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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:54 am
    @@@@@ Somebody would probably have to give her a
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    Somebody would probably have to give her a few drinks to restore her confidence
    “In that department you’re not exactly a stud, bastard
    “Is there a point to this colloquy?”
    “I think soAbout an hour ago, just before you came home from your office, a man was at the
    doorDenise was doing the silver, so I answered itI must say he looked impressive; his clothes
    were terribly expensive and his car was a black Porsche—”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    90
    “And?” broke in Gates, lurching forward in the chair, his eyes suddenly wide, rigid
    “He said to tell you that le grand professeur owed him twenty thousand dollars and ‘he’ wasn’t
    where he was supposed to be last night, which I assumed was the RitzOh, Christ, he doesn’t understandWhat did you say?”
    “I didn’t like his language or his attitudeI told him I hadn’t the vaguest idea where you were
    He knew I was lying, but there wasn’t anything he could doLying’s something he knows about
    “I can’t imagine that twenty thousand is such a problem for you—”
    “It’s not the money, it’s the method of payment
    “For what?”
    “Nothing
    “I believe that’s what you call a contradiction, Randy
    “Shut up!”
    The telephone rangGates lunged up from the chair and stared at itHe made no move to go to
    the desk; instead, he spoke in a guttural voice to his wife“Whoever it is, you tell him I’m not hereI’m away, out of town—you don’t know when I’ll be back
    Edith walked over to the phone“It’s your very private line,” she said as she picked it up on the
    third ring“The Gates residence,” began Edith, a ploy she had used for years; her friends knew who
    it was, others did not matter to her any longerYes? I’m sorry, he’s away and we don’t
    know when he’ll return Gates’s wife looked briefly at the phone, then hung
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:54 am
    @@@@@ If only Joe Colleton would shave a little
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    If
    only Joe Colleton would shave a little in building those houses
    They'd still sell like hotcakes, but the profit would be much bigger
    She wouldn't let him buy cheaper lumber the whole reason for building
    them in the first place was to keep Ashley in businessThere were
    plenty of other ways to cut expenses
    brick didn't have to be top qualityScarlett shook her head
    impatientlyJoe Colleton would never do it on his ownhe was just
    like Ashley, bone honest and full of unbusinesslike idealsShe
    remembered them talking together at the siteIf ever there were
    birds
    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 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 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
    Pitty along with Billy Kelly
    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
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:54 am
    @@@@@ “Won't you tell me?” My head shook once,
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    “Won't you tell me?”
    My head shook once, fastI wasn't sure who did itWas it me saying won't or Melanie saying
    can't?
    His hands tightened under my jawI opened my eyes, and his face was inches away from mine
    My heart fluttered, my stomach dropped–I tried to breathe, but my lungs did not obey
    I recognized the intention in his eyes; I knew how he would move, exactly how his lips would
    feelAnd yet it was so new to me, a first more shocking than any other, as his mouth pressed
    against mine
    I think he meant just to touch his lips to mine, to be soft, but things changed when our skin
    metHis mouth was abruptly hard and rough, his hands trapped my face to his while his lips
    moved mine in urgent, unfamiliar patternsIt was so different from remembering, so much
    strongerMy head swam incoherentlyI was no longer in control of it–it was in control of meIt was not
    Melanie–the body was stronger than either of us nowOur breathing echoed loudly: mine wild
    and gasping, his fierce, almost a snarl
    My arms broke free from my controlMy left hand reached for his face, his hair, to wind my
    fingers in it
    My right hand was faster
    Melanie's fist punched his jaw, knocked his face away from mine with a blunt, low soundFlesh
    against flesh, hard and angry
    The force of it was not enough to move him far, but he scrambled away from me the instant our
    lips were no longer connected, gaping with horrorstruck eyes at my horrorstruck expression
    I stared down at the still-clenched fist, as repulsed as if I'd found a scorpion growing on the end
    of my armA gasp of revulsion choked its way out of my throatI grabbed the right wrist with
    my left hand, desperate to keep Melanie from using my body for violence again
