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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:26 pm
    @@@@@ "What did he do when he sobered
    @@@@@
    "What did he do when he sobered up?"
    Scarlett wanted to know"Oh, my dear, he never didHe died only
    ten
    days after the ship made landfallBut in the meantime he had
    wagered
    some other gambler at dice and won a girl-one of the indentured
    servants from the ship-and, since later she turned out to be carrying
    his child, there was a sort of postfacto wedding at his grave marker,
    and her son became one of my great-great-grandfathers
    "He was rather a gamester himself, wasn't he?" Rhett askedIt truly ran in the familyButler continued along
    the family treeScarlett glanced at Rhett oftenHow many surprises
    were there in this man she hardly knew? She'd never seen him so
    relaxed and happy and totally at homeI never made a home for him,
    she realizedHe never even liked the houseIt was mine, done the
    way I wanted, a present from him, not his at allScarlett wanted to
    break in on Miss Eleanor's stories, to tell Rhett that she was sorry for
    the past, that she'd make up for all her mistakes
    He was content, enjoying himself and his mother's ramblingsShe
    mustn't break this moodThe candles in their tall silver holders were
    reflected in the polish of the mahogany table and in the pupils of
    Rhett's gleaming black eyesThey bathed the table and the three of
    them in a warm, still light, making an island of soft brilliance in the
    shadows of the long roomThe world outside was closed off by the
    thick folds of curtains at the windows and by the intimacy of the small
    candlelit islandEleanor Butler's voice was gentle, Rhett's laughter a
    quiet, encouraging chuckleLove made an airy yet unbreakable web
    between mother and sonScarlett had a sudden consuming yearning
    to be
    enclosed in that webThen Rhett said, "Tell Scarlett about Cousin
    Townsend, Mama," and she was safe in the warmth of the candlelight,
    included in the happiness that ringed the tableShe wished that it
    could last forever, and she begged Miss Eleanor to tell about Cousin
    Townsend"Townsend's not really a cousin-cousin, you know, only a
    third cousin twice removed, but he is the direct descendent of
    Great-GreatGrandfather Ellinton, only son of an eldest son of an eldest
    sonSo he inherited that original land grant, and the Ellinton
    gambler's fever, and the Ellinton luck
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:26 pm
    @@@@@ Bourne released the messenger, who looked
    @@@@@ Bourne released the messenger, who looked at SantosWith a gesture of his large
    head, the man raced away
    “Your Englishman arrived,” said Santos when they were alone“He carried a valise, I saw for
    myself
    “He arrived carrying a valise,” agreed Jason
    “So London capitulates, no? London is very anxious
    “The stakes are very high and that’s all I’ll say about itThe information, please
    “Let us first again define the procedure, shall we?”
    “We’ve defined it several timesYou give me the information, my client tells me to act upon
    it; and if satisfactory contact is made, I bring you the remainder of the three million francs
    “You say ‘satisfactory contact What will satisfy you? How will you know the contact is firm?
    How do I know that you will not claim it is unsatisfactory and steal my money when, indeed, you
    have made the connection your clients have paid for?”
    “You’re a suspicious fellow, aren’t you?”
    “Oh, very suspiciousSimon, is not peopled with saints, is it?”
    “Perhaps more than you realize
    “That would astonish mePlease answer my questions
    “All right, I’ll tryHow will I know the contact’s firm? That’s easyI’ll simply know because
    it’s my business to knowIt’s what I’m paid for, and a man in my position does not make mistakes
    at this level and live to apologizeI’ve refined the process, done my research, and I’ll ask two or
    three questions myselfThen I’ll know—one way or another
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    259
    “That’s an elusive replySantos, being elusive is hardly a negative, is it? As to your concern that I
    would lie to you and take your money, let me assure you I don’t cultivate enemies like you and the
    network your blackbird obviously controls any more than I would make enemies of my clients
    That way is madness and a much shorter lif
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:27 pm
    @@@@@ Her surrealist phase began; first the birds
    @@@@@
    Her surrealist phase began; first the birds flying
    upside-down, then the animals walking on water,
    then the Smiling Horses that brought her a small
    measure of renownAnd that was when something
    changedThat was when something dark slipped in,
    using little Libbit as its channel
    She began to draw her doll, and when she did, her
    doll began to talk
    278
    By then Adriana was back from Gay Paree, and to
    begin with, Noveen mostly spoke in Adie's high and
    happy lah-de-dah voice, asking Elizabeth if she
    could hinky-dinky-parley-voo and telling her to
    ferramay her bushSometimes Noveen sang her to
    sleep while pictures of the doll's face - large
    and round and all brown except for the red lips -
    scattered Elizabeth's counterpane
    Noveen sings Frere Jacques, frere Jacques, are you
    sleepun? Are you sleepun? Dormay-voo, dormay-voo?
