himI would not allow myself yesterday to
    say how delighted, or to repeat half that the Admiral said in his
    praiseI deferred it all till his praise should be proved the praise of a
    friend, as this day does prove itNow I may say that even I could not
    require William Price to excite a greater interest, or be followed by
    warmer wishes and higher commendation, than were most voluntarily
    bestowed by my uncle after the evening they had passed together
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    “Has this been all your doing, then?” cried Fanny“Good heaven!
    how very, very kind! Have you really—was it by your desire? I beg
    your pardon, but I am bewilderedDid Admiral Crawford apply?
    How was it? I am stupefied
    Henry was most happy to make it more intelligible, by beginning
    at an earlier stage, and explaining very particularly what he had
    doneHis last journey to London had been undertaken with no
    other view than that of introducing her brother in Hill Street, and
    prevailing on the Admiral to exert whatever interest he might have
    for getting him onThis had been his businessHe had communicated
    it to no creature: he had not breathed a syllable of it even to
    Mary; while uncertain of the issue, he could not have borne any
    participation of his feelings, but this had been his business; and he
    spoke with such a glow of what his solicitude had been, and used
    such strong expressions, was so abounding in the deepest interest, in
    twofold motives, in views and wishes more than could be told, that
    Fanny could not have remained insensible of his drift, had she been
    able to attend; but her heart was so full and her senses still so astonished,
    that she could listen but imperfectly even to what he told her
    of William, and saying only when he paused, “How kind! how very
    kind! Oh, MrCrawford, we are infinitely obliged to you! Dearest,
    dearest William!” She jumped up and moved in haste towards the
    door, crying out, “I will go to my uncleMy uncle ought to know it
    as soon as possible But this could not be sufferedThe opportunity
    was too fair, and his feelings too impatientHe was after her
    immediately“She must not go, she must allow him five minutes
    longer,” and he took her hand and led her back to her seat, and was
    in the middle of his farther explanation, before she had suspected
    for what she was detainedWhen she did understand it, however,
    and found herself expected to believe that she had created sensations
    which his heart had never known before, and that everything
    he had done for William was to be placed to the account of his
    excessive and unequalled attachment to her, she was exceedingly
    distressed, and for some moments unable to speakShe considered
    it all as nonsense, as mere trifling and gallantry, which meant only
    to deceive for the hour; she could not but feel that it was treating
    her improperly and unworthily, and in such a way as she had not
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    deserved; but it was like himself, and entirely of a piece with what
    she had seen before; and she would not allow herself to shew half
    the displeasure she felt, because he had been conferring an obligation,
    which no want of delicacy on his part could make a trifle to
    herWhile her heart was still bounding with joy and gratitude on
    William’s behalf, she could not be severely resentful of anything
    that injured only herself; and after having twice drawn back her
    hand, and twice attempted in vain to turn away from him, she got
    up, and said only, with much agitation, “Don’t, MrCrawford,
    pray don’t! I beg you would not
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    2:44 am
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    “Corroboration can be obtained with a subpoena, my dearUnder oath in a courtroom, take my
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    “Are you by any chance a lawyer, my dear?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “Holy Mary, that’s worseAbout my reasons?”
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    2:44 am
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    Reba the Anger-Management Doll in the Boston
    rocker, and grown to the size of an actual child
    Well, why not? I had been angry, although at Mrs
    Fevereau rather than at poor Gandalf, and I had no
    idea what toothy frogs had to do with the price of
    beans in BostonThe real question, it seemed to
    me, was about Monica's dogHad I killed Gandalf,
    or had he just expired?
