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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
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    of a feather, it was those twoShe wouldn't be surprised if they
    stopped in the middle of talking lumber prices to start talking about
    some fool book they'd readScarlett's eyes grew thoughtful
    She ought to send harriet Kelly to AtlantaShe'd be a perfect wife
    for AshleyThey omega deville watch were another two of a kind, living out of books,
    hopeless in the real worldharriet was a ninny in lots of ways, but
    she stuck by her obligations-she'd stayed with her no-good husband
    for
    nearly ten years-and she had her own kind of gumption
    It took a lot of sand to walk in to the commanding officer in broken
    shoes and beg for Danny Kelly's replica tiffany jewelry lifeAshley needed that kind of steel
    behind himhe needed somebody to take care of, too
    It couldn't be doing him any good having India and Aunt Pitty fussing
    over him all the timeWhat it was likely doing to Beau was too awful
    to think aboutBilly Kelly would teach him a thing or threeShe'd better send a box of smelling salts for Aunt
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    Cat would be heartbroken without BillyShe'd drooped for a week
    when
    Ocras ran away, and the tabby hadn't been one-tenth of what Billy
    was
    in her lifeBesides, harriet couldn't stand the heatNo, it
    wouldn't do at allScarlett bent her head to the account
    books againhe ve got to stop spending so much money," Scarlett
    said
    angrilyShe shook the Chanel Purse account book at Mrs"There's no
    reason on earth for feeding this army of servants when flour for bread
    costs a fortuneAt least half of them will have to be let goWhat
    good do they do, anyhow? And don't sing me that old song about
    having
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    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
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    on my fingersThat was the worst of it, thoughThe other bruises and scrapes were mild
    As I realized that, I was unexpectedly overwhelmed by reliefJared had had his chance to kill me and he had not used itHe'd gone after Jamie
    instead, to make things right between themSo cartier love whatever damage I was doing to their
    relationship, it was probably not irreparable
    It had been a long day–the day had already been long even before Jared and the others had
    shown up, and that seemed like eons agoI closed my eyes where I was and fell asleep on the
    rice
    CHAPTER 28
    Unenlightened
    It was disorienting to wake in the omega de ville absolute darkIn the past months, I'd gotten used to having
    the sun tell me it was morningAt first I thought it must still be night, but then, feeling the sting
    of my face and the ache of my back, I remembered where I was
    Beside me, I could hear the sound of quiet, even breathing; it did not frighten me, because it
    was the omega pocket watch most familiar of sounds hereI was not surprised that Jamie had crept back and slept
    beside me last night
    Maybe it was the change in my breathing that woke him; maybe it was just that our schedules
    had become synchronizedBut seconds after I was conscious, he gave a little gasp
    “Wanda?” he whispered
    He sighed in relief
    “It's black chanel bag really dark here,” he said
    “You think it's breakfast time yet?”
    “I don't know
    I didn't answer him
    He interpreted my silence correctly, as the balk it was“You don't have to hide out here,
    Wanda,” he said earnestly, after waiting a moment for me to speak“I talked to Jared last night
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    5:31 am
    @@@@@His neck had begun to pain him from the
    @@@@@His neck had begun to pain him from the tension with which he held himselfIt seemed to him that the hole was terribly open and that there was not enough protectionHe felt bitter that a man should have to stand guard in an open hole with only a machine gun before him
    There was a frantic scuffling behind the first wall of jungle and Roth ground his jaws together to keep from uttering a soundThe noises were coming closer like men creeping up, moving a few feet and then halting, before approaching another few feetHe fumbled around the tripod of the machine gun to find a grenade, and then held it in his hand wondering where to throw itThe grenade seemed extremely heavy, and he felt so weak that he doubted if he could hurl it more than ten yardsIn training he had been told the effective range of a grenade was thirty-five yards, and he was afraid now that he would be killed by his own grenadeHe replaced it beneath the machine gun, and just sat there
    His fear had to ebb after a timeFor perhaps half an hour he had been waiting for the noises to develop into something, and when nothing occurred, his confidence began to come backHe did not reason that if there were Japs they might spend two hours in advancing fifty yards toward him; because he could not bear the suspense, a part of him assumed that they could not either, and he became convinced there was nothing in the jungle but some animals scurrying aboutHe lay back in the hole with his shirt against the damp rear wall, and began to relaxHis nerves calmed slowly, rousing to a pitch of fear again every time some sudden noise came out of the jungle, but still becoming more and more composed like a receding tideAfter an hour had passed he grew sleepyHe thought of nothing, listened only to the profound pendant silence of the woodA mosquito began to sing about his ears and his neck, and he waited for it to bite him so that he could crush itIt made him think that there might be insects in the hole with him, and his body began to crawl, and for a few moments he was certain an ant was traveling down his backIt recalled to him the roaches that had infested the first apartment he had had when he was marriedHe remembered how he had reassured his wife, "There's nothing to worry about, ZeldaI can tell you from my studies that the roach is not too vicious a pest Zelda had got some idea that there must be bedbugs also, and no matter how many times he reassured her, "Zelda, roaches eat bedbugs," she would start up in bed, and grasp him with fear, "Herman, I know there's something biting me
    "But I tell you that's impossible
    "Don't tell me about your roaches," she would whisper angrily in the darkened bedroom"If roaches take care of bedbugs they have to get into the bed to do it, don't they?"
