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Crown police are not told everything, they are not part of usHe has Crown boats, six or seven, running back and forth with orders to stop
anyone leaving TranquilityThey are drug boats, monSir Henry calls it a patrol exercise, so
naturally the chief of investigations must be?? The lilting whisper of the West Indian trailed off in
midsentence as he looked at his companionThen why isn?t he out on the water, mon? On the
lead boat, mon??
Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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?Do you like him?? asked Bourne instinctively, surprising himself by his own question?I mean,
do you respect him? I could be wrong but I seem to sense something??
?You are not wrong, sir,? answered the first guard, interrupting?The provost is a cruel man and
he doesn?t like the ?Punjabis,? as he calls usHe?s very quick to accuse us, and many have lost work
because of his rash accusations
?Why don?t you complain, get rid of him? The British will listen to you
?The Crown governor will not, sir,? explained the second guard?He?s very partial to his strict
chief of narcoticsThey are good friends and often go out after the big fish together Jason did see and was suddenly alarmed, very alarmed?Saint Jay told me there used to
be a path behind the chapelHe said it might be overgrown, but he thought it was still there
?It is,? confirmed the first commando?The help still use it to go down to the water on their off
times
?How long is it??
?Thirty-five, forty metersIt leads to an incline where steps have been cut out of the rocks that
take one down to the beach
?Which of you is faster?? asked Bourne, reaching into his pocket and taking out the reel of
fishing line
?I am!?
?I choose you,? said Jason, nodding his head at the shorter first guard, handing him the reel?Go
down on the border of that path and wherever you can, string this line across it, tying it to limbs or
trunks or the strongest branches you can findYou mustn?t be seen, so be alert, see in the dark
?Is no problem, mon!?
?Have you got a knife??
?Do I have eyes??
?GoodHurry!?
The guard scrambled away along the vine-tangled precipice and disappeared into the dense
foliage be
