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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:22 pm
    @@@@@All Georgia must be here dancing Not quite,"
    @@@@@All Georgia must be here dancing Not quite," said her
    partner"Some had no invitations He gestured upward with his
    thumbScarlett saw that the galleries were full of spectators in
    ordinary dressSome were not so ordinaryMamie Bart was there,
    wearing all her diamonds, surrounded by other dregsWhat a good
    thing
    I didn't take up with that bunch againThey're too trashy to be
    invited anywhereScarlett had managed to forget the origin of her
    invitationThe presence of an audience made the Ball seem even
    more
    desirableShe tossed her head and laughedHer diamond earrings
    flashed; she could see them reflected in the Mandarin's eyes through
    the holes in hismaskElbowed aside by a monk
    with
    his cowl pulled forward to shadow his masked face
    Without a word, he took Scarlett's hand, then circled her waist with
    his arm when the orchestra struck up a lively polkaShe danced as
    she
    hadn't danced in yearsShe was giddy, infected by the thrilling
    madness of masquerade, intoxicated by the strangeness of it all, by
    the
    champagne offered on silver trays held by satin-clad pages, by the
    delight of being at a party again, by her unquestionable successShe
    was a success, and she believed she was unknown, invulnerableShe
    recognized the Old Guard dowagersThey had on the same costumes
    they'd worn in the paradeAshley was masked, but she knew him as
    soon
    as she saw himHe wore a mourning band around the sleeve of
    his black-and-white Harlequin outfit
    India must have dragged him here so she'd have an escort, Scarlett
    thought, how mean of herOf course she doesn't care if it's mean or
    not, as long as it's proper, and a man in mourning doesn't have to give
    up going out the way a woman doesHe can put an armband on his
    best
    suit and start courting his next love before his wife's hardly cold in
    her g
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:22 pm
    @@@@@ Le Coeur du Soldat was not on a street or a
    @@@@@
    Le Coeur du Soldat was not on a street or a boulevard or an avenueInstead, it was in a dead-end
    alleyway around the corner and across from a long-since-closed factory whose faded signs
    indicated a once flourishing metallurgical refining plant in what had to be the ugliest part of the
    cityNor was the Soldat listed in the telephone directory; it was found by innocently asking
    strangers where it was, as the inquirer was to meet une grosse secousse at this undiscoverable
    pissoirThe more dilapidated the buildings and the filthier the streets, the more cogent were the
    directions
    Bourne stood in the dark narrow alley leaning against the aged rough brick of the opposing
    structure across from the bistro’s entranceAbove the thick massive door in square block letters,
    several missing, was a dull red sign: L C eur d SoldatAs the door was sporadically opened for
    entering or departing clientele, metallic martial music blared forth into the alley; and the clientele
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    were not candidates for an haute couture cotillionHis appearance was in keeping, thought Jason,
    as he struck a wooden match against the brick, lighting a thin black cigar as he limped toward the
    door
    Except for the language and the deafening music, it might have been a waterfront bar in Sicily’s
    Palermo, reflected Bourne as he made his way to the crowded bar, his squinting eyes roam ing,
    absorbing everything he could observe—briefly confused, wondering when he had been in
    Palermo, Sicily
    A heavyset man in a tank shirt got off a stool; Jason slid on top of itThe clawlike hand gripped
    his shoulder; Bourne slapped his right hand up, grabbing the wrist and twisting it clockwise,
    pushing the barstool away and rising to his full height“What’s your problem?” he asked calmly in
    French but loud enough to be heard
    “That’s my seat, pig! I’m just taking a piss!”
    “So maybe when you’re finished, I’ll take one,” said Jason, his gaze boring into the man’s eyes,
    the strength of his grip unmistakable—emphasized by pressing a nerve with his thumb, which had
    nothing to do with strength
    “Ah, you’re a fucking cripple !” cried the man, trying not to wince“I don’t pick on invalids
    “I’ll tell you what,” said Bourne, releasing his thumb“You come back, we’ll take turns, and I’ll
    buy you a drink each time you let me get off this bum leg of mine, okay?”