    Roth felt a mingled pleasure and wistfulness in remembe
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    5:39 am
    @@@@@But it was possible to part with her,
    @@@@@But it was possible to part with
    her, because Susan remained to supply her placeSusan became the
    stationary niece, delighted to be so; and equally well adapted for it
    by a readiness of mind, and an inclination for usefulness, as Fanny
    had been by sweetness of temper, and strong feelings of gratitude
    Susan could never be sparedFirst as a comfort to Fanny, then as an
    auxiliary, and last as her substitute, she was established at Mansfield,
    with every appearance of equal permanencyHer more fearless disposition
    and happier nerves made everything easy to her thereWith
    quickness in understanding the tempers of those she had to deal
    with, and no natural timidity to restrain any consequent wishes, she
    was soon welcome and useful to all; and after Fanny’s removal succeeded
    so naturally to her influence over the hourly comfort of her
    aunt, as gradually to become, perhaps, the most beloved of the two
    In her usefulness, in Fanny’s excellence, in William’s continued good
    conduct and rising fame, and in the general well-doing and success
    of the other members of the family, all assisting to advance each
    other, and doing credit to his countenance and aid, Sir Thomas saw
    repeated, and for ever repeated, reason to rejoice in what he had
    done for them all, and acknowledge the advantages of early hardship
    and discipline, and the consciousness of being born to struggle
    and endure
    With so much true merit and true love, and no want of fortune
    and friends, the happiness of the married cousins must appear as
    secure as earthly happiness can beEqually formed for domestic
    life, and attached to country pleasures, their home was the home of
    affection and comfort; and to complete the picture of good, the
    acquisition of Mansfield living, by the death of DrGrant, occurred
    just after they had been married long enough to begin to want an
    increase of income, and feel their distance from the paternal abode
    an inconvenience
    On that event they removed to Mansfield; and the Parsonage there,
    414
    Mansfield Park
    which, under each of its two former owners, Fanny had never been
    able to approach but with some painful sensation of restraint or
    alarm, soon grew as dear to her heart, and as thoroughly perfect in
    her eyes, as everything else within the view and patronage of
    Mansfield Park had long beenhis will be over soon, and then I can go home to TaraScarlett O
    'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler stood alone, a few steps away from the
    other mourners at Melanie Wilkes' burialIt was raining, and the
    black-clad men and women held black umbrellas over their heads
    They leaned on one another, the women weeping, sharing shelter and
    griefScarlett shared her umbrella with no one, nor her griefThe
    gusts of wind within the rain blew stinging cold wet rivulets under the
    umbrella, down her neck, but she was unaware of themShe felt
    nothing, she was numbed by lossShe would mourn later, when she
    could
    stand the painShe held it away from her, all pain, all feeling, all
    thinkingExcept for the words that repeated again and again in her
    mind, the words that promised healing from the pain to come and
    strength to survive until she was healedThis will be over soon, and
    then I can go home to Taraashes to ashes, dust to dust
    The minister's voice penetrated the shell of numbness, the words
    registeredNo! Scarlett cried silen
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@ “Oh, my God,” whispered the judge“May I
    @@@@@
    “Oh, my God,” whispered the judge“May I have a drink, please?”
    John St“Ronald!”
    “Yes, boss-mon!” cried from within the guard whose strong hands had held his employer’s
    shoulders an hour ago in Villa Twenty
    “Bring us some whisky and brandy, pleaseThe bar should be stocked
    The orange sun in the east suddenly took fire, its rays penetrating what was left of the sea mists
    of dawnThe silence around the table was broken by the soft, heavily accented words of the old
    Frenchman“I am not used to such service,” he said, looking aimlessly beyond the railing of the
    balcony at the progressively bright waters of the Caribbean“When something is asked for, I
    always think the task should be mine
    “Not anymore,” said Marie quietly, then after a beat, adding, “
    “I suppose one could live with that name
    “Why not here?”
    “Qu’est-ce que vous dites, madame?”
