“Stupid goddamned soldier boys!” spat out...
“Stupid goddamned soldier boys!” spat out Armbruster“Give ’em gold braid and they prance
around like debutantes and want every new toy in town! Faxes, access codes! Jesus, he probably
punched the wrong numbers and got the NAACP
“DeSole says he’s building a cover and can handle it, but it’s no time for him to go around
asking questions, especially in this areaHe’ll check quietly on everything he can, and if he learns
something he’ll reach us, but we’re not to reach him
“Wouldn’t you know it’d be a lousy soldier boy who puts us out on a limb? If it wasn’t for that
jackass with his access code, we wouldn’t have a problemEverything would be taken care of
“But he does exist, and the problem—the crisis—won’t go away,” said chanel jewelry Bourne flatly“I repeat,
we have to cover ourselvesSome of us will have to leave—disappear at least for a whileFor the
good of all of us
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission leaned back in the booth, his expression
pensively disagreeable“Yeah, well let me tell you something, Simon, or whatever your name is
You’re checking out the wrong peopleWe’re businessmen, some of us rich enough or egotistical
enough or for other reasons willing to work for government pay, but first we’re businessmen with
investments all over the placeWe’re also appointed, not elected, and that means nobody expects
full financial disclosuresDo you see what I’m driving at?”
“I’m not sure,” said Jason, instantly concerned that he was losing control, miu miu black bag losing the threatI’ve
been away too long and Albert Armbruster was not a foolHe was given to first-level panic, but
the second level was colder, far more analytical“What are you driving at?”
“Get rid of our soldier boysBuy them villas or a couple of Caribbean islands and put them out
of reachGive ’em their own little courts and let ’em play kings; that’s what they’re all about
anyway
“Operate without them?” asked Bourne, trying to conceal his astonishment
“You said it and I agreeAny hint of big brass and we’re in big troubleIt goes under the
heading of ‘military industrial complex,’ which freely translated means military-industrial
collusion Again Armbruster leaned forward over the table“We don’t need them anymore! balenciaga bag Get
rid of them
“There could be very loud objections—”
“No wayWe’ve got ’em by their brass balls!”
“I’ll have to think about it
“There’s nothing to think aboutIn six months we’ll have the controls we need in Europe
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Jason Bourne stared at the chairman of the Federal Trade CommissionWhat controls? he
thought to himselfFor what reason? Why?
“I’ll drive you home,” he said
“I talked to Marie,” said Conklin from the Agency garden apartment in Virginia“She’s at the
inn, not at your house
“How come?” asked Jason at a gas-station pay phone on the outskirts of Manassas
“She wasn’t too clearI think it was lunchtime or nap time—one of those times when mothers
are never clearI could hear your balenciaga twiggy kids in the background
“What did she say, Alex?”
“It seems your brother-in-law wanted it that wayShe didn’t elaborate, and other than sounding
like one harried mommy, she was the perfectly normal Marie I know and love—which means she
only wanted to hear about you
“Which means you told her I was perfectly fine, didn’t you?”
“Hell, yesI said you were holed up under guard going over a lot of computer printouts, sort of a
variation on the truth
“Johnny must have had his talk with herShe told him what’s happened, so he moved them all to
his exclusive bunker
“His what?”
“You never saw Tranquility Inn, or did you? Frankly, I can’t remember whether you did or not
“Panov and I saw only the plans and the site; that was four years chanel watches ag