    Sometimes Noveen told her stories - mixed-up but
    wonderful - where Cinderella wore the red slippers
    from Oz and the Bobbsey Twins got lost in the
    Magic Forest and found a sweetie house with a roof
    made of peppermint candy
    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
    279
    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 Minnesot
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:27 pm
    @@@@@ But… but what if I could do both? What if I
    @@@@@
    But… but what if I could do both? What if I could save her life and keep everyone here safe at
    the same time?
    A heavy wave of nausea rolled in my stomach as I saw the answer I'd been trying to believe
    didn't exist
    The only wall I'd ever built between Melanie and me crumbled to dustAnd then screamed,NO!
    The answer I must have known I would findThe answer that explained my strange
    premonition
    Because I could save the SeekerWhat had
    Kyle said? A life for a life
    The Seeker stared at me, her dark eyes full of venom
    CHAPTER 50
    Sacrificed
    The Seeker scrutinized my face while Mel and I fought
    No, Wanda, no!
    Don't be stupid, MelYou of all people should see the potential of this choiceIsn't this what
    you want?
    But even as I tried to look at the happy ending, I couldn't escape the horror of this choiceThis
    was the secret I should die to protectThe information I'd been desperate to keep safe no matter
    what hideous torture I was put through
    This was not the kind of torture I'd expected: a personal crisis of conscience, confused and
    complicated by love for my human familyVery painful, nevertheless
    I could not claim to be an expatriate if I did thisNo, I would be purely a traitor
    Not for her, Wanda! Not for her!Mel howled
    Should I wait? Wait until they catch another soul? An innocent soul whom I have no reason to
    hate? I'll have to make the decision sometime
    Not now! Wait! Think about this!
    My stomach rolled again, and I had to hunch my body forward and take a deep breathI just
    managed not to gag
    “Wanda?” Jeb called in concernI could justify letting her die if she was one of those innocent soulsI could let
    them kill her thenI could trust myself to make an objective decisio
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:19 pm
    @@@@@Minetta drew his blanket over his
    @@@@@Minetta drew his blanket over his shoulderThey ain't getting me back tomorrow, he assured himself
    In the morning, before the doctor came, Minetta took off his bandages and examined his woundIt was almost healed; the lips of the cut had come together and were filled with new pink fleshThey would certainly discharge him todayMinetta looked about himThe other men were occupied or sleeping, and with a quick motion he ripped open the gash againIt began to bleed, and he wrapped up the bandages with trembling fingers, feeling a guilty gleeUnder the blanket he would rub his wound every few minutes to start the bleeding againHe felt a nervous impatience, waiting for the doctor to comeHis thigh felt warm and sticky under the bandages, and Minetta turned to the man in the next cot"My leg's bleeding," he said"Those wounds are funny things
    When the doctor examined him, Minetta was silent"I see your wound's opened
    The doctor looked at the bandage"You haven't been touching it, have you?" he asked
    "I don't think so, docJust started bleeding He's on to me, Minetta decided"Naw, it's okay, I'll be able to get back to my platoon today, won't I?" he pleaded
    "You better wait another day, sonIt shouldn't have opened that way The doctor began dressing it again"Let the bandage alone, this time," he sai
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:19 pm
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    don't leaveHow do I benefit?" I don't stay forever, and I don't
    tell your mother what a skunk you are She was almost certain that
    she saw him smile
    "Do you know the name of the chanel bag price river we're on, Scarlett?" What a silly
    questionAnd he hadn't yet agreed to the SeasonWhat was going
    on?
