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| Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | | 4:07 pm |
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lateThe left @@@@@Kill the radio! It was too lateThe left door of the chapel opened and the silhouetted figure of a man walked out into the Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 169 floodlit corridor of colored lightsHe was young, muscular and blond, with blunt features and rigid postureWas the Jackal training someone else to take his place? “Come with me, please,” said the blond man, his French gentle but icily commanding“You,” he added, addressing the old man in the tan gabardine suitAt the slightest sound, fire your gun Jason watched helplessly as Fontaine was escorted through the door of the chapelFrom the pocket of his jacket there was an eruption of static followed by a snap; the Frenchman’s radio had been found and destroyedYet something was wrong, off center, out of balance—or perhaps too symmetricalIt made no sense for Carlos to use the location of a failed trap a second time, no sense at all! The appearance of the brother of Fontaine’s wife was an exceptional move, worthy of the Jackal, a truly unexpected move within the swirling winds of confusion, but not this, not again Tranquility Inn’s superfluous chapelIt was too orderly, too repetitive, too obvious And therefore right? considered BourneWas it the illogical logic of the assassin who had eluded a hundred special branches of the international intelligence community for nearly thirty years? “He wouldn’t do that—it’s crazy!” “Oh, yes, he might because he knows we think it’s crazy Was the Jackal in the chapel or wasn’t he? If not, where was he? Where had he set his trap? The lethal chess game was not only supremely intricate, it was sublimely intimateOthers might die, but only one of them would liveIt was the only way it could endDeath to the seller of death or death to the challenger, one seeking the preservation of a legend, the other seeking the preservation of his family and himselfCarlos had the advantage; ultimately he would risk everything, for, as Fontaine revealed, he was a dying man and he did not careBourne had everything to live for, a middle-aged hunter whose life was indelibly marked, split in two by the death of a vaguely remembered wife and children long ago in far-off CambodiaIt could not, would not, happen again! Jason slid down off the coastal wall to the slanting precipice at its baseHe crawled forward to the two former commandos and whispered, “They’ve taken Fontaine inside “Where is the guard?” asked the man nearest Bourne, confusion and anger in his whisper“I myself placed him here with specific instructionsNo one was permitted inside | | Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 | | 4:11 pm |
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Monica @@@@@I'll stay with your dog while you do Monica looked at me with eyes that were more than grief-stricken, more than shocked I knew that look wellI'd seen it often in my own mirror"Do you promise? Big swear? Mother's name?" "Big swear, mother's name She went with her mother, casting one more look back over her shoulder and uttering one more bereft wail before starting up the steps to her houseI knelt beside Gandalf, holding onto the Hummer's fender and going down as I always did, painfully and listing severely to the left, trying to keep my right knee from bending any more than it absolutely had toStill, I voiced my own little cry of pain, and I wondered if I'd be able to get up again without helpIt might not be forthcoming from MrsFevereau; she walked over to the lefthand side of the street with her legs stiff and wide apart, then bent at the waist as if bowing to royalty, and vomited in the gutterShe 45 held the hand with the cigarette in it off to one side as she did it I turned my attention to GandalfHe had been struck in the hindquartersHis spine was crushed Blood and shit oozed sluggishly from between his broken rear legsHis eyes turned up to me and in them I saw a horrible expression of hopeHis tongue crept out and licked my inner left wrist His tongue was dry as carpet, and coldGandalf was going to die, but maybe not soon enough Monica would come out again soon, and I didn't want him alive to lick her wrist when she did I understood what I had to doThere was no one to see me do itMonica and her mother were insideFevereau's back was still turnedIf others on this little stub of street had come to their windows (or out on their lawns), the Hummer blocked their view of me sitting beside the dog with my bad right leg awkwardly outstretche | | Saturday, January 1st, 2011 | | 4:14 pm |