    “Think about itParis might not be any less dangerous for you than the streets of Boston for our
    judge
    The judge in question was lost in his own aimless reverie as several bottles, glasses and a bucket
    of ice were brought to the tableWith no hesitation, Prefontaine reached out and poured himself an
    extravagant drink from the bottle nearest him“I must ask a question or two,” he said emphatically
    “Is that proper?”
    “Go ahead,” replied Marie“I’m not sure I can or will answer you, but try me
    “The gunshots, the spray paint on the wall—my ‘cousin’ here says the red paint and the words
    were by his instructions—”
    “They were, mon amiThe loud firing of the guns as well
    “Why?”
    “Everything must be as it is expected to beThe gunshots were an additional element to draw
    attention to the event that was to take place
    “Why?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    132
    “A lesson we learned in the Résistance—not that I was ever a ‘Jean Pierre Fontaine,’ but I did
    my small partIt was called an accentuation, a positive statement making clear that the
    underground was responsible for the actionEveryone in the vicinity knew i
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@ Scarlett laughed, deep in her throatAn
    @@@@@
    Scarlett laughed, deep in her throatAn orangutan in fine clothes,
    was she? No, she was not, and the pile of invitations proved it
    She was The O'hara of Ballyhara, Irish and proud of itShe was an
    original! It made no difference that Luke was in DublinLet him
    sneer all he likedShe could look him in the eye without fear or
    shame, and be damned to himShe sorted through the pile, picking
    and
    choosing, and a tiny bubble of excitement rose in her heartIt was
    nice to be wanted, nice to wear pretty gowns and dance in pretty
    rooms
    So what if the social world of Dublin was Anglo? She knew enough
    now
    to recognize that Society's smiles and frowns, rules and
    transgressions, honors and ostracisms, triumphs and losses, were all
    part of a gameNone of it was important, none of it mattered to the
    world of reality outside the gilded ballrooms
    But games were made to be played, and she was a good playerShe
    was
    glad, after all, that she'd come to Dublin
    Scarlett learned immediately that the Earl of Fenton's presence in
    Dublin had set off a frenzy of excitement and speculation"My dear,"
    said May Taplow, "even in London people can talk of nothing else
    Everyone knows Fenton considers Dublin a thirdrate provincial
    outpost
    His house hasn't been opened for decadesWhy in the world is he
    here?"
    "I can't imagine," Scarlett replied, relishing the thought of May's
    reaction if she told herFenton seemed to turn up every place she
    wentScarlett - him with cool good manners and ignored the
    expression
    of tuous confidence in his eyesAfter the first encounter she didn't
    fill with anger when she chanced to meet his gazehe had no to hurt
    her any moreBut she was pierced by pain again and
    when she glimpsed the back of a tall dark-haired man clad in - or
    brocade, and it turned out to be FentonFor Scarlett looked Rhett in
    every crowdNe'd been at the Castle the year before, wú not this year
    this room? But it was always Fento
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    5:31 am
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    “Uh, Doc, there really isn't enough for that,” Jared murmured
    I looked up from Walter's face, peaceful at lastJared had his back to me, but I could see the
    surprise in Doc's expression
    “Enough for what? I'm not going to save this for a rainy day, JaredI'm sure we'll wish we had
    it again, and too soon, but I'm not vintage hermes going to let Walter scream in agony while I have a way to
    help him!”
    “That's not what I meant,” Jared saidHe spoke the way he did when he'd already thought
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    Doc frowned, confused
    “There's enough to stop the pain for maybe three or four days, that's Chloe Purse all,” Jared said“If you
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    I didn't understand what Jared was saying, but Doc didHe turned to look at Walter again, and I saw a rim of fresh tears start to pool
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    I wanted to know what they were talking about, but Jared's omega geneve presence made me silent, brought
    back the reserve I rarely felt the need for anymore
    “You can't save himYou can only save him pain, DocHis voice broke, like he was holding back a sob
    What's going on?I askedAs long as Melanie was going to be around, I might as well make use
    of her
    They're going to kill Walter,she told tiffany wholesale me matter-of-factlyhere's enough morphine to give him
    an overdose
    My gasp sounded loud in the quiet room, but it was really just a breathI didn't look up to see
    how the two healthy men would reactMy own tears pooled as I leaned over Walter's pillow
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@ The Time Machine: SAM CROFT THE
    @@@@@


    The Time Machine:
    SAM CROFT THE HUNTER

    A lean man of medium height but he held himself so erectly he appeared tallHis narrow triangular face was utterly without expressionThere seemed nothing wasted in his hard small jaw, gaunt firm cheeks and straight short noseHis gelid eyes were very bluehe was efficient and strong and usually empty and his main cast of mind was a superior contempt toward nearly all other menHe hated weakness and he loved practically nothingThere was a crude unformed vision in his soul but he was rarely conscious of it

    No, but why is Croft that way?
