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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:47 am
    @@@@@ “It’d be filled with holes “Then keep it
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    “It’d be filled with holes
    “Then keep it at first to those important people in our government who were attached to
    Command SaigonMaybe even further to the ones who have real estate they shouldn’t have or who
    held high-paying jobs in the private sector they shouldn’t have gotten
    “I repeat, any such list could be worthless
    “Not with your instincts
    “David, what the hell has any of this to do with Carlos?”
    “Part of the truth, AlexA dangerous part, I grant you, but foolproof and irresistible to the
    Jackal
    Stunned, the former field officer stared at his friend“In what way?”
    “That’s where your creative thinking comes inSay you come up with fifteen or twenty names,
    you’re bound to hit three or four targets we can confirm one way or anotherOnce we ascertain
    who they are, we apply pressure, squeezing them in different ways, delivering the same basic
    message: A former Medusan has gone over the edge, a man who’s been in protective custody for
    years is about to blow the head off Snake Lady and he’s got the ammunition—names, crimes, the
    locations of secret Swiss accounts, the whole Caesar saladThen—and this’ll test the talents of the
    old Saint Alex we all knew and revered—word is passed on that there’s someone who wants this
    dangerous, disgruntled turncoat more than they do
    “Ilich Ramirez Sanchez,” supplied Conklin softlyAnd what follows is
    equally impossible: Somehow—only God knows how—word gets out calling for a meeting
    between the two interested partiesThat is to say, interested in a joint assassination, the parties of
    the first part unable to participate actively, due to the sensitive nature of their high official
    positions, is that about it?”
    “Just about, except that these same powerful men in Washington can gain access to the identity
    and the whereabouts of this much desired corpse-to-be
    “Naturally,” agreed Alex, nodding in disbelief“They simply wave a wand and all the
    restrictions applicable to maximum-classified files are lifted and they’re given the information
    “Exactly,” said David firmly“Because whoever meets with Carlos’s emissaries has to be so
    high up, so authentic, that the Jackal has no choice but to accept him or themHe can’t have any
    doubts, all thoughts of a trap gone with their coming forward
    “Would you also like me to make baby roses bloom during a January blizzard in Montana?”
    “Close to itEverything’s got to happen within the next day or two while Carlos is still stinging
    from what happened at the SmithsonianI’ll set up shop here and have Langley send me what I need
    Four Zero security, of courseI hate like hell to lose whoever it is at the Mayflow
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:47 am
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    infuriated Colum"Why did Scarlett even let her in the door?" he
    ragedRosaleen tried to calm him"She's lonely, Colum
    No friends save you and meA child is all the world to its mother,
    but not much companyI'm thinking some fancy socializing might be
    good chanel purses for herAnd for us, if you put your mind on itKennedy's Inn
    is nearly finishedWe'll have men coming and going soonWhat
    better
    than to have other comings and goings to distract the eyes of the
    English? "I took this Montague woman's measure at a glance
    She's a cold, greedy sortMark my words, the first thing she will do
    is tell Scarlett pearl chanel that the Big House must be furnished and furbished
    This Montague will play games with the cost of everything, but Scarlett
    can well afford itAnd there will be strangers coming through Trim to
    Ballyhara every day of the year with their paints and velvets and
    French fashionsNo one will pay heed to one or two more travelling
    this kelly hermes bag way"There's wonder already about the pretty American widow
    Why isn't she looking for a husband? I say we'll do better to send her
    out to the English at their partiesOtherwise, the English officers
    may start coming here to court her Colum promised to "put his mind
    on
    it He went out that night and walked for miles, trying to decide
    what was chanel logo best for Scarlett, what was best for the Brotherhood, how
    they
    could be reconciledHe'd been so worried of late that he didn't
    always think clearlyThere had been reports of some men losing their
    commitment to the Fenian movementGood harvests for two years in
    a
    row were making men comfortable, and comfort made it harder to omega seamaster vintage risk
    everythi
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:48 am
    @@@@@ “He hates you,” Jamie told me, plainly
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    “He hates you,” Jamie told me, plainly grieved by the fact
    “You might, after you think about it more
    “But you weren't even here when they took overYou didn't pick my dad or my mom or
    MelanieYou were in outer space then, right?”
