@@@@@?Four other people have come outside? three 551
@@@@@?Four other people have come outside?
three men and a womanThey?re running to the car!?
?What did he say?? asked BourneAlex translated and Jason frowned?Hostages?? he said
quietly, as if to himself?He just blew it!? Medusa?s Delta leaned forward and touched Krupkin?s
shoulder?Tell your man to get out of there the moment that car takes off and he knows where it?s
headingTell him to be obvious, to blow the hell out of his horn while he passes the armory, which
he must pass from one way or the other
?My dear fellow!? exploded the Soviet intelligence officer?Would you mind telling me why I
should issue such an order??
?Because your colleague was right and I was wrongThe man in the sling isn?t CarlosThe
Jackal?s inside, waiting for the cavalry to pass the fort so he can get away in another car?if there is
a cavalry
?In the name of our revered Karl Marx, do explain how you reached this contradictory
conclusion!?
?SimpleEven if you could, you wouldn?t shoot up that car on the road,
would you??
?AgreedThere are four other people inside, all no doubt innocent Soviet citizens forced to
appear otherwise
?Hostages??
?Yes, of course
?When was the last time you heard of people running like hell into a situation where they could
become hostages? Even if they were under a gun from a doorway, one or two, if not all of them,
would try to race behind other cars for protection
?My word??
?But you were right about one thingCarlos has a contact inside that armory?the man in the
slingHe may only be an innocent Russian with a brother or a sister living in Paris, but the Jackal
owns him
?Dimitri!? shouted the metallic voice in Russian?The car is speeding out of the parking lot!?
Krupkin pressed the button on his microphone and gave his instructionsEssentially, they were
to follow that automobile to the borders of Finland if necessary, but to take it without violence,
calling in the police if they had toThe last order was to pass the armory, blowing his horn
repeatedlyIn the Russian vernacular, the agent named Orlov asked, ?What the fuck for??
?Because I?ve had a vision from StNickolai the Good! Also, I?m your charitable super