    Looking up at Jason, the heavyset man slowly grinned“Hey, you’re all right
    “I’m not all right, but I’m certainly not looking for a fight,’ eitherShit, you’d hammer me to the
    floor Bourne released the muscular Tank Shirt’s arm
    “I’m not so sure of that,” said the man, now laughing and holding his wrist“Sit, sit! I’ll take a
    piss and come back and buy you a drinkYou don’t look like you’re loaded with franc
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:23 pm
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    There was something pulling me - maybe something
    that had been in me since the accident, but surely
    something that had come back from Duma Key Road
    with meI'm not sure I could have
    stood against it in any case, but I didn't even
    try; I was curious
    My daughter's purse was on the coffee table in the
    living roomI opened it, took out her wallet, and
    flipped through the pictures insideDoing this
    made me feel a little like a cad, but only a
    littleIt's not purse logo as if you're stealing anything, I
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    told myself, but of course there are many ways of
    stealing, aren't there?
    Here was the photo of Carson Jones she'd shown me
    at the airport, but I didn't want thatI didn't
    want him by himselfI wanted him with herI
    wanted a picture of them as a coupleIt looked as if it had been taken at a
    roadside stand; there were baskets of cucumbers
    and corn behind themThey were smiling and young
    and beautifulTheir arms were around balenciaga handbag each other,
    and one of Carson Jones's palms appeared to be
    resting on the swell of my daughter's blue jeansclad
    assOh you crazy ChristianMy right arm was
    still itching, a low, steady skin-crawl like
    prickly heatI scratched at it, scratched through
    it, and got my ribs instead for the ten thousandth
    timeThis picture was also in a protective seethrough
    envelopeI slid it out, glanced over my
    shoulder - nervous as a burglar on his first job -
    at the partially dior women open door of the room where Ilse
    was sleeping, then turned the picture over
    I love you, Punkin!
    "Smiley"
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    Could I trust a suitor who called my daughter
    Punkin and signed himself Smiley? I didn't think
    soIt might not be fair, but no - I didn't think
    soNevertheless, I had found what I was looking
    forI turned the picture over
    again, closed my eyes, and pretended I was
    touching their Kodachrome images with my right
    handAlthough pretending wasn't what it deville watch felt like;
    I suppose I don't have to tell you that by now
    After some passage of time - I don't know exactly
    how long - I returned the picture to its plastic
    sleeve and submerged her wallet beneath the
    tissues and cosmetics to approximately the same
    depth at which I had found itThen I put her
    purse back on the coffee table and went into my
    bedroom to get Reba the Anger-Management DollI
    limped upstairs to Little Pink with her clamped
    between my stump and my Gucci Indy Bag si
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:23 pm
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    “Turn your face this way, pleaseHmm, you must have hit those rocks just exactly wrong
    “Well, thank goodness you were able to drive yourself here
    She was lightly dripping Heal onto my cheek, smearing it with the tips of her chanel white watch fingers“Ah, I
    love to watch it workLooks much better alreadyOkay… around the edges She smiled to
    herselfI want this to be erased She worked for a minute longer
    “Here's some water,” the older woman said as she came through the cartier must 21 door
    “Thank you, Cerulean
    “Let me know if you need anything moreI wondered if she was from the Flower PlanetBlue flowers were rare–one might
    take a name from thatHow do you feel?”
    I pulled myself upI hadn't felt so healthy in a Tiffany Bracelets long timeThe sharp shift
    from pain to ease made the sensation more powerful
    “That's just how it should beOkay, let's dust on a little Smooth
    She twisted the last cylinder's top and shook an iridescent powder into her handShe patted cartier love it
    into my cheek, then patted another handful onto my arm
    “You'll always have a small line on your arm,” she said apologeticallyA deep
    wound…” She shruggedAbsentmindedly, she brushed the hair back from my neck and
    examined the gucci women watches
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:15 pm
    @@@@@I'll tell you what, a man can't do the kind
    @@@@@I'll tell you what, a man can't do the kind of work he's capable of out in this tropical heat
    "Why don't you just admit you're goofing off?" A change had come about in Stanley's attitude toward Brown since he had made corporalHe no longer agreed with Brown completely, and he bantered with him much more frequently"You'll be like Roth in another week," he said
    "It's all right, sergeant, I'm on to you Stanley had not noticed the change in himselfDuring the first months he had been in the platoon he had been painfully alert, he had never said anything without thinking or feeling what its purpose would be, he had selected his friendships with care, and he had felt his way through the filter of Brown's likes and dislikesWithout ever analyzing it carefully, he had subtly formed Brown's attitude toward men about whom Brown originally had not much opinionIn turn Stanley found it politic to like the men of whom Brown spoke approvinglyYet he never phrased all this to himself; he knew he had wanted to make corporal, but he never admitted it to himselfHe merely obeyed the hints and the anxieties that his mind generated in relation with Brown