    “Yes, but I am what I am, JamieI've had many hosts before Melanie, and
    nothing's stopped me from… taking lives
    “Does Melanie hate you?”
    I thought for a minute“Not as much as she used toI don't hate you at all
    “She says she doesn't hate me at all anymore,” I murmured almost silently
    “How… how is she?”
    “She's happy to be hereShe's so happy to see youShe doesn't even care that they're going to
    kill us
    Jamie stiffened under my arm“They can't! Not if Mel's still alive!”
    You've upset him,Melanie complainedou didn't have to say that
    It won't be any easier for him if he's unprepared
    “They won't believe that, Jamie,” I whispered“They'll think I'm lying to trick youThey'll just
    want to kill me more if you tell them that
    The word made him shudder
    “But you're not lyingI know it,” he said after a moment
    “I won't let them kill her
    His voice, though quiet as a breath, was fierce with determina
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@He had immediately diverted a thousand men
    @@@@@He had immediately diverted a thousand men to building a roadThey started on an improved trail which the Japanese had used for motor transport from the airfield to the beach, and the division engineers widened it, sodding the top surface with gravel from the beachBut beyond the airfield the trails were rudimentary, and after the first week still another thousand men were assigned to the road
    It took them three days to build each mile, and the front troops drew constantly aheadBy the end of three weeks the division task force had moved fifteen miles up the peninsula and the road reached only halfway to themAlong the rest of the route, supplies were carried up by pack trains, and almost a thousand more men were occupied with that
    The campaign progressed uneventfully from day to day, no longer being mentioned in news broadcastsThe division's casualties were light, and the front had finally achieved some formThe General watched the constant activity of men and trucks out of all the bivouacs in the jungle adjacent to the beach, and contented himself temporarily with cleaning out the Japanese who were left in the rear, with building the road, and with moving his front forward at an easy and calculated rateHe knew that in a week or two, at most a month, the actual campaign would begin



    2

    TO THE REPLACEMENTS, everything was new and they were miserableThey seemed to be wet all the time, and no matter how they set up their pup tents, they would always blow down during the nightThey could find no way to anchor their short tent pins in the sandWhen the rain started they could discover no alternative to drawing up their feet and hoping their blankets would not become drenched againIn the middle of the night they would be awakened for guard, and would stumble through the moonlight to sit numbly in a wet sandy hole, starting at every sound
    There were three hundred of them and they all felt a little patheticEverything was strangeSomehow they had not expected to do labor details in a combat zone, and they were bewildered by the contrast between the activity of the day when trucks and landing craft were constantly in motion and the quiet of evening when everything was so peacefulThen it was cooler, and out across the water the sunset was usually beautifulMen would be smoking their last cigarettes before dark or writing letters or attempting to secure their tents with a piece of driftwoodThe sounds of battle were muted at night and the distant crackling of small-arms fire, the remote echoes of fthe artillery seemed detached from themIt was a confusing period, and most of them were pleased when they were assigned to their companies

    But Croft was notHe had been hoping against his better judgment that recon would be given the eight replacements they needed, and to his disgust they had been assigned only fourIt was the culmination of a series of frustrations for him since the platoon had landed on Anopope
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:47 am
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    distinction; but I think too well of you, Fanny, to suppose
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    you will ever harbour resentment on that accountYou have an understanding
    which will prevent you from receiving things only in
    part, and judging partially by the eventYou will take in the whole
    of the past, you will consider times, persons, and probabilities, and
    you will feel that they were not least your friends who were educating
    and preparing you for that mediocrity of condition which seemed
    to be your lotThough their caution may prove eventually unnecessary,
    it was kindly meant; and of this you may be assured, that every
    advantage of affluence will be doubled by the little privations bags dolce and gabbana and
    restrictions that may have been imposedI am sure you will not