top chanel,silver chanel,gucci women... top chanel,silver chanel,gucci women watches,deville watch,chanel top@@@@@I don't know if you're… comfortable enough with the situation to give her that You see –” Ian paused to lean down and pull me quickly up into his armsI gasped as the movement tugged at my sideJared didn't free my handMy fingertips were turning red “–she's actually had enough top chanel exercise for one day, I thinkYou go on ahead to the kitchen They stared at each other while my fingertips turned purple “I can carry her,” Jared finally said in a low voice “Can you?” Ian challengedHe held me out, away from his body Jared stared at my face for a long minuteThen he sighed silver chanel and dropped my hand Ow, that hurts!Melanie complainedShe was referring to the sudden lance of pain that shot through my chest, not the return of blood to my fingersWhat do you want me to do about it? He's not yours “I think I'll tag along,” Jared said as Ian, with a tiny, gucci women watches triumphant smile hovering around the edges of his mouth, turned and headed toward the exit“There's something I want to discuss with you Jared didn't discuss anything at all as we walked through the dark tunnelHe was so quiet, I wasn't sure he was still thereBut when we broke out into the deville watch light of the cornfield again, he was right beside us He didn't speak until we were through the big plaza–until there was no one around but the three of us “What's your take on Kyle?” he asked Ian“He prides himself on being a man of his wordUsually, I would trust a promise from chanel top him | | Friday, December 31st, 2010 | | 4:15 pm |
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@@@@@ The breeze lifting the loose tendrils of @@@@@ The breeze lifting the loose tendrils of hair at her temples was deliciousSuddenly she was gripped by a terrible longing for TaraShe'd be able to sleep there with the spring-laden wind, bringing the smell of the warming earth into her bedroomColleton will be able to start at least three more houses once this weather gets the frost out of the ground, but he'll never do it unless I nag him into it I've never known such a picky man in all my lifeEverything has to be just soHe'll wait till the ground's warm enough to dig to China and find no frostSuppose she went for just a few days? A few days wouldn't make that much difference, would it? Scarlett remembered Ashley's pallor and dejected slump at the Carnival Ball, and she made a small sound of disappointmentShe wouldn't be able to relax at Tara if she did goShe sent Pansy with a message to Elias to bring the carriage aroundShe had to go find Joe ColletonThat evening, as if to reward her for doing her duty, the doorbell sounded just after darkness fell"Scarlett, honey," Tony Fontaine called out when the butler let him in, "an old friend needs a room for the night, will you be merciful?" "Tony!" Scarlett ran from the sitting room to embrace himHe dropped hisluggage, caught her in his arms for a hug"Great God Almighty, Scarlett, you've done real well for yourself," he said"I thought some fool had given me directions to a hotel when I saw this big place He looked at the ornate chandelier, flocked velvet wallpaper, and massive gilt mirrors in the entrance hall, then grinned at her "No wonder you married that Charlestonian instead of waiting for me Where is Rhett? I'd like to meet the man who got my girl Cold fingers of fear traced Scarlett's spineHad Suellen told the Fontaines anything? "Rhett's in South America," she said brightly, "can you imagine such a thing? Gracious peace, I thought missionaries were the only people who ever went to such an outlandish place!" Tony laughedI'm sorry to miss seeing him, but it's good luck for meI'll have you all to myselfHow about a drink for a thirsty man?" He didn't know Rhett had left, she was sure of it"I think a visit from you calls for champag | | Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 | | 4:06 pm |
@@@@@How does that grab you, MrAttorney?”
“It’s @@@@@How does that grab you, MrAttorney?” “It’s certainly unique,” replied the guest slowly, studying the capo supremo“His files, of course, would be infinitely preferable “Yeah, well, like I say, we’re working on that, but it’ll take timeThis is now, immediatoHe’ll be in Pennsylvania in a couple of hoursYou want to deal? You and me?” “Over what? Something you don’t have and may never get?” “Hey, come on, what do you think I am?” “I’m sure you don’t want to hear that—” “Cut the crapSay in a day or so, maybe a week, we meet, and I give you a list of names I think you might be interested in, all of which we got information on—let’s say information not readily availableYou pick one or two or maybe none, what can you lose? We’re talkin’ spitballs anyway, ’cause the deal’s between you and me onlyNo one else is involved except my specialist and his assistant who don’t know you and you don’t know them “A side arrangement, as it were?” “Not as it were, like it isDepending on the information, I’ll figure out the chargeIt may only be a thou or two, or it may go to twenty, or it may be gratis, who knows? I’d be fair because I want your business, capisce?” Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 214 “It’s very interesting “You know what my specialist says? He says we could start our own cottage industry, he called itSnatch a dozen shrinks, all with heavy government connections, like in the Senate or even the White House—” “I understand fully,” interrupted the attorney, getting to his feet, “but my time’s upBring me a list, Louis The guest walked toward the short marble foyer “No fancy attaché case, Signor Avvocato?” said the capo, rising from the couch “And upset the not so delicate mechanisms in your doorway?” “Hey, it’s a violent world out there “I wouldn’t know about that The Wall Street attorney left, and at the sound of the closing door, Louis rushed across the room to the inlaid Queen Anne desk and virtually pounced on the ivory French telephone—as usual, tipping over the tall thin instrument twice before securing the stem with one hand while dialing with the other“Fucking swish horn!” he mumbled“Goddamned fairy decorator! Mario?” “Hello, Lou,” said the pleasant voice in New Rochelle“I’ll bet you called to wish Anthony a happy birthday, huh?” “Who?” “My kid, Antho | | Monday, December 27th, 2010 | | 4:10 pm |