    Brown had understood him, had laughed at him secretly, but Brown ended by recommending him for corporalWithout realizing it, Brown had found himself dependent on Stanley, warmed by his admiration and respect, by his complete interest in everything Brown had to sayBrown had always thought, Stanley's brown-nosing me, and I'm on to him, yet when Croft had talked to him about making a corporal, Brown had been unable to think of anyone but StanleyThere were objections to all the others; he had forgotten the source of his contempt for some of the other men they were considering, but it had been originated by StanleyTo his surprise, he had found himself praising Stanley to Croft
    Afterward, as Stanley grew accustomed to giving orders, the change became apparentHis voice developed authority, he began to bully the men who displeased him, and he approached Brown with easy familiarityAgain, without ever thinking of it articulately, he knew that Brown could not help him any longer; he would remain a corporal until one of the sergeants was wounded or killedAt first he had continued to show deference to Brown, continued to agree with him, but he had become conscious of his hypocrisy, a little uncomfortable with itNow he noticed when Brown was obviously inaccurateHe began to state his own opinionsIn time he had begun to boast
    Now Stanley exhaled leisurely, and repeated, "Yep, you're getting just like Roth Brown made no answer, and Stanley spat
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:15 pm
    @@@@@"The only question is, will she grow into
    @@@@@"The only question is, will she grow into them? It can be a
    great handicap, being beautiful and having been a belleLots of
    women
    never recover from it
    "It was ridiculous, the way she flirted with Edward
    "Automatic, I think, not really ridiculousThere are plenty of men
    who expect just thatkind of thing, tooMaybe they need it now more
    than ever beforeThey've lost everything else that once made them
    feel like men, all their wealth, their lands, and their power The
    two women were silent for a while, thinking of things better left
    unadmitted by a proud people under the heel of a military occupying
    forceSally cleared her throat, breaking the somber mood"One
    good
    thing," she said in a positive way, "Rhett's wife is desperately in love
    with himHer face lit up like a sunrise when he appeared in that
    doorway, did you see?"
    "No, I didn't," said EmmaWhat I saw was the
    same look-but it was on Anne's face eyes kept returning to the
    door
    What was keeping Rhett so long? Eleanor Butler pretended not to
    notice,
    but a tiny smile nestled in the corners of her mouthHer fingers
    moved a gleaming ivory shuttle rapidly back and forth, tatting an
    intricate web of loopsIt should have been a cozy momentThe
    drawing room curtains were closed against the storm and the dark,
    lamps
    were lit on tables throughout the two beautiful adjoining rooms, and a
    golden, crackling fire banished chill and dampBut Scarlett's nerves
    were too drawn to be comforted by the domestic sceneWhere was
    Rhett?
    Would he still be angry when he returned? She tried to keep her mind
    on what Rhett's mother was saying, but she couldn'tShe didn't care
    about the Confederate Home for Widows and OrphansHer fingers
    touched
    the bodice of her dress, but there were no cascades of lace to fiddle
    withSurely he wouldn't care about her clothes if he really didn't
    care about her, would he? so the school just sort of grew by
    itself because there was no place else really for the orphans to go,
    Mrs"It's been more successful than we would
    have
    dared to hopeLast June, there were six graduated, all of them
    teachers now themsel
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:21 pm
    @@@@@Now, Mo isn’t familiar with
    @@@@@Now, Mo isn’t familiar with criminal
    jargon, certainly not to the point where he would automatically make a connection, but the
    connection’s thereTake the word ‘supreme’ and change it by removing one vowel and inserting
    another‘Supremo’—capo supremo, hardly a heavenly supreme beingSuddenly, ‘the family’ is
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    248
    light years away from Norman Rockwell, and ‘blessing’ is interchangeable with a reward or a
    bonus
    “Mafia,” said Peter, his eyes steady and clear despite a number of drinks that had obviously been
    burned out of his system“I hadn’t thought that one through, but I marked it instinctivelyOkay,
    here’s something else along the same lines, the same lines because I also picked up on the unlike-
    Panov phrases Holland flipped through his legal pad and stopped at a specific page‘New
    York wants it all ” Peter continued slapping over the pages‘That Wall Street is
    something ” Once more the DCI progressed through his legal pad‘Blondie
    fruits’—the rest is garbledI heard it, but it didn’t make any sense to meAleksei Konsolikov?” Holland smiled“Underneath that Anglo-Saxon
    exterior, education and all, beats the heart of a RussianYou’re not sensitive to what some of us
    have to endure
    “Huh?”