    disappoint my opinion of you, by failing at any time to treat your
    aunt Norris with the respect and attention that are due to herI must speak to you for a few
    minutes, but I will not detain you long
    Fanny obeyed, with eyes cast down and colour risingAfter a
    moment’s pause, Sir Thomas, trying to suppress a smile, went on
    “You are not aware, perhaps, that I have had a visitor this morning
    I had not been long in my own room, after breakfast, when Mr
    Crawford was shewn inHis errand you may probably conjecture
    Fanny’s colour grew deeper and deeper; and her uncle, perceiving
    that she was embarrassed to a degree that made either speaking or
    looking up quite impossible, turned away his own eyes, and rolex daytona cosmograph without
    any farther pause proceeded in his account of MrCrawford’s business had been to declare himself the lover of
    Fanny, make decided proposals for her, and entreat the sanction of
    the uncle, who seemed to stand in the place of her parents; and he
    had done it all so well, so openly, so liberally, so properly, that Sir
    Thomas, feeling, moreover, his own replies, and his own remarks to
    have been very much to the purpose, was exceedingly happy to give
    the particulars of their conversation; and little aware of what was
    passing in his niece’s mind, conceived that by such details he must
    be gratifying her far more than himselfHe talked, therefore, for
    several minutes without Fanny’s daring to interrupt himShe had
    hardly even attained the wish to do itHer mind was diamond gucci in too much
    confusionShe had changed her position; and, with her eyes fixed
    intently on one of the windows, was listening to her uncle in the
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    utmost perturbation and dismayFor a moment he ceased, but she
    had barely become conscious of it, when, rising from his chair, he
    said, “And now, Fanny, having performed one part of my commission,
    and shewn you everything placed on a basis the most assured
    and satisfactory, I may execute the remainder by prevailing on you
    to accompany me downstairs, where, though I cannot but presume
    on having been no unacceptable companion myself, I must submit
    to your finding one still better worth listening toCrawford, as
    you have perhaps foreseen, is yet in the houseHe is in my room,
    and hoping to see purse logo you there
    There was a look, a start, an exclamation on hearing this, which
    astonished Sir Thomas; but what was his increase of astonishment
    on hearing her exclaim—”Oh! no, sir, I cannot, indeed I cannot go
    down to himCrawford ought to know—he must know that: I
    told him enough yesterday to convince him; he spoke to me on this
    subject yesterday, and I told him without disguise that it was very
    disagreeable to me, and quite out of my power to return his good
    opinion
    “I do not catch your meaning,” said Sir Thomas, sitting down
    again“Out of your power to return his good opinion? What is all
    this? I know he spoke to you yesterday, and (as far as I understand)
    received as much encouragement to proceed as a well-judging young
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@If you’re my friend, you can’t tell her
    @@@@@If you’re my friend, you can’t tell her anything like thatThis Jekyll-and-Hyde crap doesn’t wash anymore
    “Don’t tell her that, not if you’re my friend
    “You’re spiraling, DavidCome to me, talk to meThe fat cat’s limousine is parking in front of his houseI’ve got to go to work
    “Jason!”
    The line went dead
    Brendan Patrick Pierre Prefontaine walked down the jet’s metal steps into the hot Caribbean sun
    of Montserrat’s Blackburne AirportIt was shortly past three o’clock in the afternoon, and were it
    not for the many thousands of dollars on his person he might have felt lostIt was remarkable how
    a supply of hundred-dollar bills in various pockets made one feel so secureIn truth, he had to keep
    reminding himself that his loose change—fifties, twenties and tens—were in his right front trousers
    pocket so as not to make a mistake and either appear ostentatious or be a mark for some
    unprincipled hustlerAbove all, it was vital for him to keep a low profile to the point of
    insignificanceHe had to insignificantly ask significant questions around the airport regarding a
    woman and two small children who had arrived on a private aircraft the previous afternoon
    Which was why to his astonishment and alarm he heard the absolutely adorable black female
    immigration clerk say to him after hanging up a telephone, “Would you be so kind, sir, as to come
    with me, please?”
    Her lovely face, lilting voice and perfect smile did nothing to allay the former judge’s fearsFar
    too many extremely guilty criminals had such assets“Is there something wrong with my passport,
    young lady?”