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He felt suddenly clammy, and with a rush @@@@@ He felt suddenly clammy, and with a rush he began really to understand that his wife was deadHe felt an awful pain and longing which mounted in his chest until he began to weepThe sounds became noticeable to him after a minute or two, and he stopped, a little terrified, for they seemed remote from himIt was as if he had a coating of insulation about all his feelings, and the insulation could be shed for only a moment or two, before his pain drew it about him again He began to think of the dead soldiers in the draw, only his mind pictured Mary consecutively in each of the postures their bodies had assumedHe began to shiver again, and an intense feeling of horror and nausea and fear spread through himHe clenched the blanket in his hand and muttered without realizing what he said, "I ain't gone to confession for too long He became acutely conscious of the odor of his clothingI stink, I need a bath, he thoughtThe idea began to bother him, and he thought of going down to the stream and stripping his clothingHe got out of the tent and felt too weak to walk the hundred yards, so he stopped outside Red's tent and filled a helmet from a jerrican of waterWhen he set the helmet on the ground it tipped and the water slopped over his feetHe took off his shirt, filled the helmet again, and poured the water over his neckIt felt cold and jarring, and he shudderedWithout thinking, he put on his shirt again, and stumbled back to his tent, where he lay without thinking anything for half an hourThe heat of the sun was oppressive on the rubber fabric of the poncho, and he became drowsy, and slept at lastIn his slumber, his body would twitch from time to time
The Time Machine: GALLAGHER THE REVOLUTIONARY REVERSED
A short man with a bunched wiry body that gave the impression of being gnarled and sourHis face was small and ugly, pocked with the scars of a severe acne which had left his skin lumpy, spotted with swatches of purple-redPerhaps it was the color of his face, or it might have been the shape of his long Irish nose, which slanted resentfully to one side, but he always looked wrothYet he was only twenty-four
In South Boston and Dorchester and Roxbury the gray wooden houses parade for miles in a file of drabness and desolation and wasteThe streetcars jangle through a wilderness of cobblestone and sapless wood; the brick is old and powders under your fingertips if you rub it vigorouslyAll colors are lost in the predominating gray; the faces of the people have assumed it at lastThere are no Jews or Italians or Irish -- their features have blurred in an anonymous mortar which has rendered them homogeneous and du | | Friday, December 24th, 2010 | | 4:07 pm |
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Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE @@@@@ Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 256 “Bernardine!” “Mon Dieu, it is four o’clock in the morning, so I can assume you have something vital to tell this seventy-year-old man “I’ve got a problem “I think you have many problems, but I suppose it’s a minor distinctionWhat is it?” “I’m as close as I can be but I need an end man “Please speak clearer English, or if you will, far clearer FrenchIt must be an American term, this ‘end man But then you have so many esoteric phrasesI’m sure someone sits in Langley and thinks them up “Come on, I haven’t time for your bon mots “You come on, my friendI’m not trying to be clever, I’m trying to wake upThere, my feet are on the floor and a cigarette’s in my mouthNow, what is it?” “My access to the Jackal expects an Englishman to fly over from London this morning with two million eight hundred thousand francs—” “Far less than you have at your disposal, I assume,” interrupted Bernardine“The Banque Normandie was accommodating, was it not?” “VeryThe money’s there, and that Tabouri of yours is a beautHe tried to sell me real estate in Beirut “That Tabouri is a thief—but Beirut is interesting “I’m being watched, so I can’t go to the bank, and I don’t have any Englishman to bring what I can’t get to the Pont-Royal “That’s your problem?” “Yes “Are you willing to part with, say, fifty thousand francs?” “What for?” “Tabouri “You signed papers, of course “Sign another paper, handwritten by you and also signed, releasing the money to— Wait a moment, I must go to my desk There was silence on the line as Bernardine obviously went to another room in his flat; his voice returned “Oh, this is lovely,” intoned the former Deuxième specialist“I sank him in his sailboat off the shoals of the Costa Bra | | Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 | | 4:17 pm |