    “I’m a WASP, and ‘blondie fruits’ is but one more pejorative description given us by, I must
    admit, other trampled-upon minoritiesArmbruster, Swayne, Atkinson, Burton,
    Teagarten—‘blondies’ allAnd Wall Street, certain firms in that originally WASP financial bastion,
    at any rate
    “Medusa,” said Alex, nodding“Medusa and the Mafia
    “We’ve got a telephone number!” Peter leaned forward on the couch“It was in the ledger
    Bourne brought out of Swayne’s house
    “I’ve tried it, remember? It’s an answering machine, that’s all it is
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:26 pm
    @@@@@ But then Noveen's voice changedIt stopped
    @@@@@
    But then Noveen's voice changedIt stopped being
    Adie's voiceIt stopped being the voice of anyone
    Elizabeth knew, and it went right on talking even
    when Elizabeth told Noveen to ferramay her bush
    At first, maybe that voice was pleasant
    Then things changed, didn't they? Because art is
    magic, and not all magic is white
    Not even for little girls
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    7 - Art for Art's Sake
    i
    There was a bottle of single-malt in the living
    room liquor cabinetI wanted a shot and didn't
    take itI wanted to wait, maybe eat one of my egg
    salad sandwiches and plan out what I was going to
    say to her, and I didn't do that, either
    Sometimes the only way to do it is to do itI
    took the cordless phone out into the Florida room
    It was chilly even with the glass sliders shut,
    but in a way that was goodI thought the cool air
    might sharpen me up a littleAnd maybe the sight
    of the sun dropping toward the horizon and
    painting its golden track across the water would
    calm me downBecause I wasn't calmMy heart was
    pounding too hard, my cheeks felt hot, my hip hurt
    like a bastard, and I suddenly realized, with real
    horror, that my wife's name had slipped my mind
    Every time I dipped for it, all I came up with was
    peligro, the Spanish word for danger
    I decided there was one thing I did need before
    calling Minnesota
    280
    I left the phone on the overstuffed couch, limped
    to the bedroom (using my crutch now; I and my
    crutch were going to be inseparable until bedtime),
    and got RebaOne look into her blue eyes was
    enough to bring Pam's name back, and my heartbeat
    slowedWith my best girl clamped between my side
    and my stump, her boneless pink legs wagging, I
    made my way back to the Florida room and sat down
    againReba flopped onto my lap and I set her
    aside with a thump so she faced the westering sun
    "Stare at it too long, you'll go blind," I said
    "Of course, that's where the fun isBruce
    Springsteen, 1973 or so, muchach
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:24 pm
    @@@@@Does that bother you, too?” “SometimesWe
    @@@@@Does that bother you,
    too?”
    “SometimesWe don't go out during the day much
    “At least she gets to stretch her legs,” Kyle muttered“I don't know why you want to hearher
    complain
    “Because it's so uncommonWhich makes it a nice change from listening toyou complainOnce Ian and Kyle got started, they usually went on for a while
    “Oklahoma City next?” I asked Jared
    “And a few small towns on the way, if you're up for it,” he answered, eyes on the road
    Jared rarely lost his focus when on a raidHe didn't relax into relieved banter the way Ian and
    Kyle did every time I completed another mission successfullyIt made me smile when they used
    that word–missionhat sounded so formidableIn reality, it was just a trip to the storeJust like
    I'd done a hundred times in San Diego when I was only feeding myself
    Like Kyle said, it was too easy to provide any excitementI pushed my cart up and down the
    aislesI smiled at the souls who smiled at me, and I filled my cart with things that would lastI
    usually grabbed a few things that wouldn't, for the men hiding in the back of the vanPremade
    sandwiches from the deli–things like that for our mealsAnd maybe a treat or twoIan had a
    fondness for mint chocolate chip ice creamKyle liked caramel sweets bestJared ate anything
    he was offered; it seemed as if he'd given up favorites many years before, embracing a life where
    wants were unwelcome and even needs were carefully assessed before they were metAnother
    reason he was good at this life–he saw priorities uncontaminated by personal desire
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:15 pm
    @@@@@ All right, now there was no dispensationHe
    @@@@@ All right, now there was no dispensationHe was merely a second lieutenant, squeezed by all the pressures above and beneath him, no more capable than any of the other officers of maintaining his own course with a little dignity, a little restraintAfter it went on long enough the reactions would become automatic, fear-inspiredSomehow you never did win when you were with the GeneralEven on that night of the chess game it was he who had felt sick, not Cummings; it was he who had lain on his cot and dredged his memory for all the silt and cankers
    "Are you junior officers getting your liquor supplies?" What the hell had he meant by that? On an impulse Hearn opened the General's liquor closet, and examined the opened bottlesAlmost every night Cummings could be counted on to drink an inch or two of Scotch, and with a curious niggardliness he would mark the level of the bottle with a pencil before he put it awayHearn had noticed this with amusement, found it an interesting little quirk in all the contradictions of the General
    But today the liquor level on his bottle of Scotch was at least two and a half inches below the last pencil markCummings had seen that this morning, had rebuked him for drinking it"Are you junior officers getting your liquor supplies?" Only, that was absurdCummings would know better than that
    It could have been ClellanBut it was unlikely Clellan would jeopardize a sinecure like general's orderly merely for a drinkAnd besides, Clellan was shrewd enough to mark the liquor level himself if he wanted to take a nip
    Suddenly, Hearn had an image of Cummings sitting in his tent the night before, about to go to bed, examining thoughtfully the label of his whisky bottleHe might even pick up his pencil, deliberate a moment or two, and then he would leave the bottle unmarked, return it to the closetWhat had his face looked like at that moment?