    Oh, there are answersHe is that way because of the corruption-of-the-societyHe is that way because the devil has claimed him for one of his ownIt is because he is a Texan; it is because he has renounced God
    He is that kind of man because the only woman he ever loved cheated on him, or he was born that way, or he was having problems of adjustment
    Croft's father, Jesse Croft, liked to say, "Well, now, my Sam is a mean boyI reckon he was whelped mean And then Jesse Croft, thinking of his wife who was ailing, a weak woman sweet and mild, might add, " 'Course Sam got mother's milk if ever a one did, but Ah figger it turned sour for him 'cause that was the only way his stomach would take it Then he would cackle and blow his nose into his hand and wipe it on the back of his pale-blue dungarees(Standing before his dirty wood barn, the red dry soil of western Texas under his feet "Why, Ah 'member once Ah took Sam huntin', he was only an itty-bitty runt, not big enough to hold up the gun hardlybut he was a mean shot from the beginningAnd Ah'll tell ya, he just didn't like to have a man interfere with himThat was one thing could always rile him, even when he was an itty-bitty bastard
    "Couldn't stand to have anyone beat him in anythin'
    "Never could lick himAh'd beat the piss out o' him, and he'd never make a soundJus' stand there lookin' at me as if he was fixin' to wallop me back, or maybe put a bullet in mah he
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    5:39 am
    @@@@@If it hasn't already; I don't even
    @@@@@If it hasn't already; I don't even know
    what the date of today isScarlett sat with a thump in the chair Wade
    was holdingShe hoped he'd be able to tell her what she needed to
    knowBut first she'd eat breakfastMy mouth's watering so, I feel
    like I'm gargling"Thank you, Wade Hampton," she said absently
    The
    ham looked perfect, richly pink and juicy with crisply browned fat
    rimming itShe dropped her napkin in her lap without bothering to
    unfold it and picked up her knife and fork"Mother?" Wade said
    cautiously"Um?" Scarlett cut into the ham"May I please go help
    Uncle Will in the fields?" Scarlett broke a cardinal rule of table
    manners and talked with food in her mouthThe ham was delicious Her hands were busy cutting another bite"Me,
    too," Ella piped up"Me, too," echoed Suellen's Susie"You're not
    invited," said Wade"Fields are man's businessGirls stay in the
    house
    "Now look what you've done!" Suellen said to Scarlett"Me? It's not
    my child making all that noise Scarlett always meant to avoid
    quarrels with Suellen when she came to Tara, but the habits of a
    lifetime were too strongThey had begun fighting as babies and had
    never really stoppedBut I'm not going to let her ruin the first meal
    I've been hungry for in who knows how long, Scarlett said to herself,
    and she concentrated on swirling butter evenly through the gleaming
    white mound of grits on her plateShe didn't even lift her eyes when
    Wade followed Will out the door and Ella's wails joined Susie's"Hush
    up, both of you," Suellen said loud
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@He must have been a tourist—a tourist on
    @@@@@He must have been a tourist—a tourist on assignment Naturally,
    there wasn’t any identificationHenry’s shipped him off to ’Serrat
    “How many here know what’s going on?”
    “Outside of the staff, there are only fourteen guests, and no one’s got a clueI’ve sealed off the
    chapel—the word is storm damageAnd even those who have to know something—like the doctor
    and the two guys from Toronto—they don’t know the whole story, just pieces, and they’re friendsThe others are heavy into island rum
    “What about the gunshots at the chapel?”
    “What about the loudest and lousiest steel band in the islands? Also, you were a thousand feet
    away in the woodsLook, David, most everyone’s left but some diehards who wouldn’t stay here
    if they weren’t old Canadian buddies showing me loyalty, and a few casuals who’d probably take a
    vacation in TeheranWhat can I tell you except that the bar is doing a hell of a business
    “It’s like a mystifying charade,” murmured Bourne, again carefully arching his neck and staring
    at the ceiling“Figures in silhouette playing out disconnected, violent events behind white screens,
    nothing really making sense, everything’s whatever you want it to be
    “That’s a little much for me, ProfessorWhat’s your point?”
    “Terrorists aren’t born, Johnny, they’re made, schooled in a curriculum you won’t find in any
    academic catalogLeaving aside the reasons why they are what they are—which can range from a
    justifiable cause to the psychopathic megalomania of a Jackal—you keep the charades going
    because they’re playing out their ownJacques frowned in bewilderment
    “So you control your players, telling them what to act out but not why
    “That’s what we’re doing here and that’s what Henry’s doing out on the water all around
    Tranquility
    “Is he? Are we?”
