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?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 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 relaySantos had direct accessHe proved it because he gave me an alternate
number that did reach the JackalOnly a very few men could do that
?Fascinating,? said Krupkin, his eyes firmly focused on Bourne?But as my fine old enemy,
Aleksei, who is now looking at you as I look at you, might inquire, what are you leading up to, M
