| You might say he?s a behind-the-scenes storefront lawyer, the ?stores? in his case being
saloons, pool halls and probably warehousesSince I?ve been where he?s at in the booze terrain,
he sounds straight arrow to meHe?s handling it better than I ever did
?If I could have managed better in that twilight zone, I might not haveThere?s something to be
said for the grape on many occasions
?What about his client??
?Awesome, and our once and former judge was an adjunct professor at Harvard Law, where
Gates was a student in two of his classesNo question about it, Prefontaine knows the manThere?s no reason for him to lieHe was simply after a score
?You?re following up on the client??
?With all the quiet ammunition I can pull tiffany and co. jewelry out of my personal woodworkHe?s our link to
CarlosThe Medusa connection was a false lead, a stupid attempt by a stupid general in the
Pentagon to put someone inside Gates?s inner legal circle
?You?re sure of that??
?I am nowGates is a highly paid consultant to a law firm representing a megadefense contractor
under antitrust scrutinyHe wouldn?t even return Swayne?s calls, which, if he did, would make him
more stupid than Swayne, which he isn?t
?That?s your problem, friend, not mineIf everything goes the way I intend it to go here, I don?t
even want to hear about Snake LadyIn fact, I can?t remember ever having heard of it
?Thanks for dumping it in my lap?and in a way I guess I mean thatIncidentally, the chanel leather bag grammarschool
notebook you grabbed from the gunslinger in Manassas has some interesting things in it
?Oh??
?Do you remember those three frequent fliers from the Mayflower?s registry who flew into
Philadelphia eight months ago and just happened to be at the hotel at the same time eight months
later??
?Certainly
?Their names are in Swayne?s Mickey Mouse loose-leafThey had nothing to do with Carlos;
they?re part of MedusaIt?s a mother lode of disconnected information
?I?m not interestedUse it in good health
?We will, and very quietlyThat notebook?ll be on the most wanted list in a matter of days
Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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?I?m happy for you, but I?ve got work to do
?And you refuse any help??
?AbsolutelyThis is what prada fringe I?ve been waiting thirteen years forIt?s what I said at the beginning,
it?s one on one
?High Noon, you goddamn fool??
?No, the logical extension of a very intellectual chess game, the player with the better trap wins,
and I?ve got that trap because I?m using hisHe?d smell out any deviation
?We trained you too well, scholar
?Thank you for that
?Good hunting, Delta Bourne hung up the phone and looked over at the two pathetically curious old men
on the couch?You passed a sleaze-factored muster, Judge,? he said to Prefontaine?And you,
?Jean Pierre,? what can I say? My own wife, who admits to me that you might very well have killed
her without the slightest compunction, tells me that I have to trust youNothing makes a hell hermes birkins of a
lot of sense, does it??
?I am what I am, and I did what I did,? said the disgraced attorney with dignity?But my client
has gone too farHis magisterial persona must come to an end in ashes
?My words are not so well phrased as those of my learned, newfound relative,? added the aged
hero of France?But I know the killing must stop; it?s what my woman tried to tell meI am a
hypocrite, of course, for I am no stranger to killing, so I shall only say that this kind of killing must
stopThere is no business arrangement here, no profit in the kill, only a sick madman?s vengeance
that demands the unnecessary death of a mother and her childrenWhere is the profit there? No,
the Jackal has gone too farHe, too, must now be gucci leather wallets stopp |
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