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"I can't tell for @@@@@ He dropped his hand again "I can't tell for sureThese days I can't separate the truth from the wishful thinking He shook his head hard enough to make his hair fly, 496 then thumped his forehead with the heel of his hand "Easy for you to say He sat silent for a few moments, then picked the piece of breakfast pastry out of Elizabeth's hand and fed it to herWhen it was tucked safely away in her mouth, he turned to me"Would you mind her while I go get something?" "Happy to He jogged up the boardwalk and I was left with ElizabethI tried feeding her one of the remaining pieces of breakfast pastry and she nibbled it out of my hand, bringing back a fleeting recollection of a rabbit I'd had when I was seven or eightHitchens had been its name, although I no longer knew why - memory's a funny thing, isn't it? Her lips were toothless and soft, but not unpleasantI stroked the side of her head, where her white hair - wiry, rather coarse - was pulled back toward a bunIt occurred to me that Wireman must comb that hair each morning, and make that bunThat Wireman must have dressed her this morning, including diapers, for surely she wasn't continent when she was like thisI wondered if he 497 thought of Esmeralda when he pinned the pins or secured the tiesI wondered if he thought of Julia when he made the bun I picked up another piece of breakfast pastryShe opened her mouth obediently for it"What's in the red picnic basket, Elizabeth? The one in the attic?" She seemed to thinkThen: "Any old pipe-dip"Any old pipedip Adie wantsIt was a startling, witchlike soundI fed her the rest of her breakfast pastry, piece by piece, and asked no more questions xiv When Wireman returned, he had a microcassette recorder"I hate to ask you to put that contract on tape, but I have t | | Sunday, December 19th, 2010 | | 4:12 pm |
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@@@@@Their faces felt swathed in velvet, and the @@@@@Their faces felt swathed in velvet, and the air they breathed was superheated, without refreshment, a combustible mixture which seemed to explode in their chestsThey shambled along, their heads lolling, sobbing loudly with rending sounds which lacerated their throatsAfter hours of this they were men walking through flame They carted Wilson as if they were wrestling with a stone, struggling forward with agony for fifty yards or a hundred or even two hundred, with the hasty scrambling motions of laborers moving a piano, and then they would set him down, and remain swaying on their feet, their shoulders heaving for the air they could not find under the leaden arch of the skyIn a minute, afraid to rest, feeling anchored to him, they would pick up the litter and labor forward for another short increment over the endless green and yellow hillsOn the upslopes they would bog down, remain holding him for seconds, their legs incapable of climbing any farther, and then they would strain upward again, advance a few more feet, and stand watching each other And in the places where they went downhill their thighs would quiver with the effort it took to brake themselves from dropping into a full run, and the muscles in their calves and around their shins would knot painfully, tempting them to stumble and lie motionless in the grass without moving for the rest of the day Wilson was conscious and in painEvery time they jolted him he would groan, and he was continually thrashing about on the litter, disturbing the balance and making them stumbleFrom time to time he would curse at them, and they writhed under itHis screams and shouts flicked through the layers of heat that played over them, goaded them on for a few additional yards "Goddammit, you men, Ah been watchin' ya, why in the hell cain't you treat a wounded man proper, jus' shakin' me up an' knockin' all the pus around inside, Stanley, you been doin' it jus' to give me the misery, Ah think it's a pretty low mean old thing jus' treatin' a buddy like this His voice would become thin, querulousEvery now and then he would scream from a sudden bump From pain, from the heat, he would blubber like a child"Ah wouldn' do to you like you been doin' to me He would lie back, his mouth open, his breath stirring in the arid cave of his throat like steam vibrating out of the spout of a kettle"Aw, men, take it easy, sonofabitch, men, take it easy "We're doin' what we can," Brown would croak "You men are actin' pretty piss-poorWilson ain't gonna forget And they would labor for another hundred yards, set him down, and gaze stupidly at each other Wilson's wound was throbbing painfullyThe muscles in his stomach were sore and exhausted from fighting against the pain, and a dry fever had settled in his bodyUnder the sun all his limbs had become leaden and aching, his chest and throat congested, completely | | Friday, December 17th, 2010 | | 4:11 pm |