    "It's the Ashley River Rhett pronounced the name with exaggerated
    distinctness"It calls to mind that estimable gentleman, MrWilkes,
    whose affections you once covetedI pearl chanel was a witness to your capacity
    for dogged devotion, Scarlett, and your single-minded determination is
    a terrifying thing to beholdYou have recently been so amiable as to
    mention that you have decided to put me in the elevated place once
    occupied by AshleyThe prospect gucci ladies watch fills me with alarm Scarlett
    interrupted, she had toHe was going to say no, she could tell"Oh,
    fiddle-dee-dee, RhettI know there's no point in going after you
    You're not nice enough to put up with itBesides, you know me too
    well Rhett laughed, without humor"If you knock off louis vuitton recognize just how right
    you are, we might be able to do business," he saidScarlett was
    careful not to smile"I'm willing to dicker," she said"What did
    you have in mind?" This time Rhett's abrupt laugh was genuine"I do
    believe that the real Miss O'Hara has joined us," he tiffany replica said
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:24 pm
    @@@@@Big Shot,” said the capo gruffly“ ’Cause I
    @@@@@Big Shot,” said the capo gruffly“ ’Cause I got rights, you know what I
    mean?”
    “So did the doctor, and you violated them—Jesus, did you violate them!”
    “I don’t gotta talk without my lawyer
    “Where the hell was Panov’s lawyer?” shouted Alex, thumping his cane on the floor
    “That’s not the way the system works,” protested the patient, attempting to raise his eyebrows in
    indignation“Besides, I was good to the docHe took advantage of my goodness, s’help me God!”
    “You’re a cartoon,” said Holland“You’re a hot sketch but you’re not remotely amusingThere
    are no lawyers here, linguine, just the three of us, and a torpedo casing is very much in your
    future
    “Whaddaya want from me?” cried the mafioso“What do I know? I just do what I’m told, like
    my older brother did—may he rest in peace—and my father—may he also rest in peace—and
    probably his father, which I don’t know nothin’ about
    “It’s like succeeding generations on welfare, isn’t it?” observed Conklin“The parasites never
    get off the dole
    “Hey, that’s my family you’re talkin’ about—whatever the fuck you’re talkin’ about
    “My apologies to your heraldry,” added Alex
    “And it’s that family of yours we’re interested in, Augie,” broke in the DCI“It is Augie, isn’t
    it? That was the name on one of the five driver’s licenses and we thought it seemed most
    authentic
    “Well, you’re not so authentically bright, MrBig Shot!” spat out the immobilized patient
    through his painfully swollen lips“I got none of them names
    “We have to call you something,” said Holland“If only to burn it into the casing down at
    Hatteras so that some scale-headed archaeologist several thousand years from now can give an
    identity to the teeth he’s measuring
    “How about Chauncy?” asked Conklin
    “Too ethnic,” replied Peter“I like Asshole because that’s what he isHe’s going to be strapped
    into a tube and dropped over the continental shelf into six miles of seawater for crimes other people
    committ
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:28 pm
    @@@@@ The doll whispered, the muse told its
    @@@@@
    The doll whispered, the muse told its tale
    Elizabeth listened and painted the place off Hag's
    Rock that very day, the one where Noveen whispered
    the buried treasure now lay exposed
    Libbit begs her Daddy to go look, begs him begs
    him begs himDaddy says NO, Daddy says he's too
    tired, too stiff from all that yardwork
    Nan Melda says Some time in the water might loosen
    you up, Mr
    Nan Melda says I'll bring down a picnic lunch and
    the l'il girls
    And then Nan Melda says You know how she is now
    If she say something's out there, then maybe
    So they went downbeach by Hag's Rock - Daddy in
    the swimsuit that no longer fit him, and Elizabeth,
    and the twins, and Nan MeldaHannah and Maria
    were back in school, and Adiebut best not talk
    388
    about herNan Melda was carrying
    the red picnic basketInside was the lunch,
    sunhats for the girls, Elizabeth's drawing things,
    Daddy's spear-pistol, and a few harpoons for it
    Daddy puts on his flippers and wades into the
    caldo up to his knees and says This is cold! It
    better not take long, LibbitTell me where this
    fabulous treasure lies
    Libbit says I will, but do you promise I can have
    the china dolly?
