Simon,? the man had greeted him... 478
Simon,? the man had greeted him enthusiastically?We understand you?re here to
argue against those terrible tax restrictions on business travel and entertainmentGodspeed, as they
sayThese politicians will ruin us all! There were no double rooms, so we took the liberty of
providing you with a suite, no additional charge, of course
All that had taken place over two hours ago, and since then he had removed the labels, steamed
the shirts and scuffed the rubber-soled shoes on the hotel?s window ledgeDrink in hand, Bourne
sat in a chair staring blankly at the wall; there was nothing to do but wait and think
A quiet tapping at the door ended the waiting in a matter of minutesJason walked rapidly
across the room, opened the door and admitted the driver who had met him at the airportThe CIA
man carried an attach? case; he handed it to Bourne
?Everything?s there, black gucci bag including a weapon and a box of shells
?Do you want to check it out??
?I?ll be doing that all night
?It?s almost eight o?clock,? said the agent?Your control will reach you around elevenThat?ll
give you time to get started??
?That?s who he is, isn?t he??
?Yes, of course,? replied Jason softly
The man left and Bourne hurried to the desk with the attach? caseHe opened it, removing first
the automatic and the box of ammunition, then picking up what had to be several hundred computer
printouts secured in file foldersSomewhere in those myriad pages was a name that linked a man or
a woman to Carlos the JackalFor these were the informational printouts of every guest currently at
the hotel, including those who had checked out within the past twenty-four hoursEach printout
was supplemented by whatever additional information was found in the data banks of the CIA,
Army balenciaga bag black G-2 and naval intelligenceThere could be a score of reasons why it might all be useless, but
it was a place to start
Five hundred miles north, in another hotel suite, this on the third floor of Boston?s Ritz-Carlton,
there was another tapping on another hotel doorInside, an immensely tall man, whose welltailored
pin-striped suit made him appear even larger than his nearly six feet five inches of height,
came rushing out of the bedroomHis bald head, fringed by perfectly groomed gray hair above his
temples, was like the skull of an anointed ?minence grise of some royal court where kings, princes
and pretenders deferred to his wisdom, delivered no doubt with the eyes of an eagle and the soaring
voice of a prophetAlthough his rushing figure revealed a vulnerable anxiety, even that did not
diminish his image of dominanceHe was important and powerful and he knew itAll chanel classic handbags this was in
contrast to the older man he admitted through the doorThere was little that was distinguished
about this short, gaunt, elderly visitor; instead, he conveyed the look of defeatQuickly! Did you bring the information??
?Oh, yes, yes, indeed,? answered the gray-faced man whose rumpled suit and ill-fitting collar
had both seen better days perhaps a decade ago?How grand you look, Randolph,? he continued in
a thin voice while studying his host and glancing around at the opulent suite?And how grand a
place this is, so proper for such a distinguished professor
?The information, please,? insisted DrRandolph Gates of Harvard, expert in antitrust law and
highly paid consultant to numerous industries
Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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?Oh, give me a moment, my old friendIt?s been a long time since I?ve been near a hotel suite,
much less stayed in louis vuitton diaper bags oneOh, how things have changed for us over the yearsI read about you
frequently and I?ve watched you on televisionYou?re so?erudite, Randolph, that?s the word, but
it?s not enoughIt?s what I said before??grand,? that?s what you are, grand and eruditeSo tall and
imperious
?You might have been in the same position, you know,? broke in the impatient Gates
?Unfortunately, you looked for shortcuts where there weren?t any
?Oh, there were lots of themI just chose the wrong ones
?I gather things haven?t gone well for you??
?You don?t ?gather,? Randy, you knowIf your spies didn?t inform you, certainly you can tell
?I was simply trying to find you
?Yes, that?s what you said on the phone, what a number of people said to me in the street?
people who had been asked a number of questions having nothing to do with my residence, such as
it is
?I had to know if you were chanel bags to buy capable