    I glanced up at JaredHe was staring at the fist I restrained, too, the horror fading, surprise
    taking its p
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:54 am
    @@@@@He tried to think of his wife and son and it
    @@@@@He tried to think of his wife and son and it seemed to him there could be no more perfect life than to return to themHis wife had a soft mothering look now in her eyes, and his son was staring at him with delight and respectHe thought of his son growing up, discussing serious things with him, valuing his opinionThe drizzle tickled his ear, and he pulled the end of the blanket over his head againMinetta's body was warm and he huddled toward itHe thought once again of his infant son, and felt a swell of prideHe thinks I'm someone, Roth said to himselfHis eyes closed and he loosed a long whispering sigh, immensely wistful in the soft drizzling night

    That fuggin Roth, Brown said to himself, falling asleep on guard and maybe getting us all killedNo man's got a right to do something like that; he lets his buddies down and they ain't a worse thing a man can do
    No, sir, Brown repeated, they ain't a worse thing a man can doI may be afraid and I may have my nerves shot all to hell, but at least I act like a sergeant and take care of my dutiesThere's no easy way to get ahead; a man's got to pull his share, take his responsibilities, and then he gets what he earnsI've had my eye on Roth from the beginningHe's no good, he's lazy, he's shiftless, and he don't take an interest in anythingI hate these fathers who bitch because they finally got caughtHell, what about us who been sweating it out for a couple of years and Lord knows how long to come? We were fightin' when they were screwin' their wives, and maybe screwin' ours too
    Brown shifted his weight angrily on the cartridge boxes and looked out at the jungle, rubbing his hand reflectively over the bridge of his short snubbed noseYeah, what about us, he said to himself, sitting out here in a lousy hole in the rain, sweatin' out every goddam noise while those women are on the loose havin' their own sweet time? I should have known better, marrying a two-timing bitch like thatEven when we were in high school, she was rubbing up against everything that wore pantsOh, I know a lot more now, I know that it's a mistake to marry a woman 'cause you can't make her any other way, holding out on me for all that time, and even now I don't know if she was cherryThere ain't any such thing as a clean decent woman any more, when a man's sister will go up to him and tell him to mind his own business because she's fooling around and her husband's out of town, it's time for a man to open his eyesThere ain't a one of them a man can trust out of his sight; how many times have I picked up a piece from a married woman with kids, it's disgustin' the way they all act
    Brown took his rifle off his knees and laid it against the machine gunIt's bad enough with all a man's got to worry about out here, with guys like that fuggin Roth who fall asleep on guard, and trying to keep the details straight so no man has to work more than his share, and always wondering if today is the day you get it, so that you'd think a woman would have the decency to keep her legs closed, but, no, there isn't one of them that's worth a snowball in hel
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:54 am
    @@@@@This was an evil omenShe had, indeed,
    @@@@@This was an evil omenShe had,
    indeed, scarcely the shadow of a hope to soothe her mind, and was
    reduced to so low and wan and trembling a condition, as no mother,
    not unkind, except MrsPrice could have overlooked, when the third
    day did bring the sickening knock, and a letter was again put into her
    handsIt bore the London postmark, and came from Edmund
    “Dear Fanny,—You know our present wretchednessMay God
    support you under your share! We have been here two days, but
    there is nothing to be doneThey cannot be tracedYou may not
    have heard of the last blow—Julia’s elopement; she is gone to Scot388
    Mansfield Park
    land with YatesShe left London a few hours before we entered it
    At any other time this would have been felt dreadfullyNow it seems
    nothing; yet it is an heavy aggravationMy father is not overpowered
    More cannot be hopedHe is still able to think and act; and I
    write, by his desire, to propose your returning homeHe is anxious
    to get you there for my mother’s sakeI shall be at Portsmouth the
    morning after you receive this, and hope to find you ready to set off
    for MansfieldMy father wishes you to invite Susan to go with you
    for a few monthsSettle it as you like; say what is proper; I am sure
    you will feel such an instance of his kindness at such a moment! Do
    justice to his meaning, however I may confuse itYou may imagine
    something of my present stateThere is no end of the evil let loose
    upon usYou will see me early by the mail
    Never had Fanny more wanted a cordialNever had she felt such
    a one as this letter containedTo-morrow! to leave Portsmouth tomorrow!