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@@@@@“If even one soul is lost to your Jared or @@@@@“If even one soul is lost to your Jared or your Jamie, that is one soul too manyUntil there is total peace on this planet, my job will be justifiedAs long as there are Jareds surviving, I am needed to protect our kindAs long as there are Melanies leading souls around by the nose…” I turned my back on her and headed for my apartment with long strides that would force her to run if she wanted to keep up “Don't lose yourself, Wanderer!” she called after me“Time is running out for you!” She paused, then shouted more loudly“Inform me when I'm to start calling you Melanie!” Her voice faded as the space between us grewI knew she would follow at her own paceThis last uncomfortable week–seeing her face in the back of every class, hearing her footsteps behind me on the sidewalk every day–was nothing compared to what was comingShe was going to make my life a misery It felt as if Melanie were bouncing violently against the inner walls of my skull Let's get her cannedTell her higher-ups that she did something unacceptableIt's our word against hers – In a human world,I reminded her, almost sad that I didn't have access to that sort of recoursehere are no higher-ups, in that senseEveryone works together as equalsThere are those whom many report to, in order to keep the information organized, and councils who make decisions about that information, but they won't remove her from an assignment she wantsYou see, it works like – Who cares how it works if it doesn't help us? I know–let's kill her!A gratuitous image of my hands tightening around the Seeker's neck filled my head That sort of thing isexactlywhy my kind is better left in charge of this place Get off your high horseYou'd enjoy it as much as I wouldhe image returned, the Seeker's face turning blue in our imagination, but this time it was accompanied by a fierce wave of pleasurey statement was true; the image sickened meBut it was also perilously close to false–in that I would very much enjoy never seeing the Seeker again What do we do now? I'm not giving | | Friday, December 10th, 2010 | | 4:18 pm |
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“Bertram,” said Henry Crawford, “I shall @@@@@ “Bertram,” said Henry Crawford, “I shall make a point of coming to Mansfield to hear you preach your first sermonI shall come on 197 Jane Austen purpose to encourage a young beginnerWhen is it to be? Miss Price, will not you join me in encouraging your cousin? Will not you engage to attend with your eyes steadily fixed on him the whole time—as I shall do—not to lose a word; or only looking off just to note down any sentence preeminently beautiful? We will provide ourselves with tablets and a pencilWhen will it be? You must preach at Mansfield, you know, that Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram may hear you “I shall keep clear of you, Crawford, as long as I can,” said Edmund; “for you would be more likely to disconcert me, and I should be more sorry to see you trying at it than almost any other man “Will he not feel this?” thought Fanny“No, he can feel nothing as he ought The party being now all united, and the chief talkers attracting each other, she remained in tranquillity; and as a whist-table was formed after tea—formed really for the amusement of DrGrant, by his attentive wife, though it was not to be supposed so—and Miss Crawford took her harp, she had nothing to do but to listen; and her tranquillity remained undisturbed the rest of the evening, except when MrCrawford now and then addressed to her a question or observation, which she could not avoid answeringMiss Crawford was too much vexed by what had passed to be in a humour for anything but musicWith that she soothed herself and amused her friend The assurance of Edmund’s being so soon to take orders, coming upon her like a blow that had been suspended, and still hoped uncertain and at a distance, was felt with resentment and mortification She was very angry with himShe had thought her influence moreShe had begun to think of him; she felt that she had, with great regard, with almost decided intentions; but she would now meet him with his own cool feelingsIt was plain that he could have no serious views, no true attachment, by fixing himself in a situation which he must know she would never stoop toShe would learn to match him in his indifferenceShe would henceforth admit his attentions without any idea beyond immediate amusementIf he could so command his affections, hers should do her no harm 198 Mansfield Park CHAPTER XXIV HENRY CRAWFORD had quite made up his mind by the next morning to give another fortnight to Mansfield, and having sent for his hunters, and written a few lines of explanation to the Admiral, he looked round at his sister as he sealed and threw the letter from him, and seeing the coast clear of the rest of the family, said, with a smile, “And how do you think I mean to amuse myself, Mary, on the days that I do not hunt? I am grown too old to go out more than three times a week; but I have a plan for the intermediate days, and what do you think it is?” “To walk and ride with me, to be sure “Not exactly, though I shall be happy to do both, but that would be exercise only to my body, and I must take care of my mind Besides, that would be all recreation and indulgence, without the wholesome alloy of labour, and I do not like to eat the bread of idlenessNo, my plan is to make Fanny Price in love with me “Fanny Price! Nonsense! No, | | Monday, December 6th, 2010 | | 4:32 pm |
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