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It?s said that he once studied for the priesthood
?Then the Church is one up on you,? said Alex, angling his head in a humorously mocking
rebuke?They threw him out before you did
?I never underestimate the Vatican,? laughed Dimitri?It ultimately proved that our mad Joseph
Stalin misunderstood priorities when he asked how many battalions the Pope hadHis Holiness
doesn?t need them; he achieves more than Stalin ever did with all his purgesPower goes to the one
who instills the greatest fear, not so, Aleksei? All the princes of this earth use it with brutal
effectivenessAnd it all revolves around death?the fear of it, before and afterWhen will we grow
up and tell them all to go to the devil??
?Death,? whispered Jason, frowning?Death on the Rivoli, at the Meurice, the Magdalen Sisters
my God, I completely vintage gucci bags forgot! Dominique Lavier! She was at the Meurice?she may still be
thereShe said she?d work with me!?
?Why would she?? asked Krupkin sharply
?Because Carlos killed her sister and she had no choice but to join him or be killed herself
Bourne turned to the console?I need the telephone number of the Meurice??
?Four two six zero, three eight six zero,? offered Krupkin as Jason grabbed a pencil and wrote
down the numbers on Alex?s notepad?A lovely place, once known as the hotel of kingsI
especially like the grill
Bourne touched the buttons, holding up his hand for quietRemembering, he asked for Madame
Brielle?s room, the name they had agreed upon, and when the hotel operator said ?Mais oui,? he
nodded rapidly in relief to Alex and Dimitri Krupkin
?Yes??
?It is I, madame,? said Jason, his French just slightly chanel jewelry online coarse, ever so minimally Anglicized; the
Chameleon was in charge?Your housekeeper suggested we might reach you hereMadame?s dress
is readyWe apologize for the delay
?It was to have been brought to me yesterday?by noon?you ass! I intended to wear it last
evening at Le Grand V?fourI was mortified!?
?A thousand apologiesWe can deliver it to the hotel immediately
?You are again an ass! I?m sure my maid also told you I was here for only two daysTake it to
my flat on the Montaigne and it had better be there by four o?clock or your bill will not be paid for
six months!? The conversation was believably terminated by a loud crack at the other end of the
line
Bourne replaced the phone; perspiration had formed at his slightly graying hairline?I?ve been
out of this too long,? he said, breathing deeply?She has a flat cartier santos de cartier on the Montaigne and she?ll be there
after four o?clock
?Who the hell is Dominique whatever her name is?? fairly yelled the frustrated Conklin
?Lavier,? answered Krupkin, ?only, she uses her dead sister?s name, JacquelineShe?s been
posing as her sister for years
?You know about that?? asked Jason, impressed
?Yes, but it never did us much goodIt was an understandable ruse?look-alikes, several
months? absence, minor surgery and programming?all quite normal in the abnormal world of
haute coutureWho looks or listens to anyone in that superficial orbit? We watch her, but she?s
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never led us to the Jackal, she wouldn?t know howShe has no direct access; everything she reports
to Carlos is filtered, stone walls at every relayThat?s the way of the Jackal
?It?s not always fendi big the way,? said Bourne?There was a man named Santos who managed a rundown
caf? in Argenteuil called Le Coeur du SoldatHe gave it to me and it was very
special
?Was?? Krupkin raised his eyebrows?Had? You employ the past tense??
?He?s dead
?And that run-down caf? in Argenteuil, is it still flourishing??
?It?s cleaned out and closed down,? admitted Jason, no defeat in his admission
?So the access is terminated, no??
?Sure, but I believe what he told me because he was killed for telling it to meYou see, he was
getting out, just as this Lavier woman wants to get out?only, his association went back to the
beginningTo Cuba, where Carlos saved a misfit like himself from executionHe knew he could
use that man, that huge imposing giant who could operate inside the world of the dregs of humanity
and be his primary sac dolce gabana re