    She was, she felt she was, in the greatest danger of being
    exquisitely happy, while so many were miserableThe evil which
    brought such good to her! She dreaded lest she should learn to be
    insensible of
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:54 am
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    122
    “In time for the shock wavesI’m leaving within the hour and will reach Antigua before it’s
    noon in Montserrat tomorrowAll things being on schedule, I’ll arrive in time to observe the
    exquisite anguish of Jason Bourne before I leave my signature, a bullet in his throatThe
    Americans will then know who has won
    The nurse, like an ecstatic suppliant, arched her neck in front of the mirror remembering the
    mystical words of her omniscient lordIt was nearly time, she thought, opening the dresser drawer
    and picking out a diamond-clustered wire cheap chanel purses garrote from among her necklaces, a gift from her
    mentorIt would be so simpleShe had easily learned who the judge was and where he was
    staying—the old, painfully thin man three villas awayEverything now was precision, the “tragic
    accident” merely a prelude to the horror that would take place at Villa Twenty in less than an hour
    For all of Tranquility’s villas had kerosene lamps in the event of electricity loss and generator
    malfunctionA panicked old man with loose bowels, or in plain fear, living through such a storm as
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    The harsh downpour of the rain on the roof and the windows, and the whistling, roaring wind
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:54 am
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    @@@@@"Bart! Now are
    you? You're the biggest stay-at-home I've ever heard of in my lifeI
    look for you all the time, but you're never anywhere Morland was
    gleaming with happiness and cracking his knuckles loudly"I've been
    busy, the most splendid kind ofbusy, ScarlettI've got a winner, I'm
    sure of it, after all these yearsNe'd talked like this before
    Bart so loved his horses that he was always "sure" each foal was the
    next Grand National championScarlett felt like hugging himShe'd
    have loved John Morland even if he had no connection at all to Rhettnamed her Diana, fleet of foot and all that sort of thing, you
    know, plus John for mehang it all, I'm practically her father except
    for the biology partIt came out Dijon when I put it together
    Mustard, I thought, that won't do at allToo damn French for an Irish
    horseBut then I thought againNot and peppery, so strong it makes
    your eyes waterThat's not a bad profileSort of 'get out of my
    way, I'm coming through' and all thatShe's going to
    make my fortuneBetter lay a fiver on her, Scarlett, she's a sure
    thing "I'll make it ten pounds, Bart
    Scarlett was trying to think some way to mention RhettWhat John
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:54 am
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    Jamie came looking for me, bringing food enough for four, when the light was growing orangey
    overheadI wouldn't let him stay; I made Ian take him back to the kitchen to eat, made Ian
    promise to watch him all night so he wouldn't sneak back hereWalter couldn't help shrieking
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    and minePerhaps Brandt's as well, though he did what he could to ignore Walter, plugging his
    ears and humming a dissonant tune
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    I doubted I could ever mistrust Doc again after this nightmarish dayHowever, I would always
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:54 am
    @@@@@Nobody gets what he wants, he said to
    @@@@@Nobody gets what he wants, he said to himself, and this deepened his mood of pleasurable sorrowHe was growing drowsy, and he burrowed his head under his forearmA mosquito began to whine near his ear and he lay still, hoping it would go awayThe ground seemed crawling with insectsThe little buggers are one thing I'm used to, he thoughtFor some reason this made him smile
    It was beginning to rain, and Red covered his head with the blanketHis body was slowly sinking into a weary slumber in which different parts of him fell asleep at separate intervals, so that long after he had stopped thinking, a portion of his mind could feel the quivering of an exhausted limb or a cramp in one of his limbsThe shelling was becoming steady, and a half mile away from him a machine gun kept firingAlmost asleep, he watched Croft return and spread out a blanketAfter a time, he no longer heard the artilleryBut even when he was completely asleep, one last area of his mind noticed what was happeningAlthough he didn't remember it when he awoke, he heard a platoon of men march by, and was conscious of some other men beginning to push the antitank guns to the other side of the bivouacThere's a Jap road leads into the bivouac, he said in his sleepThey're going to protect it nowProbably he was feverish
    He dreamed until he heard a voice shout, "Recon? Where's recon?" The dream ebbed away, and he lay there drowsily, listening to Croft spring to his feet and holler, "Here, over here!" Red knew he would have to be moving in a few minutes, and he burrowed deeper into his blanketsHis body ached and he knew that when he stood up he would be stiff"All right, men, on your feet"Come on, get up, we got to move
    Red pulled the cover off his faceIt was still raining and his hand came away wet from the top surface of the blanketWhen he replaced the blanket in his pack, his pack also would become wet He cleared his throat with disgust and spat once or twiceThe taste in his mouth was fo
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:54 am
    @@@@@ Rhett knows how I adore MammyHe's liable to
    @@@@@
