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ago I didn’t have any means,
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ago I didn’t have any means, only authenticity, but that gap has just been filledCome over here,
Kruppie—just you for the moment, and stay away from the windowLook between the corner of
the drapes The Soviet did as he was told, going to Conklin’s side and parting the fold of lace
fabric from the wall“What do you see?” asked Alex, gesturing at a shabby, nondescript brown car
below on the avenue Montaigne“Doesn’t do much for the neighborhood, does it?”
Krupkin did not bother to replyInstead, he whipped the miniaturized radio from his pocket and
pressed the transmitter button“Sergei, there’s a brown automobile roughly eighty meters down the
street from the building’s entrance—”
“We know, sir,” interrupted the aide“We’ve got it covered, and if you’ll notice, our backup is
parked across the wayIt’s an old man who barely moves except to look out the window
“Does he have a car telephone?”
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“No, comrade, and should he leave the automobile he’ll be followed, so there can be no outside
calls unless you direct otherwise
“I shall not direct otherwise The Russian looked at Conklin“The old
man,” he said
“Bald head and all,” affirmed Alex“He’s not a fool; he’s done this before and knows he’s being
watchedHe can’t leave for fear of missing something, and if he had a phone there’d be others
down in the Montaigne
“The Jackal,” said Bourne, stepping forward, then stopping, remembering Conklin’s order to
stay away from the window
“Now, do you understand?” asked Alex, addressing the question to Krupkin
“Of course,” conceded the KGB official, smiling“It’s why you wanted an ostentatious
limousine from our embassyAfter we leave, Carlos is told that a Soviet diplomatic vehicle was
sent to pick us up, and for what other reason would we be here but to interrogate Madame Lavier?
Naturally, in my well-advertised presence was a tall man who might or might not be Jason Bourne,
and another shorter individual with a disabled leg—thus confirming that it was Jason Bourne
Our unholy alliance is therefore established and observed, and again, naturally, during our harsh
questioning of Madame Lavier, tempers flared and references were made to the Jackal’s informer
in Dzerzhinsky Square
“Which only I’d known about through my dealing with Santos at Le Coeur du Soldat,” said
Jason quietly“So Dominique has a credible observer—an old man from Carlos’s army of old
men—to back up the information she deliver |