    “Hell, yes
    “I thought I was too, but I was wrongI overestimated a big clever kid doing a simple, harmless
    job and underestimated a humble, frightened priest who took thirty pieces of silver
    “What are you talking about?”
    “Ishmael and Brother SamuelSamuel must have witnessed the torture of a child through the
    eyes of Torquemada
    “Turkey who?”
    “The point is we don’t really know the playersThe guards, for instance, the ones you brought to
    the chapel—”
    “I’m not a fool, David,” protested S
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@ 146 "All right, smartyThe only fly in the
    @@@@@
    146
    "All right, smartyThe only fly in the ointment
    is the sound the tide makes when it comes inI
    woke up in the middle of the night and almost
    screamed before I realized it was the shells
    moving around in the waterI mean, that's it,
    right? Please tell me that's itWhat did you think it was?"
    She actually shiveredwas skeletons on paradeHundreds,
    marching around the house
    I'd never thought of it that way, but I knew what
    she meant"I find it sort of soothing
    She gave a small and doubtful shrugAre you ready to go back? I
    could scramble us some eggsEven throw in some
    peppers and mushrooms
    "I haven't seen you off your crutch for so long
    since the accident
    "I hope to be walking a quarter-mile south along
    the beach by the middle of January"A quarter of a mile and back?"
    147
    I shook my headJust a quarter of a mile
    I plan to glide back I extended my arms to
    demonstrate
    She snorted, started toward the house again, then
    paused as a point of light heliographed in our
    direction from the southThe
    two specks were down there
    "People," Ilse said, shading her eyesMy only neighbors, right nowAt
    least, I think so
    "Have you met them?"
    "NopeAll I know is that it's a man and a woman
    in a wheelchair
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    5:29 am
    @@@@@ “Oh, Wanda! Oh, Jared!” he sobbed“Wes is
    @@@@@
    “Oh, Wanda! Oh, Jared!” he sobbed“Wes is dead! He'sdead! The Seeker killed him!”
    CHAPTER 49
    Interrogated
    Ikilled Wes
    My hands, scratched and bruised and painted with purple dust in the course of the frantic
    unloading, might as well have been painted red with his blood
    Wes was dead, and it was as much my fault as if I'd pulled the trigger myself
    All of us but five were gathered in the kitchen now that the truck was unloaded, eating some of
    the perishables we'd picked up on the final shopping trip–cheese and fresh bread with milk–and
    listening to Jeb and Doc as they explained everything to Jared, Ian, and Kyle
    I sat a little space away from the others, my head in my hands, too numb with grief and guilt to
    ask questions the way they didHe patted my back now and then
    Wes was already buried in the dark grotto beside WalterHe had died four days ago, the night
    that Jared and Ian and I had sat watching the family in the parkI would never see my friend
    again, never hear his voice…
    Tears splashed on the stone beneath me, and Jamie's pats increased in tempo
    Andy and Paige were not here
    They'd driven the truck and the van back to their hiding placesThey would take the jeep from
    there to its usual rough garage, and then they'd have to walk the rest of the way homeThey
    would be back before sunrise
    “She's not… doing so well,” Jamie had murmured when he'd caught me scanning the room for
    herI didn't want to know any moreI could imagine well enough
    Aaron and Brandt were not here
    Brandt now bore a smooth, pink, circular scar in the hollow space beneath his left collarbone
    The bullet had missed his heart and lungs by a hair and then burrowed halfway through his
    shoulder blade trying to escapeDoc had used most of the Heal getting it out of him
    Wes's bullet had been better aimedIt had pierced his high olive-skinned forehead and blown
    out the back of his headThere was nothing Doc could have done, even if he'd been right there
    with them, a gallon of Heal at his disposal
    Brandt, who now carried in a holster on his hip a boxy, heavy trophy from the encounter, was
    with Aar
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@"All right, take anybody you want He lit a
    @@@@@"All right, take anybody you want He lit a cigarette, and stared at his leggings, dismissing Croft
    Around them, the men were pacing moodily through the hollow, agitated, a little hysterical from the suddenness of the ambush and the discovery that Wilson had been lostThey snapped at each other irritably
    Brown and Red were having an argument"You bastards weren't in the field, you were sitting there behind that goddam rockCouldn't you even keep your fuggin heads up high enough to see if anybody got hit?" Red swore
    "What the hell are you talkin' about, Red? If it hadn't been for us covering you guys, you all woulda been knocked off
    "Aaah, balls, you yellow bastards, ducking down behind that rock
    Red slapped his forehead"Jesus Christ, Wilson, of all the guys to be lost
    Gallagher wandered back and forth, smacking his hand against his forehead"How the fug did we lose him?" he demanded"Where is he?"
