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What?s this marker of yours, this tangible item of value??
?The string, PeterKnowing what he knows, you can?t let Alex bounce around Europe like a
loose cannon any more than you could give him the name of that law firm in New YorkWe need a
pipeline to him so we have some idea what he?s up to?more than an idea, if we can manage it
Someone like his friend Bernardine, only someone who can also be our friend
?Where do we find such a person??
?I have a candidate?and I hope we?re not being taped
?Count on it,? said Holland with a trace of anger?I don?t believe in that crap and this office is
swept every morningWho?s the candidate??
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?A man at the Soviet embassy in Paris,? replied Casset calmly
?A mole??
?Not for a minuteA KGB officer whose first priority never changes? The Americanized village or town gucci tote bags where the Jackal was initially trained in
Russia??
?Half trained and escaped from before he could be shot as a maniacOnly, it?s not just an
American compound?that?s a mistake we make so oftenThere are British and French
compounds, too, also Israeli, Dutch, Spanish, West German and God knows how many others
Dozens of square miles cut out of the forests along the Volkhov River, dotted with settlements so
that you?d swear you were in a different country with each one you entered?if you could get
inside, which you couldn?tLike the Aryan breeding farms, the Lebensborn of Nazi Germany,
Novgorod is one of Moscow?s most closely guarded secretsThey want the Jackal as badly as Jason
Bourne does
?And you think this KGB fellow will cooperate, keep us informed about Conklin if they make
contact??
?I can tryAfter all, we have a common objective, and I know fake chanel handbags Alex would accept him because
he knows how much the Soviets want Carlos on the dead list
Holland leaned forward in his chair?I told Conklin I?d help him any way I could as long as it
didn?t compromise our going after MedusaHe?ll be landing in Paris within the hourShall I
leave instructions at the diplomatic counter for him to reach you??
?Tell him to call Charlie Bravo Plus One,? said Casset, getting up and dropping the computer
printout on the desk?I don?t know how much I can give him in an hour, but I?ll go to workI?ve
got a secure channel to our Russian, thanks to an outstanding ?consultant? of ours in Paris
?She?s already asked for one?harassed me is more appropriateShe runs the cleanest escort
service in the city; the girls are checked weekly
?Why not hire them all?? asked the director, smiling
?I believe seven are already on the payroll, fake rolex sir,? answered the deputy director, his demeanor
serious, in contrast to his arched eyebrowsMorris Panov, his legs unsteady, was helped down the metal steps of the diplomatically
cleared jet by a strapping marine corporal in starched summer khakis carrying his suitcase?How
do you people manage to look so presentable after such a perfectly horrendous trip?? asked the
psychiatrist
?None of us will look this presentable after a couple of hours of liberty in Paris, sir
?Some things never change, CorporalWhere?s that crippled delinquent who was
with me??
?He was vehicled off for a diplograph, sir
?Come again? A noun?s a verb leading to the incomprehensible??
?It?s not so hard, Doctor,? laughed the marine, leading Panov to a motorized cart complete with
a uniformed driver and a stenciled American flag on the side?During our descent, the tower
radioed gucci watches for women the pilot that there was an urgent message for him
?I thought he went to the bathroom
?That, too, I believe, sir The corporal put the suitcase on a rear rack and helped Mo into the
cart?Easy now, Doctor, lift your leg up a little higher
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?That?s the other one, not me,? protested the psychiatrist?He?s the one without a foot
?We were told you?d been ill, sir
?Not in my goddamned legsSorry, young man, no offenseI just don?t like flying in small
tubes a hundred and ten miles up in the skyNot too many astronauts come from Tremont Avenue
in the Bronx
?Hey, you?re kidding, Doc!?
?What??
?I?m from Garden Street, you know, across from the zoo! The name?s Fleishman, Morris
FleishmanNice to meet a fellow Bronxite
?Morris?? said Panov, shaking hands?Morris the Marine? I should have had a talk with louis vuitton monogram groom compact zipped wallet your
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