    This, now, was not funnyNot after the recreation tent and the flowers and KerriganUntil this little episode, he could consider the General's antics as pranks that spewed out of twisted and intense hungersIt had been in a way like the probing banter between friendsAnd frightening, a littleWith all his concerns, with all the pressures upon him, Cummings had had time to concoct these schemes, release a little of the greater frustration he was feeling
    And that basically was what their relationship had always been, Hearn understood at this momentHe had been the pet, the dog, to the master, coddled and curried, thrown sweetmeats until he had had the presumption to bite the master on
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:15 pm
    @@@@@She should have done it before, instead
    @@@@@She should have done it before, instead of
    frittering away her time at a million tea partiesThe sunlight made
    her narrow her eyes when she stepped outside the houseIt was
    strong,
    already warm on her head although it was still very early
    She shaded her eyes with her hand and looked around herA soft
    moan
    was her first reactionThe brick terrace under her feet continued to
    her left for a hundred yardsBroken, blackened and grass-grown, it
    was a frame for a monumental charred ruinJagged remnants of walls
    and chimneys were all that remained of what had been a magnificent
    mansionTumbled mounds of smoke- and firestained bricks within the
    fragments of walls were heart-stopping mementos of Sherman's Army
    Scarlett was heartsick
    This had been Rhett's home, Rhett's life -lost forever before he could
    come back to reclaim itNothing in her troubled life had ever been as
    bad as thisShe'd never known the degree of pain he must have felt,
    must still feel a hundred times a day when he saw the ruins of
    hishome
    No wonder he was determined to rebuild, to find and regain everything
    he could of the old possessionsShe could help him! Hadn't she
    plowed and planted and harvested Tara's fields herself? Why, she'd
    wager Rhett didn't even know good seed corn from badShe'd be
    proud to
    help, because she knew how much it meant, what a victory it was over
    the despoilers when the land was reborn with tender new growthI
    understand, she thought triumphantlyI can feel what he's feelingWe can do this togetherI don't mind a dirt
    floorNot if it's with RhettWhere is he? I've got to tell him!
    Scarlett turned away from the shell of the house and found herself
    facing a vista unlike anything she'd ever seen in her lifeThe brick
    terrace on which she was standing led onto a grass-covered earth
    parterre, the highest of a series of grass terraces that unfolded in
    perfectly contoured sweeping movement down to a pair of sculpted
    lakes
    in the shape of gigantic butterfly wingsBetween them a wide grassy
    path led to the river and the boat landingThe extravagant scale was
    so perfectly proportioned that the great distances appeared less, and
    the whole was like a carpeted outdoor room
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:28 pm
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
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    I managed to get around between the wheelchair and
    the bar, with the bartender bracing the table to
    make sure it didn't tip over
    "Are you able to kneel down, so we can be face to
    face?"
    I was ableMy Great Beach Walks were paying
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    "Yes, ma'am Of course I rememberedThose had
    been sweet interludes
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    I had no idea who she was talking about, but I
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    The hand with the cigarette holder in it opened
    Then it reached out and caressed my hairThe idea
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    "Art is memory, EdgarThere is no simpler way to
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    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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