    Daddy says Any doll is yours - fair salvage
    The muse saw it and the girl painted itSo their
    future is set
    9 - Candy Brown
    i
    Two nights later I painted the ship for the first
    time
    I called it Girl and Ship to begin with, then Girl
    and Ship No1, although neither was its real name;
    its real name was Ilse and Ship NoIt was the
    Ship series even more than what happened to Candy
    Brown that decided me on whether or not to show my
    389
    workIf Nannuzzi wanted to do it, I'd go along
    Not because I was seeking what Shakespeare called
    "the bubble reputation" (I owe Wireman for that
    one), but because I came to understand that
    Elizabeth was right: it was better not to let work
    pile up on Duma Key
    The Ship paintings were g
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:28 pm
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:19 pm
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    "I know what it is," Red said, "I been told by a doctor in the States
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    The doctor looked at the ridgepole with an expression of disgust"You wouldn't mind going to the hospital, I suppose
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:19 pm
    @@@@@Why, practically all the places around Tara
    @@@@@Why, practically all the places around Tara have gone
    back to scrub pineI'll bet I could buy land for next to nothing!
    Her mind leapt from one picture to another-rich fields, fat cattle; her
    old bedroom with crisp white curtains billowing into the room on a
    jasmine-scented spring breeze; riding through the woods -cleared of
    underbrush-miles of chestnut-rail fence outlining her land, stretching
    farther and farther into the red-earth countryside She had to set
    the vision aside
    Reluctantly she focused her attention on Rosemary's insistent loud
    voiceRice, rice, rice! Can't Rosemary Butler ever talk about
    anything but rice? What can Rhett possibly find to talk about with that
    old fright Miss Ashley for so long? Scarlett shifted position again on
    the setteeRhett's sister had a habit of leaning toward her listener
    when she was excited about what she was saying
    Rosemary had almost driven her into the corner of the long settee
    She turned eagerly toward the door when it openedDamn Rhett
    anyhow!
    What was he laughing about with Julia Ashley? He might think it was
    amusing to leave her to cool her heels for an age and a half, but she
    didn't"You always were a rogue, Rhett Butler," Julia was saying, "but
    I don't remember that you included impertinence in your list of
    sins
    "Miss Ashley, to the best of my knowledge, impertinence is a tag
    attached to the behavior of servants toward their masters and young
    people toward their elders
    While I am, in all things, your obedient servant, you surely cannot be
    suggesting that you are my elderContemporary I'll grant with
    pleasure, but elder is out of the questionWhy, he's flirting with
    the old creature! I guess he must want something pretty bad if he's
    making a fool of himself like thisJulia Ashley made a sound that
    could only be described as a dignified snort"Very well, then," she
    said, "I'll agree, if only to put a halt to this absurdityNow sit
    down and stop your foolishness Rhett moved a chair closer to the
    tea
    table and bowed ceremoniously when Julia seated herself in it"Thank
    you, Miss Julia, for your"
    "Don't be such an ass, Rhett
    Scarlett frowned at both of themWas that all? All that to-do about
    changing from "Miss Ashley" and "MrButler" to "Rhett" and "Miss
    Julia"? Rhett was an ass, just like the old woman saidBut "Miss
    Julia" was mighty close to acting like an ass herselfWhy, she was
    practically simpering at RhettIt was nothing short of disgusting the
    way he could wrap women around his little finger! A maid hurried into
    the room and lifted the tray of tea things from the table in front of
    the se
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:32 pm
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    you hear me?”
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    “Were you expecting the pope? Who’s this?”
    “Orlov
    “Good! You know what you’re doing
    “I hope you do, Dimitri
    “Why do you say that?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    397
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    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    10:29 pm
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    "She literally drew herself back into the world,"
    I said, and my body broke out in gooseflesh from
    head to toe - for hadn't I done the same? Hadn't I
    done exactly the same, here on Duma Key?