    Or maybe the question was why I'd been so hungry
    afterwardMaybe that was the question
    "I took him in my arms," I whispered
    Your arm, you mean, because now one is all you've
    got
    But my memory was taking him in my arms, plural
    Channeling my anger
    (it was RED)
    away from that foolish woman with her cigarette
    and cell phone and somehow back into myself, in
    some kind of crazy closed looptaking him in my
    armssurely a hallucination, but yes, that was
    my memory
    Taking him in my arms
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    Cradling his neck with my left elbow so I could
    strangle him with my right hand
    Strangle him and put him out of his misery
    I slept shirtless, so it was easy to look at my
    stumpI only had to turn my headI could wiggle
    it, but not much moreI did that a couple of
    times, and then I looked up at the ceilingMy
    heartbeat was slowing a little
    "The dog died of his injuries," I said
    An autopsy would confirm that
    Except no one did autopsies on dogs that died
    after being crushed to bones and jelly by Hummers
    driven by careless, distracted women
    I looked at the ceiling and I wished this life was
    ove
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
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    @@@@@And if I was trying to save only the
    Seeker, this would be the moment when I would change my mind and turn aroundShe wasn't
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    Or would she? I suddenly wonderedThe Seeker didn't seem to be as… what was the word
    Jared had used?AltruisticAs altruistic as the rest of usMaybe she would count her own life
    dearer than the lives of many
    But it was too late to change my mindI'd already thought far beyond just saving the Seeker
    For one thing, this would happen againThe humans would kill any souls they came across
    unless I gave them another optionMore than that, I was going to save Melanie, and that was
    worth the sacrificeI was going to save Jared and Jamie, tooMight as well save the repugnant
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    The souls were wrong to be hereMy humans deserved their worldI could not give it back to
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    I would just have to trust Doc, and hope
    And maybe wring the promise from a few more of my friends, just in case
    I wondered how many human lives I would saveHow many souls' lives Imight saveThe only
    one I couldn't save now was myselfEven over the sound of our exerted breathing, Jared heard thatIn my
    peripheral vision, I saw his face turn, felt his eyes boring into me, but I did not look over to meet
    his gaze
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    2:46 am
    @@@@@He couldn't understand the motive behind
    @@@@@He couldn't understand the motive behind Cummings's question"I don't feel very much about it one way or another, sir," he said at last
    "Well, it's worth bearing in mindI have my doubts that Hearn can make a good staff man If Dalleson were indifferent to Hearn, then it meant little keeping him there
    "He's about average," Dalleson said carefully
    "What about a line outfit?" Cummings said casually"Do you have any ideas about where we might put him?"
    This confused Dalleson moreIt was very odd for a general officer to be at all concerned with where a lieutenant was sent"Well, sir, Baker Company of the 458th is short an officer, 'cause the patrol reports of one of their platoons is always signed by a sergeant, and then there's F Company needs two officers, and I think Charley Company of the 459th needs an officer
    None of this appealed particularly to Cummings"Is there anyone else?"
    "There's the I and R platoon of headquarters company here, but they don't really need an officer
    "Why?"
    "Their platoon sergeant's one of the best men in the 458th, sirI've been meaning to talk to you about him, I was thinking after the campaign he oughta be made an officer
    Cummings considered what Dalleson would call a good soldierThe man's a virtual illiterate probably, he thought, with a lot of common sense and no nerves at allHe fingered his mouth againIn I and R he could still keep an eye on Hearn"Well, I'll think about itThere's no hurry," he said to Dalleson
    After Dalleson had gone, Cummings slumped in his chair and sat without moving, thinking for a long time
    There was still that thing with HearnThe particular set of desires that had culminated in his order to pick up the cigarette had not been appeased, not reallyAnd before him still was the question of getting some Navy support
    Abruptly, Cummings was depressed a
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    2:44 am
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    "I'll take your Celie, thenScarlett will let you borrow Pansy to
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    Without a ballroom full of people, just Rhett and prada tote bag her"How generous
    of
    you, Scarlett," Miss Eleanor said"I know you'll miss going to the
    balls next weekYou're luckier than you deserve, Rosemary, to have
    such a thoughtful sister-in-law
    "I don't think either of them should go, Mama, I won't allow it," said
    RhettRosemary opened her mouth to protest, but her mother's
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    alone with Rhett? She'd get rid of Rosemary somehow-maybe this
    Miss
    Ashley would invite her to stay at her placeThen there would be only
    RhettShe remembered him in her room when she was
    at
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    tenderness "Just wait till you see Miss Julia's plantation,
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    to be Rhett was riding ahead of them, pushing aside or tearing the
    vines of honeysuckle that had grown across the trail through the
    pinewoodsScarlett followed Rosemary, uninterested for the moment
    in
    what Rhett was doing, her mind busy with other thingsThank
    goodness
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
    2:58 am
    @@@@@However, these logistics take time even for
    @@@@@However, these logistics take time even for the most influential peopleDon’t
    make it all appear too simple, that would be suspectKeep your access informed as to the progress
    being made, emphasizing the secrecy, how there can be no risk of exposure, explain the delaysIf
    there were none, he might think it’s a trap
    “I see what you meanIt comes down to what you just said—don’t make it seem so easy because
    that’s not credible
    “There’s something else, mon amiA chameleon may be many things in daylight; still, he is
    safer in darkness
    “You forgot something,” said Bourne“What about the Englishman?”
