@@@@@?He?ll know where you are?? ?Of course he 82
@@@@@?He?ll know where you are??
?Of course he willA lot of people, including the staff, will have seen where I was takenHe?ll
find out, that?s child?s play for him
Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
143
?So you wait for him, monsieur? You think the monseigneur will walk into such a trap?
Ridicule!?
?Not at all, monsieur,? replied Jason calmly?To begin with, I won?t be there, and by the time
he finds that out, I?ll have found him
?For Christ?s sake, how?? half shouted St
?Because I?m better than he is,? answered Jason Bourne
The scenario went as planned, the personnel at Montserrat?s Blackburne Airport still smoldering
from the abuse hurled at them by the tall hysterical American who accused them all of murder, of
allowing his wife and children to be killed by terrorists?of being willing nigger accomplices of
filthy killers! Not only were the people of the island quietly furious, but they were also hurtQuiet
because they understood his anguish, hurt because they could not understand how he could blame
them and use such vicious words, words he had never used beforeWas this good mon, this wealthy
brother of the gregarious Johnny Saint Jay, this rich-rich friend who had put so much money into
Tranquility Isle not a friend at all but, instead, white garbage who blamed them for terrible things
they had nothing to do with because their skins were dark? It was an evil puzzle, monIt was part of
the madness, the obeah that had crossed the waters from the mountains of Jamaic? and put a curse
on their islandsPerhaps he is another sort of storm,
one not born in the south or the east, but whose winds are more destructiveHis
anger is dangerousBy many?the uninformed, civilians and authorities alike?as a nervous
Henry Sykes at Government House kept his wordThe official investigation was solely under his
commandIt was quiet, thorough?and nonexistent
Bourne behaved far worse on the pier of Tranquility Inn, striking his own brother, the amiable
Saint Jay, until the younger man subdued him and had him carried up the steps to the nearest villa
Servants came and went bringing trays of food and drink to the porchSelected visitors were
permitted to pay their condolences, including the chief aide to the Crown governor who wore his
full military regalia, a symbol of the Crown?s concernAnd an old man who knew death from the
brutalities of war and who insisted on seeing the bereaved husband and father?he was
accompanied by a woman in a nurse?s uniform, properly topped by a hat and a dark mourning veil
And two Canadian guests of the hotel, close friends of the owner, both of whom had met the
disconsolate man when Tranquility Inn opened with great fireworks several years ago?they asked
to pay their respects and offer whatever support or comfort they couldJacques agreed,
suggesting that their visit be brief and to understand that his brother-in-law remained in a corner of
the darkened living room, the drapes having been drawn
?It?s all so horrible, so meaningless!? said the visitor from Toronto softly to the shadowed figure
in a chair across the room?I hope you?re a religious man, DavidFaith helps in such times as
t