    Rhett knows how I adore MammyHe's liable to think I was
    exaggerating
    how sick she is She lifted her head and smiled brilliantly"He
    thinks I haven't any more sense than a June bug
    Will knew that was the biggest lie of all"I think you're right," ú
    he said slowly"Rhett should come as soon as he canI'll ride over
    right away; horseback's quicker than a rig Scarlett's hands
    relaxed
    "Thank you," she said"I have the address in my pocket
    ú "I'll be back in time for dinner," said WillHe lifted the saddle
    down from its standScarlett helped him with itShe felt full of
    energyShe was sure Rhett would comeHe could be at Tara in two
    days
    if he left Charleston as soon as he got the wireBut Rhett didn't come
    in two daysOr three or four or fiveú Scarlett stopped listening
    for the sound of wheels or hoof beats on the driveShe had worn
    herself ragged, straining to hearAnd now there was another sound
    that took all her attention, the horrible rasping noise that was
    Mammy's effort to breatheIt seemed impossible that the frail,
    wasted
    body could summon the strength needed to draw air into her lungs,
    push
    it out againBut she did, time after time, the cords on her wrinkled
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    2:54 am
    @@@@@As he leaned against the railing absently
    @@@@@As
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    him, the risk was doubled for both of them, and that she had to understand completelyFigures and
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    There was only one conceivable answer, and it infuriated himShe thought he might slip back
    over the edge as he had done in Hong Kong, where she alone had brought him to his senses, to the
    reality that was uniquely his own, a reality of frightening half truths and only partial remembrances,
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    that love because it was so—so giving, so outrageously unselfishThere were moments in the Far
    East when he had craved his own death, if only to expunge the guilt he felt at putting her in such
    dangerous—untenable?—positionsThe guilt was still there, always there, but the aging man in
    him recognized another realityThe cancer of the Jackal had to be ripped out of all
    their livesCouldn’t she realize that and leave him alone?
    NoFor she was not flying to Paris to save his life—she had too much confidence in Jason
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    BernardineThe Deuxième could find her at Orly or De GaulleFind her and
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    Canadian
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    know how much Saint Alex told you, but at the moment my consultant status has been canceled
    and I think my desk has been thrown out the window
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    344
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    extravagant, and had already given him much uneasiness; but his
    other children promised him nothing but goodHis daughters, he
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    grace, and in quitting it, he trusted, would extend its respectable
    alliances; and the character of Edmund, his strong good sense and
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    19
    Jane Austen
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    them, or of anything at all promising in their situation or conduct
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    visit, nobody at home seemed to want her; but William determining,
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    hours of happy mirth, and moments of serious conference, may be
    imagined; as well as the sanguine views and spirits of the boy even to
    the last, and the misery of the girl when he left herLuckily the visit
    happened in the Christmas holidays, when she could directly look for
    comfort to her cousin Edmund; and he told her such charming things
    of what William was to do, and be hereafter, in consequence of his
    profession, as made her gradually admit that the separation might
    have some useEdmund’s friendship never failed her: his leaving Eton
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    more frequent opportunities of proving themWithout any
    display of doing more than the rest, or any fear of doing too much, he
    was always true to her interests, and considerate of her feelings, trying
    to make her good qualities understood, and to conquer the diffidence
    which prevented their being more apparent; giving her advice, consolation,
    and encouragement
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    not bring her forward; but his attentions were otherwise of the highest
    importance in assisting the improvement of her mind, and extending
    its pleasuresHe knew her to be clever, to have a quick apprehension
    as well as good sense, and a fondness for reading, which,
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    her taste, and corrected her judgment: he made reading
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    by judicious praiseIn return for such services she loved him
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    divided between the two
    20
    Mansfield Park
    CHAPTER III
    THE FIRST EVENT of any importance in the family was the death of
    MrNorris, which happened when Fanny was about fifteen, and
    necessarily introduced alterations and noveltiesNorris, on
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    without him; and for her reduction of income by the evident necessity
    of stricter economy
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    of the next presentation necessary, and the younger brother must
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