    "Sit down, Gallagher," Stanley shouted
    "All you men can just shut your mouth," Croft snapped"Pack of goddam women He stood up and looked at them"I'm gonna take a few men back to find WilsonWho wants to go?" Red nodded, and Gallagher nodded his head in agreement
    The others were silent for a perceptible second or two"Shoot, Ah might as well go," Ridges announced
    "I want one more man
    "I'll go," Brown said
    "I ain't taking any noncomsThe Lootenant'll be needing y
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@Jamie's two sons were so much alike that
    @@@@@Jamie's two
    sons were so much alike that she could hardly believe that Daniel, at
    twenty-one, was almost three years older than BrianWhen she
    smiled
    at Brian and said as much, he blushed as only a redhead can
    The only other young man began to tease him unmercifully, but he
    stopped when the pink-cheeked girl next to him put her hand on his
    and
    said, "Stop it, GeraldPa would be so pleased
    to know that big handsome fellow was named after himHe called the
    girl Polly, and they're so shiny with love they must be
    fresh-married
    And Patricia's being mighty bossy to the one Jamie called Billy, so
    they must be husband and wife, tooBut Scarlett had little time to
    listen for the names of the othersEveryone, it seemed, wanted to
    talk to herAnd everything she said was cause for exclamation,
    repetition, admirationShe found herself telling Daniel and Jamie all
    about her store, Polly and Patricia about her dressmaker, Uncle James
    about the Yankees setting Tara on fireShe talked mostly about her
    lumber business and how she'd built it from one small mill into two
    mills, lumberyards, and now a whole village of new houses on the
    edge
    of AtlantaEveryone was loudly approvingAt last Scarlett had found
    people who didn't think that talking about money was tabooThey
    were
    like she was, willing to work hard and determined to make money
    from
    itShe had already made hers, and they told her she was wonderful
    She couldn't imagine why she had ever wanted to leave this marvelous
    party and go back to the deadly quiet at her grandfather's house
    "Will you give us some music, then, Daniel, if you've finished eating
    most of your sister's cake?" said Maureen when Jamie uncorked a
    bottle
    of whiskey, and suddenly everyone except Uncle James was up and
    moving
    around in what seemed to be a practiced routineDaniel began
    playing
    a rapid, squeaking tune on the fiddle and the others shouted criticism
    while the women quickly cleared the table and the men moved the
    furniture back against the walls, leaving Scarlett and her uncle
    sitting as if on an islandJamie presented James with a glass of
    whiskey and waited, half bent, for the old man's opinion"It'll do,"
    was the judgment"Indeed I hope so, old man, for
    we
    have no other kind Scarlett tried to catch Jamie's eye, failed,
    finally called out to get his attentionEveryone was pulling chairs into a circle around
    the fire, and the smaller children were taking places on the floor at
    the adults' feetObviously they were getting ready for the musicale,
    and once it started, it would be terribly rude to get up and goJamie
    stepped over a small boy to get to Scarle
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    5:30 am
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    “So many inconsequential things that a person might not consider significant, but they can be
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    Remember, many of our candidates, and all of the younger ones, are trained in self-defense, but
    depending upon the circumstances, it may not be advisable to use those skillsQuestions of
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    “What does that mean?”
    “Learn always, but never appear to be learningFor example, a favorite of mine is to approach
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    disgruntled government worker or perhaps an inebriated defense contractor—obviously someone
    with access to information—and start ladlin’ out classified material of recognized value
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    react?”
    “Listen carefully and be prepared to write down every salient fact, all the while feigning total
    lack of interest and offering such remarks as”—here the Novgorod graduate’s Southern dialect
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    “Then what?”
    “Later, each man is chloe white called in and told to list everything he learned—fact by salient fact
    “What about passing along the information? Are there training procedures for that?”
    Jason’s Soviet instructor had stared at him in silence for several moments from the adjacent seat
    in the small plane“I’m sorry you had to ask the question,” he said slowly“I’ll have to report it
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    412
    “I didn’t have to ask it, I was simply curious
    “Do you trust Krupkin?”
    “Of course I doHe’s brilliant, a multilingual phenomenonA true hero of the Komitet
    You don’t know the half of it, thought Bourne, bags dolce and gabbana but he said, with even a trace of reverence, “Then
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    government; instead, it owes meSpeakin’ of yourself, let’s get to youWith Dimitri’s authority I’ve made
    arrangements for your visit to Novgorod—please don’t tell me your objective; it’s not in my
    purview any more than the question you asked is in yoursThe arrangements?”
