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@@@@@I can?t stay by myself any longerAs a matter of fact, we?ll need a few thingsWe?ll find one of those malls and buy
some clothes?toothbrushes, a razor whatever else we can think of
?You mean we can?t go back to Paris
?We can and probably will go back to Paris, but not to our hotelsDo you have your passport??
?Passport, money, credit cards, everythingThey were all in my purse, which I didn?t know I
had until you gave it to me in the car
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?I didn?t think it was such a good idea to leave it at the Meurice
?Who are you calling??
?Alex
?You just tried him
?At his apartment; he was thrown out of his security tent in VirginiaThen I?ll reach Mo Panov
They drove south again to the small city of Corbeil-Essonnes, where there was a relatively new
shopping center several miles west of the highwayThe crowded merchandising complex was a
blight on the French countryside but a welcome sight for the fugitivesJason parked the car, and
like any husband and wife out for late-afternoon shopping, they strolled down the central mall, all
the while frantically looking for a public telephone
?Not a goddamned one on the highway!? said Bourne through clenched teeth?What do they
think people are supposed to do if they have an accident or a flat tire??
?Wait for the police,? answered Marie, ?and there was a phone, only it was broken intoMaybe
that?s why there aren?t more? There?s one
Once again Jason went through the irritating process of placing an overseas call with local
operators who found it irritating to ring through to the international branch of the systemAnd then
the thunder returned, distant but implacable
?This is Alex,? said the recorded voice over the line?I?ll be away for a while, visiting a place
where a grave error was madeCall me in five or six hoursIt?s now nine-thirty in the morning,
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