| I just used a few code words that triggered responses from Armbruster and Ambassador
Atkinson in London, nothing substantiveYou?ve got the fuller picture firsthand
They?ll have to talk to you
?And put the Jackal on a back burner??
?Just for a day, two at the mostBecause it doesn?t work that way and you know it! Once I?m back there I?m
their only material witness, shunted from one closed interrogation to another; and if I refuse to
cooperate, I?m in custodyI?ve got only one priority and he?s in Paris!?
?Listen to me,? said Conklin?There are some things I can control, others I can?tWe needed
Charlie Casset and he helped us, but he?s not someone you can con, nor would I want toHe knows
DeSole?s death was no accident?a man with night blindness doesn?t take a five-hour drive at four
o?clock in the morning?and he also knows that we know a lot cartier swiss watches more about DeSole and Brussels
than we?re telling himIf we want the Agency?s help, and we need it for things like getting you on
a military or a diplomatic flight into France, and God knows what else when you?re there, I can?t
ignore CassetHe?ll step on us and by his lights, he should
Bourne was silent; only his breathing was heard?I see where we?re atYou
tell Casset that if he gives us whatever we ask for now, we?ll give him?no, I?ll give him; keep
yourself cleaner than me?enough information for the Department of Justice to go after some of the
biggest fish in the government, assuming Justice isn?t part of Snake LadyYou might add that?ll
include the location of a cemetery that might prove enlightening
It was Conklin?s turn to be silent for a moment?He may want more than that, considering your
current pursuitsOkay, add that when I get to new rolex watches Paris I?ll hire a stenographer and
dictate everything I know, everything I?ve learned, and send it to youI?ll trust Saint Alex to carry
it from thereMaybe a page or two at a time to keep them cooperative
?I?ll handle that partNow Paris, or close byFrom what I recall, Montserrat?s near Dominica
and Martinique, isn?t it??
?Less than an hour to each, and Johnny knows every pilot on the big island
?Martinique?s French, we?ll go with thatI know people in the Deuxi?me BureauGet down
there and call me from the airport terminalI?ll have made the arrangements by thenThere?s a last item, AlexShe and the children will be back here this
afternoonCall her and tell her I?m covered with all the firepower in Paris
?You lying son of a bitch??
?Do it!?
?Of course I willOn that score and not lying, if I live through the day, I?m having dinner with
Mo Panov at speedy louis vuitton his place tonightHe?s a terrible cook, but he thinks he?s the Jewish Julia ChildI?d
like to bring him up to date; he?ll go crazy if I don?tWithout him we?d both be in padded cells chewing rawhide
The next day at 10:25 in the morning, Washington time, DrMorris Panov, accompanied by his
guard, walked out of Walter Reed Hospital after a psychiatric session with a retired army lieutenant
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suffering from the aftereffects of a training exercise in Georgia that took the lives of twenty-odd
recruits under his command eight weeks beforeThere was not much Mo could do; the man was
guilty of competitive overachievement, military style, and had to live with his guiltThe fact that he
was a financially privileged black and a graduate of West Point did not helpMost of the twenty
dead recruits were also black and tiffany heart drop earrings they had been underprivileged
Panov, muddling over the available options with his patient, looked at his guard, suddenly
startled?You?re a new man, aren?t you? I mean, I thought I knew all of youWe?re often reassigned on short notice, keeps all of us on our toes
?Habit-oriented anticipation?it can lull anybody The psychiatrist continued across the
pavement to where his armor-plated car was usually waiting for himIt was a different vehicle
?This isn?t my car,? he said, bewildered
?Get in,? ordered his guard, politely opening the door
?What?? A pair of hands from inside the car grabbed him and a uniformed man pulled him into
the backseat as the guard followed, sandwiching Panov between themThe two men held the
psychiatrist as the one who had been inside yanked Mo?s seersucker jacket off his shoulder and
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