” Peter continued slapping over the pages‘That... ” Peter continued slapping over the pages‘That Wall Street is
something ” Once more the DCI progressed through his legal pad‘Blondie
fruits’—the rest is garbledI heard it, but it didn’t make any sense to meAleksei Konsolikov?” Holland smiled“Underneath that Anglo-Saxon
exterior, education and all, beats the heart of a RussianYou’re not sensitive to what some of us
have to endure
“Huh?”
“I’m a WASP, and ‘blondie fruits’ is but one more pejorative description given us by, I must
admit, other trampled-upon minoritiesArmbruster, Swayne, Atkinson, Burton,
Teagarten—‘blondies’ allAnd Wall Street, certain firms in that originally WASP financial bastion,
at any
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“Medusa,” said Alex, nodding“Medusa and the Mafia
“We’ve got a telephone number!” Peter leaned forward on the couch“It was in the ledger
Bourne brought out of Swayne’s house
“I’ve tried it, remember? It’s an answering machine, that’s all it isWe can get a location
“To what end? Whoever picks up the messages does it by remote, and if he or she has half a
brain, it’s done from a public phoneThe relay is not only untraceable but capable of erasing all
other messages, so we can’t tap in
“You’re not very into high tech, are you, Field Man?”
“Let’s put it this way,” replied Conklin“I bought one of those VCRs so I could watch old
movies, and I can’t figure out how to turn off
women rolex watches the goddamn blinking clockI called the dealer and
he said, ‘Read the instructions on the interior panel I can’t find the interior panel
“Then let me explain what we can do to an answering machineWe can jam it externally
“Gee willikers, Sandy, what’s next for Orphan Annie? What the hell is that going to do? Other
than kill the sourceWe have the location from the numbers
“Oh?”
“Someone has to come and repair the machine
“We take him and find out who sent him there
“You know, Peter, you’ve got possibilitiesFor a neophyte, you understand, your current
outrageously undeserved position notwithstanding
“Sorry I can’t offer you a drink
Bryce Ogilvie, of the law firm Ogilvie,
cartier love Spofford, Crawford and Cohen, was dictating a highly
complex reply to the Justice Department’s antitrust division when his very private telephone line
rang; it rang only at his deskHe picked up the phone, pressed the green button and spoke rapidly
“Hold on,” he ordered, looking up at his secretary“Would you excuse me, please?”
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“Certainly, sir The secretary got out of her chair, walked across the large impressive office and
disappeared beyond the door
“Yes, what is it?” asked Ogilvie, returning to the phone
“The machine isn’t working,” said the voice on the sacrosanct line
“What happened?”
“I don’t knowAll I get is a busy
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“That’s the best equipment availablePerhaps someone was calling in when you called
“I’ve been trying for the past two hoursEven the best machines break down
“All right, send someone up to check it outUse one of the niggersNo white man would go up there
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It was shortly past midnight when Bourne got off the métro in ArgenteuilHe had divided the day
into segments, splitting the hours between the arrangements he had to make and looking for Marie,
going from one arrondissement to another, scouting every café, every shop, every large and small
hotel he could recall having been a part of their fugitive nightmare thirteen years
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