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?The crowd?s coming out of the armory??
?Here!? interrupted Krupkin, painfully reaching into his pocket and pulling out his plastic
identification case?Get to the idiot in charge and bring him to meFor
Aleksei, you damn foolHurry!?
The two wounded men lay alongside each other on examining tables in the armory?s infirmary
as Bourne stood across the room, leaning against the wall, watching but not understanding what
was being saidThree doctors had been dispatched by helicopter from the roof of the People?s
Hospital on the Serova Prospekt?two surgeons and an anesthesiologist, the last, however, proving
unnecessarySevere invasive procedures were not called for; local anesthetics were sufficient for
the cleansing and suturing, followed by generous injections of antibioticsThe foreign objects had
passed through their bodies, explained the chief doctor
?I presume you mean bullets when you speak so reverently of ?foreign objects,? ? said Krupkin
in high dudgeon
?He means bullets,? confirmed Alex hoarsely in RussianThe retired CIA station chief was
unable to move his head because of his bandaged throatWide adhesive straps extended down
across his collarbone and upper right shoulder
?Thank you,? said the surgeon?You were both fortunate, especially you, our American patient
for whom we must compile confidential medical recordsIncidentally, give our people the name
and address of your physician in the United StatesYou?ll need attention for some weeks ahead
?Right now he?s in a hospital in Paris
?I beg your pardon??
?Well, whenever something?s wrong with me, I tell him and he sends me to the doctor he thinks
I should see
?That?s not exactly socialized medicineI?ll give his name and address to a nurseWith luck he?ll be back soon
?I repeat, you were very fortunate
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?I was very fast, Doctor, and so was your comradeWe saw that son of a bitch running out
toward us, so we locked the doors and kept moving in the seats and firing at him as he tried to get
close enough to put us away, which he damn near didI?m sorry about the driver; he was a brave
young man
?He was an angry young man as well, Aleksei,? broke in Krupkin from the other tab
