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@@@@@Sounds positively marvelous ?Besides,? continued Lavier, looking hard at Jason as she yanked the pointed white hat off her head, a gesture that caused the driver, seeing it in the rearview mirror, to raise his eyebrows ?Without me, without my presence in decidedly different clothing at the Meurice, Carlos won?t come near the rue de Rivoli Bernardine tapped the woman?s shoulder, bringing his index finger to his lips and nodding toward the front seatDominique quickly added, ?The man you wish to confer with will not be there ?She?s got a point,? said Bourne, leaning forward and looking past Lavier at the Deuxi?me veteran?She?s also got an apartment on the Montaigne, where she?s supposed to change clothes, and neither of us can go in with her ?That poses a dilemma, doesn?t it?? responded Bernardine?There?s no way we can monitor the telephone from outside in the street, is there?? ?You fools! I have no choice but to cooperate with you, and if you can?t see that you should be led around by trained dogs! This old, old man here will have my name in the Deuxi?me files the first chance he gets, and as the notorious Jason Bourne knows if he has even a nodding acquaintance with the Deuxi?me, several profound questions are raised?once raised by my sister, Jacqueline, incidentallyWho is this Bourne? Is he real or unreal? Is he the assassin of Asia or is he a fraud, a plant? She phoned me herself one night in Nice after too many brandies?a night perhaps you recall, Monsieur le Cam?l?on?a terribly expensive restaurant outside Parisin the name of powerful, unnamed people you threatened her! You demanded that she reveal what she knew about a certain acquaintance of hers?who it was at the time I had no idea?but you frightened herShe said you appeared deranged, that your eyes became glazed and you uttered words in a language she could not understand ?I remember,? interrupted Bourne icily?We had dinner and I threatened her and she was frightenedShe went to the ladies? room, paid someone to make a phone call, and I had to get out of there ?And now the Deuxi?me is allied with those powerful unnamed people?? Dominique Lavier shook her head repeatedly and lowered her voice?No, messieurs, I am a survivor and I do not fight against such oddsOne knows when to pass the shoe in baccarat After a short period of silence, Bernardine spoke?What?s your address on the avenue Montaigne? I?ll give it to the driver, but before I do, understand me, madameIf your words prove false, all the true horrors of the Deuxi?me will be visited upon you Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 284 Marie sat at the room-service table in her small suite at the Meurice reading the newspapersHer attention constantly strayed; concentration was out of the questionHer anxiety had kept her awake after she returned to the hotel shortly past midnight, having made the rounds of five caf?s she and David had frequented so many years ago in Pari

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