    “Tallyho, old chap,” said Bernardine
    The operation went as smoothly as any Jason had ever engineered or been witness to, perhaps
    thanks to the flair of a resentful talented man who had been sent to the pastures too soonWhile
    throughout the day Bourne made progress calls to Santos, Bernardine had someone other than
    himself pick up the sealed instructions from the concierge and bring them to him, at which point he
    made his appointment with Monsieur TabouriShortly after four-thirty in the afternoon, the
    Deuxième veteran walked into the Pont-Royal dressed in a dark pin-striped suit so obviously
    British that it screamed Savile RowHe went to the elevator and eventually, after two wrong turns,
    reached Bourne’s room
    “Here’s the money,” he said, dropping the attaché case on the floor and going straight to Jason’s
    hotel wet bar; he removed two miniature bottles of Tanqueray gin, snapped them open and poured
    the liquor into a questionably clean glass“A votre santé,” he added, swallowing half his drink
    before breathing heavily through his mouth and then rapidly swallowing the rest“I haven’t done
    anything like that in years
    “You haven’t?”
    “Frankly, noI had others do such thingsIt’s far too dangerousNevertheless, Tabouri is
    forever in your debt, and, frankly, he’s convinced me I should look into Beirut
    “What?”
    “Of course, I haven’t your resources, but a percentage of forty years of les fonds de contingence
    have found their way to Geneva on my behalf
    “You may be a dead man if they pick you up leaving here
    “Oh, but I shan’t go,” said Bernardine, once again searching the small refrigerator“I shall stay
    in this room until you have concluded your busi
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
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    He shrugged and spread his hands"Thank your
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    They all wereI replaced my new doll in her box,
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
    2:46 am
    @@@@@That's cruel, and that's the trap I want you
    @@@@@That's cruel, and that's the trap I want you to avoid, if possibleI've seen how money runs people's livesDon't let that happen to youPlease don't let money run your life
    A softball rolled under our tableRich dad picked it up and threw it back
    "So what does ignorance have to do with greed and fear?" I asked
    "Because it is ignorance about money that causes so much greed and so much fear," said rich dad"Let me give you some examplesA doctor, wanting more money to better provide for his family, raises his feesBy raising his fees, it makes health care more expensive for everyoneNow, it hurts the poor people the most, so poor people have worse health than those with money
    "Because the doctors raise their rates, the attorneys raise their ratesBecause the attorneys' rates have gone up, schoolteachers want a raise, which raises our taxes, and on and on and onSoon, there will be such a horrifying gap between the rich and the poor that chaos will break out and another great civilization will collapseGreat civilizations collapsed when the gap between the haves and havenots was too greatAmerica is on the same course, proving once again that history repeats itself, because we do not learn from historyWe only memorize historical dates and names, not the lesson
    "Aren't prices supposed to go up?" I asked
    "Not in an educated society with a well-run governmentPrices should actually come downOf course, that is often only true in theoryPrices go up because of greed and fear caused by ignoranceIf schools taught people about money, there would be more money and lower prices, but schools focus only on teaching people to work for money, not how to harness money's power
    "But don't we have business schools?" Mike as
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    Those were about the only details he could remember, but they stirred himHe seldom thought of the town, and he had forgotten almost all the Italian he once knew how to speak, but when he was moody or reflective he would remember things like the heat of the sun between the walls of the alleyways, or the acrid fermy odors of the dung on the fields
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