    I had more work to doI thought it was going to
    be a long and exhausting evening, but I felt I was
    on the verge of great discoveries, and what I felt
    wasn't fright - not then - but a kind of coppermouthed
    excitement
    I bent down and picked up Elizabeth's third
    drawingMoving
    with greater and knock off louis vuitton greater speedSometimes I
    stopped to draw, but mostly I didn't have toThe
    pictures were forming in my head, now, and the
    reason I didn't have to put them down on paper
    seemed clear to me: Elizabeth had already done
    that work, long ago, when she had been recovering
    from the accident that nearly killed her
    In the happy days before Noveen began to talk
    iv
    At one point during my interview with Mary Ire,
    she said discovering in my middle age that I could
    822
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    have been like having someone give me the keys to
    a fully furnished houseI said
    yes, like that, tooAnd if she had gone on? Said
    it must have been like inheriting a million shares
    of Microsoft stock, or being elected ruler for
    life of some oil-rich (and peaceful) emirate in
    the mideast? I would have said yeah, sure, you betBecause those questions were about
    herI could see the tiffany diamond longing look in her eyes when
    she asked themThey were the eyes of a kid who
    knows the closest she's ever going to get to
    realizing her dream of the high trapeze is sitting
    on the bleachers at the Saturday matinee
    performanceShe was a critic, and lots of critics
    who aren't called to do what they write about grow
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    Mary wasn't like thatMary still loved it all
    She drank whiskey from a water-glass and wanted to
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    wrinkle-neck side of fifty, you had suddenly
    gained the ability to fly past the face of the
    moonSo even though it wasn't like having a fast
    car or being handed the keys to a fully furnished
    house, I told her it wasBecause you can't tell
    anyone what it's likeYou can only talk around it
    until everyone's exhausted and it's time to go to
    sleep
    But Elizabeth had known what it was like
    It was in her drawings, then in her cartier pasha watch paint
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:27 pm
    @@@@@ “They do not want me at all,” said she,
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    “They do not want me at all,” said she, seating herself“I only
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    Bertram, as you do not act yourself, you will be a disinterested adviser;
    and, therefore, I apply to youWhat shall we do for an Anhalt?
    Is it practicable for any of the others to double it? What is your
    advice?”
    “My advice,” said he calmly, “is that you change the play
    “I should have no objection,” she replied; “for though I should
    not particularly dislike the part of Amelia if well supported, that is,
    if everything went well, I shall be sorry to be an inconvenience; but
    as they do not chuse to hear your advice at that table” (looking
    round), “it certainly will not be taken
    128
    Mansfield Park
    Edmund said no more
    “If any part could tempt you to act, I suppose it would be Anhalt,”
    observed the lady archly, after a short pause; “for he is a clergyman,
    you know
    “That circumstance would by no means tempt me,” he replied,
    “for I should be sorry to make the character ridiculous by bad acting
    It must be very difficult to keep Anhalt from appearing a formal,
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    stage
    Miss Crawford was silenced, and with some feelings of resentment
    and mortification, moved her chair considerably nearer the
    tea-table, and gave all her attention to MrsNorris, who was presiding
    there
    “Fanny,” cried Tom Bertram, from the other table, where the conference
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    Fanny was up in a moment, expecting some errand; for the habit
    of employing her in that way was not yet overcome, in spite of all
    that Edmund could do
    “Oh! we do not want to disturb you from your seatWe do not
    want your present servicesWe shall only want you in our playYou
    must be Cottager’s wife
    “Me!” cried Fanny, sitting down again with a most frightened look
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    to give me the worldNo, indeed, I cannot act
    “Indeed, but you must, for we cannot excuse youIt need not
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    half a dozen speeches altogether, and it will not much signify if
    nobody hears a word you say; so you may be as creep-mouse as you
    like, but we must have you to look at
    “If you are afraid of half a dozen speeches,” cried MrRushworth,
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    learn
    “It is not that I am afraid of learning by heart,” said Fanny, shocked
    to find herself at that moment the only speaker in the room, and to
    feel that almost every eye was upon her; “but I really cannot act
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    which it was locatedThe guard obviously recognized the driver and waved him through as the
    heavy bar across the entrance was raisedIt was only then that the driver spoke directly to Webb
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    “That’s nice to know, but how do you know?”
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    “In that case, what’s your name?”
    The driver was silent for a moment, and when he answered, David had the uneasy feeling that he
    was being propelled back in time, to a time he knew he was reentering“We don’t have names, sir
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    “I understand,” said Webb The driver swung the car around a circular drive and stopped in front of a twostory
    Colonial structure that looked as though the fluted white pillars might have been made of
    Carrara marble“Excuse me, sir, I just noticedYou don’t have any luggage
    “No, I don’t,” said David, opening the door
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    32
    “How do you like my temporary digs?” asked Alex, waving his hand around the tastefully
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    “Wait’ll you see the wallpaper in my bedroom
    “I’m not sure I care to
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    me, but that’s what the maid said
    “The maid?”
    “Late forties and black and built like a sumo wres
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    64
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