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@@@@@Does it take long to fly over there??
?If the weather?s clear, no more than fifteen minutes, but that would be an amphibious charter
I?m not sure one?s available until tomorrow morning
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?Sure, there is, babe,? interrupted the young man with small gold wings pinned crookedly on his
white shirt?I?m running over some supplies to Johnny StJay pretty soon,? he added, stepping
forward
?He?s not scheduled for today
?As of an hour ago he is
At that instant and with those words, Prefontaine?s eyes fell in astonishment on two stacks of
cartons moving slowly down Inter-Island?s luggage carousel toward the exterior loading areaEven
if he had the time to debate with himself, he knew his decision was made
?I?d like to purchase a ticket on that flight, if I may,? he said, watching the boxes of Gerber?s
Assorted Baby Foods and Pampers Medium Diapers disappear into the hold
He had found the unknown woman with the small male child and the infant
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Routine secondhand inquiries at the Federal Trade Commission confirmed the fact that its
chairman, Albert Armbruster, did, indeed, have ulcers as well as high blood pressure and under
doctor?s orders left the office and returned home whenever discomfort struck himWhich was why
Alex Conklin telephoned him after a generally overindulgent lunch?also established?with an
?update? of the Snake Lady crisisAs with Alex?s initial call, catching Armbruster in the shower,
he anonymously told the shaken chairman that someone would be in touch with him later in the
day?either at the office or at homeThe contact would identify himself simply as Cobra(?Use all
the banal trigger words you can come up with? was the gospel according to St In the
meantime, Armbruster was instructed to talk to no one?Those are orders from the Sixth Fleet
?Oh, Christ!?
Thus Albert Armbruster called for his chariot and was driven home in discomfortFurther
nausea was in store for the chairman, however, as Jason Bourne was waiting for himArmbruster,? said the stranger pleasantly as the chairman struggled out of
the limousine, the door held open by the chauffeur
?Yes, what?? Armbruster?s response was immediate, unsure
?I merely said ?Good afternoonWe met at the White House reception for
the Joint Chiefs several years ago??
?I wasn?t there,? broke in the chairman emphatically
?Oh?? The stranger arched his brows, his voice still pleasant but obviously questionin
