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@@@@@There 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 superiorDo
it!?
?You?re not well, Dimitri
?Do you wish a superb service report or one that will send you to Tashkent??
?I?m on my way, comrade
Krupkin replaced the microphone in the dashboard receptacle?Everything proceeds,? he said
haltingly, partially over his shoulder?If I?m to go down with either a crazed assassin or a
convoluted lunatic who displays certain decencies, I imagine it?s best to choose the latterContrary
to the most enlightened skeptics, there might be a God, after allWould you care to buy a house
on the lake in Geneva, Aleksei??
Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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?I might,? answered Bourne?If I live through the day and do what I have to do, give me a price
?Hey, David,? interjected Conklin?Marie made that money, you didn?t
?She?ll listen to me
?What now, whoever you are?? asked Krupkin
?Give me all the firepower I need from this trunk of yours and let me off in the grass just before
the armo
