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Shee-it! Those money boys gotta lot of French interests goin? for them, and this White House bash could put ?em on topEvery frog on the Bourse will think they got the ears of the whole town here!? ?Forget it, Cull,? broke in the anxious Redhead, ?We may have a bigger problem, and I don?t know what it means ?What?s that?? ?When we were back in Saigon, did you ever hear of something or someone called Snake Lady?? ?I heard a hell of a lot about snake eyes,? chuckled Parnell, ?but no Snake LadyWhy?? ?The fellow I was just talking to?he?s going to call back in five minutes?sounded as though he was threatening meI mean actually threatening me, Cull! He mentioned Saigon and implied that something terrible happened back then and repeated the name Snake Lady several times as if I should have run for cover ?You leave that son of a bitch to me!? roared Parnell, interrupting?I know exactly what that bastard?s talking about! This is that snotty bitch first assistant of mine?that?s the fuckin? Snake Lady! You give that slug worm my number and tell him I know all about his horseshit!? ?Will you please tell silver handbags me, Cull?? ?What the hell, you were there, RedheadSo we had a few games going, even a few mini casinos, and some clowns lost a couple of shirts, but there was nothin? soldiers haven?t done since they threw craps for Christ?s clothes! We just put it on a higher plane and maybe tossed in a few broads who?d have been walkin? the streets anywayNo, Redhead, that elegant-ass, so-called assistant thinks she?s got somethin? on me?that?s why she?s goin? through you, ?cause everybody knows we?re buddiesYou tell that slime to call me and I?ll settle his grits along with that bitch?s twat! Oh, boy, she made a wrong move! My Wall Streeters are in and her pansies are out!? ?Okay, Cull, I?ll simply refer him to you,? said the Redhead, otherwise known as the vice president of the United States, as he hung up the phone It rang four minutes later and the words were spat out at Parnell?Snake Lady, Culver, and we?re all in trouble!? ?No, you listen to me, Divot Head, and I?ll tell you who?s in trouble! She?s no lady, she?s a bitch! One of her thirty or forty eunuch husbands may have thrown a few snake eyes in prada clutch Saigon and lost some of her well-advertised come-and-take-me cash, but nobody gave a shit then and nobody gives a shit nowEspecially a marine colonel who liked a sharp game of poker every once in a while, and that man is sitting in the Oval Office at this momentAnd furthermore, you ball-less scrotum, when he learns that she?s trying to further defame the brave boys who wanted only a little relaxation while fighting a thankless war?? In Vienna, Virginia, Alexander Conklin replaced the phoneMisfire One and Misfire Two and he had never heard of Culver Parnell The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Albert Armbruster, swore out loud as he turned off the shower at the sound of his wife?s shrieking voice in the steam-filled bathroom?What the hell is it, Mamie? I can?t take a shower without you yammering?? Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 39 ?It could be the White House, Al! You know how they talk, so low and quiet and always saying it?s urgent ?Shit!? yelled the chairman, opening the glass door and walking naked to the phone on the wallWhat is it?? ?There?s a crisis that requires your miu miu clutch immediate attention ?Is this 1600?? ?No, and we hope it never goes up there ?Then who the hell are you?? ?Someone as concerned as you?re going to beAfter all these years?oh, Christ!? ?Concerned about what? What are you talking about?? ?Snake Lady, Mr ?Oh, my God!? Armbruster?s hushed voice was a sudden involuntary cry of panicInstantly, he controlled himself but it was too late?I have no idea what you?re talking about What?s a snake whatever-it-is? Never heard of it ?Well, hear it now, MrSomebody?s got it all, everythingDates, diversions of mat?riel, banks in Geneva and Zurich?even the names of a half-dozen couriers routed out of Saigon?and worseJesus, the worst! Other names?MIAs established as never having been in combat eight investigating personnel from the inspector general?s office ?You?re not making sense! You?re talking gibberish!? ?And you?re on the list, MrThat man must have spent fifteen years putting it together, and now he wants payment for all those years of work or he blows it open?everything, everyone ?Who? Who is he, for Christ?s sake?? ?We?re centering inAll we know is that he?s vintage chanel jewelry been in the protection program for over a decade, and no one gets rich in those circumstancesHe must have been cut out of the action in Saigon and now he?s making up for lost timeWe?ll be back in touch There was a click and the line went dead Despite the steam and the heat of the bathroom, the naked Albert Armbruster, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, shivered as the sweat rolled down his faceHe hung up the phone, his eyes straying to the small, ugly tattoo on the underside of his forearm Over in Vienna, Virginia, Alex Conklin looked at the telephone General Norman Swayne, chief of Pentagon procurements, stepped back from the tee satisfied with his long straight drive down the fairwayThe ball would roll to an optimum position for a decent five-iron approach shot to the seventeenth green?That ought to do it,? he said, turning to address his golfing partner ?Certainly ought to, Norm,? replied the youngish senior vice president of Calco Technologies ?You?re taking my butt for a ride this afternoonI?m going to end up owing you close to three hundred clamsAt twenty a hole, I?ve only gotten four so gucci g watch f