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?It is if you can?t rememberThe memory may be gone but not the fragments, not the?well, for
me they were In and out, in and out, but there
Conklin looked up at Bourne, a sad grin on his face?The pulsating bit,? he said
?Probably,? said Jason as both men in unison looked back at Marie and Panov?She?s talking
about me, you know that, don?t you??
?Why not? She?s concerned and he?s concerned
?I hate to think how many more concerns I?ll give them both
?What are you trying to tell me, David??
?Just thatDavid Webb doesn?t exist, not here, not nowHe?s an act I put on for
his wife, and I do it badlyI want her to go back to the States, to her children
?Her children? omega ladies watch She won?t do itShe came over to find you and she found youShe remembers
Paris thirteen years ago and she won?t leave youWithout her then you wouldn?t be alive today
?She?s an impediment
Alex looked up at the cold eyes of the creation once known as the Chameleon and spoke quietly
?You?re a fifty-year-old man, JasonThis isn?t Paris thirteen years ago or Saigon years before that
It?s now, and you need all the help you can getIf she thinks she can provide a measure of it, I for
one believe her
Bourne snapped his head down at Conklin?I?ll be the judge of who believes what
?That?s a touch extreme, pal
?You know what I mean,? said Jason, softening his tone?I don?t want to mulberry bags have happen here what
happened in Hong KongThat can?t be a problem for youLook, let?s get out of hereOur driver knows a little country restaurant in
Epernon, about six miles from here, where we can talkWe?ve got several things to go over
?Tell me,? said Bourne?Why Panov? Why did you bring Mo with you??
?Because if I hadn?t he would have put strychnine in my flu shot
?What the hell does that mean??
?Exactly what it saysHe?s a part of us, and you know it better than Marie or myself
?Something happened to him, didn?t it? Something happened to him because of me
?It?s over with and he?s back, that?s all you have to know now
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?It was Medusa, wasn?t it??
?Yes, but I repeat, he?s back, and outside of being a little tired, he?s okayA little country restaurant six miles from here, isn?t that what
your driver said??
?Yes, he knows Paris and everything around it thoroughly
?Who is he??
?A French Algerian who?s worked for the Agency for yearsCharlie Casset recruited him for us
He?s tough, knowledgeable and very well paid for bothAbove all, he can be trusted
?I suppose that?s good enough
?Don?t suppose, accept it
They sat in a booth at the rear of the small country inn, complete with a worn canopy, hard pine
banquettes and perfectly acceptable wineThe owner, an expansive, florid fat man, cartier watches women proclaimed the
cuisine to be extraordinary, but since no one could summon hunger, Bourne paid for four entr?es
just to keep the proprietor happyThe owner sent over two large carafes of good vin
ordinaire along with a bottle of mineral water, and stayed away from the table
?All right, Mo,? said Jason, ?you won?t tell me what happened, or who did it, but you?re still the
same functioning, overbearing, verbose medicine man with a chicken in his mouth we?ve known
for thirteen years, am I correct??
?Correct, you schizophrenic escapee from BellevueAnd in case you think I?m being heroic, let
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