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
    5:51 am
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    @@@@@Not
    particularly concerned with my almost-twenty-yearold
    daughter's love life
    573
    "No," she said, "I think that's off Only five
    words, and little ones at that, but in those five
    words I heard the different, older Illy, one who
    might in the not-so-distant future be at home in a
    business suit and pantyhose and pumps with
    practical three-quarter heels, who might wear her
    hair tied back at the nape of her neck during the
    day and perhaps carry a briefcase down airport
    concourses instead of wearing a Gap-sack on her
    backNot an If-So-Girl any longer; you could
    strike any if from this vision
    "The whole thing, or-"
    "That remains to be seen
    "I don't mean to pry, honeyIt's just that
    enquiring Dads-"
    " - want to know, of course they do, but I can't
    help you this timeAll I know right now is that I
    still love him - or at least I think I do - and I
    miss him, but he's got to make a choice
    At this point, Pam would have asked Between you
    and the girl he's been singing with? What I asked
    was, "Are you eating?"
    She burst into peals of merry laughter
    "Answer the question, Illy
    574
    "Like a damn pig!"
    "Then why aren't you out to lunch now?"
    "A bunch of us are going to have a picnic in the
    park, that's whyComplete with anthro study notes
    and FrisbeeI'm bringing the cheese and French
    breadAs long as you're eating and not brooding
    in your tent
    "Eating well, brooding moderately Her voice
    changed again, became the adult oneThe abrupt
    switches back and forth were disconcerting
    "Sometimes I lie awake a little, and then I think
    of you down thereDo you lie awake?"
    "Sometimes
    "Daddy, was marrying Mom a mistake you made? That
    she made? Or was it just an accident?"
    "It wasn't an accident and it wasn't a mistake
    Twenty-four good years, two fine daughters, and
    we're still talkingIt wasn't a mistake, Illy
    "You wouldn't change it?"
    People kept asking me that question
    "If you could go backwould you?"
    575
    I paused, but not lon
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    5:33 am
    @@@@@At the White House, matters must be better
    @@@@@At the White House, matters must be better looked
    26
    Mansfield Park
    afterI must live within my income, or I shall be miserable; and I
    own it would give me great satisfaction to be able to do rather more,
    to lay by a little at the end of the year
    “I dare say you willYou always do, don’t you?”
    “My object, Lady Bertram, is to be of use to those that come after
    meIt is for your children’s good that I wish to be richerI have
    nobody else to care for, but I should be very glad to think I could
    leave a little trifle among them worth their having
    “You are very good, but do not trouble yourself about themThey
    are sure of being well provided forSir Thomas will take care of that
    “Why, you know, Sir Thomas’s means will be rather straitened if
    the Antigua estate is to make such poor returns
    “Oh! that will soon be settledSir Thomas has been writing about
    it, I know
    “Well, Lady Bertram,” said MrsNorris, moving to go, “I can
    only say that my sole desire is to be of use to your family: and so, if
    Sir Thomas should ever speak again about my taking Fanny, you
    will be able to say that my health and spirits put it quite out of the
    question; besides that, I really should not have a bed to give her, for
    I must keep a spare room for a friend
    Lady Bertram repeated enough of this conversation to her husband
    to convince him how much he had mistaken his sister-in-law’s
    views; and she was from that moment perfectly safe from all expectation,
    or the slightest allusion to it from himHe could not but
    wonder at her refusing to do anything for a niece whom she had
    been so forward to adopt; but, as she took early care to make him, as
    well as Lady Bertram, understand that whatever she possessed was
    designed for their family, he soon grew reconciled to a distinction
    which, at the same time that it was advantageous and complimentary
    to them, would enable him better to provide for Fanny himself
    Fanny soon learnt how unnecessary had been her fears of a removal;
    and her spontaneous, untaught felicity on the discovery, conveyed
    some consolation to Edmund for his disappointment in what
    he had expected to be so essentially serviceable to herNorris
    took possession of the White House, the Grants arrived at the Parsonage,
    and these events over, everything at Mansfield went on for
    some time as usual
    27
    Jane Austen
    The Grants showing a disposition to be friendly and sociable, gave
    great satisfaction in the main among their new acquaintanceThey
    had their faults, and MrsNorris soon found them outThe Doctor
    was very fond of eating, and would have a good dinner every day;
    and MrsGrant, instead of contriving to gratify him at little expense,
    gave her cook as high wages as they did at Mansfield Park,
    and was scarcely ever seen in her officesNorris could not
    speak with any temper of such grievances, nor of the quantity of
    butter and eggs that were regularly consumed in the house“Nobody
    loved plenty and hospitality more than herself; nobody more
    hated pitiful doings; the Parsonage, she believed, had never been
    wanting in comforts of any sort, had never borne a bad character in
    her time, but this was a way of going on that she could not underst
    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@ An insect crawled sluggishly over his desk
    @@@@@
    An insect crawled sluggishly over his desk and he flicked it offJust what in the Sam Hill was he going to do? By tonight everything would be a shamblesNobody would know where anybody else was, and they'd never get all the wire laid straightThe radios would probably be out from static or some lousy hillThey always were when you needed themUntil now this thing had been kept within bounds but he would have to bring in Mooney, the signal officer, and G-4 was already tied up with transportationIntelligence would have to stay up all night with himOf all the days to have to put in a session of work like thisIf it came to nothing he'd never hear the end of it
    The Major felt like laughingHe had the involuntary stupid merriment of a man who has pitched a pebble down a hill and watched it magnify itself into an avalancheWhy couldn't the General be here? As a corollary of all this he could feel the added activity about himEveryone was working in the operations tent, and he could see men moving back and forth through the bivouac all obviously on errandsFar away, he could hear the rumble of a convoy of trucks disturbing the languid tropical airHe had set all this in motionHe could not really believe it
    The cheese he munched was dryLooking out from the tent he could still see some men drowsing in their pup tents, and it enraged himBut there was no time to fix thatEverything was getting out of controlThe Major felt as if he were holding a dozen packages in his arms and the first few were beginning to work loose alreadyHow much would he have to juggle?
    And the artilleryThat would have to be co-ordinated tooThe machine was coming apart, gears and springs and bolts were popping out at every momentHe hadn't even thought of the artille
    Monday, December 6th, 2010
    5:41 am
    @@@@@"I'm not going out in that," the midwife
    @@@@@"I'm not going out in
    that," the midwife howled "Put her in another
    room, then, but get her out of hereAnd when she's away, Colum, go
    bring the smithHe doctors animals; a woman can't be that
    different
    Colum had the cringing midwife by the upper armLightning scored
    the
    sky above, and she screamedHe shook her like a rag"Quiet
    yourself, womanFitzpatrick with dull hopeless
    eyes"He'll not come, Rosaleen, no one will come now it's darkHave
    you forgot what night this is?" MrsFitzpatrick wiped Scarlett's
    temples and cheeks with a cool damp cloth"If you don't bring him,
    Colum, I'll do itI've a knife and a pistol in the desk at your
    houseIt only needs showing him there's more certain things to fear
    than ghosts Joseph O 'Neill, the blacksmith, crossed
    himselfHis face glistened with sweatHis black hair was plastered
    to his head from walking through the storm, but the sweat was fresh
    "I've doctored a horse once, same as this, but a woman I cannot do
    such
    violence to He looked down at Scarlett and shook his head"It's
    against nature, I cannot There were lamps along the edges of all the
    sinks, and lightning flashing one jagged bolt after anotherThe huge
    kitchen was brighter than day, save for the shadowed cornersThe
    storm raging outside seemed to be attacking the thick stone walls of
    the house"You've got to do it, man, else she'll
    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
    5:31 am
    @@@@@“Well, it does certainly make this
    @@@@@“Well, it does certainly make this assignment drag onHistory was
    never of much interest to me, but it looks like I'm in for a full course now
    “You just said that it was probably too late to get any more from her memories,” I reminded
    her, struggling to make my voice calm“Why don't you go back to wherever you belong?”
    She shrugged and smiled a tight smile“I'm sure itis too late… for voluntary informationBut if
    you don't cooperate, she might just lead me to them yet
    “Leadyou?”
    “When she takes full control, and you're no better than that weakling, once Racing Song, now
    KevinRemember him? The one who attacked the Healer?”
    I stared at her, eyes wide, nostrils flared
    “Yes, it's probably just a matter of timeYour Comforter didn't tell you the statistics, did she?
    Well, even if she did, she wouldn't have the latest information thatwe have access toThe
    long-term success rate for situations such as yours–once a human host begins to resist–is under
    twenty percentDid you have any idea it was so bad? They're changing the information they
    give potential settlersThere will be no more adult hosts offeredThe risks are too greatIt won't be long before she's talking to you, talking through you, controlling your
    decisions
    I hadn't moved an inch or relaxed a muscleThe Seeker leaned in, stretched up on her toes to
    put her face closer to mineHer voice turned low and smooth in an attempt to sound persuasive
    “Is that what you want, Wanderer? To lose? To fade away, erased by another awareness? To be
    no better than a host body?”
    I couldn't breatheYou won't beyou anymoreShe'll beat you, and you'll disappearMaybe
    someone will intervene Maybe they'll move you like they did KevinAnd you'll become some
    child named Melanie who likes to tinker with cars rather than compose musicOr whatever it is
    she do
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