    “Not that I can see, sir
    “Then why the delay? Why not simply stamp it and allow me to proceed?”
    “Oh, it is stamped and entry is permitted, sir?”
    “Please come with me, sir
    They approached a large glass-enclosed cubicle with a sign on the left window, the gold letters
    announcing the occupant: DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION SERVICESThe attractive
    clerk opened the door and, again smiling, gestured for the elderly visitor to go insidePrefontaine
    did so, suddenly terrified that he would be searched, the money found, and all manner of charges
    leveled against himHe did not know which islands were involved in narcotics, but if this was one
    of them the thousands of dollars in his pockets would be instantly suspectExplanations raced
    through his mind as the clerk crossed to the desk handing his passport to the short, heavyset deputy
    of immigrationThe woman gave Brendan a last bright smile and went out the door, closing it
    behind he
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@She caught the sergeant's goldstriped
    @@@@@She caught the sergeant's goldstriped sleeve"Your
    officer promised I could bury him," she cried"Ne gave me his
    word
    The sergeant shoved her away"I only had orders for the flogging,
    the
    rest is none of my business The blackcloaked
    figure stood alone on the street, watching the soldiers walk into the
    barShe made one sound, a shuddering sob
    Then she turned and ran to the wheel, the blood-covered body
    "Danny, oh Danny, oh my dear She crouched, then kneeled in the
    ghastly mud, trying to lift torn shoulders and lolling head into her
    lapHer hood fell away, revealing a pale fine-boned face, neatly
    chignoned golden hair, blue eyes in shadowed circles of grief
    Scarlett was frozen in placeTo move, to clatter wheels over cobbles
    would be an obscene intrusion on the woman's tragedy
    A dirty little boy ran barefoot across the square"Can I have a
    button or something, lady? My ma wants a keepsake he shook the
    woman's shoulderScarlett raced over the cobbles, the bloodspattered
    grass, the edge of the churned mudShe grabbed the boy's armhe
    looked up, startled, mouth gapingScarlett slapped his face with all
    the strength in her armThe sound of it was like the crack of a rifle
    shot"Get out of here, you filthy little devil! Get out of here
    The boy ran, bawling with fear"Thank you," said the wife of the man
    who had been beaten to deathShe was in it now, Scarlett k
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@“Not as vividly as humans “How do your
    @@@@@“Not as vividly as humans
    “How do your Healers get their knowledge about the physiology of a new species? They came
    to this planet preparedI watched it start–watched the terminal patients walk out of the hospital
    whole” A frown etched a V-shaped crease into Doc's narrow foreheadHe hated the
    invaders, like everyone, but unlike the others, he also envied them
    I didn't want to answerEveryone was listening to us by this point, and this was no pretty
    fairytale about ice-sculpting BearsThis was the story of their defeat
    Doc waited, frowning
    “They… they take samples,” I muttered
    Ian grinned in understanding
    The silence in the room reminded me of my first time here
    “Where did your kind begin?” Doc asked“Do you remember? I mean, as a species, do you
    know how you evolved?”
    “The Origin,” I answered, noddingIt's where I was… born
    “That's kind of special,” Jamie added“It's rare to meet someone from the Origin, isn't it? Most
    souls try to stay there, right, Wanda?” He didn't wait for my responseI was beginning to regret
    answering his questions so thoroughly each night“So when someone moves on, it makes them
    almost… like a celebrity? Or like a member of a royal family
    I could feel my cheeks getting warm
    “It's a cool place,” Jamie went on“Lots of clouds, with a bunch of different-colored layersIt's
    the only planet where the souls can live outside of a host for very longThe hosts on the Origin
    planet are really pretty, too, with sort of wings and lots of tentacles and big silver eyes
    Doc was leaning forward with his face in his ha
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:47 am
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:47 am
    @@@@@ Fanny was very thankfulShe could not but
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    Fanny was very thankfulShe could not but own that she should
    be very glad of a little tea, and Susan immediately set about making
    it, as if pleased to have the employment all to herself; and with only
    a little unnecessary bustle, and some few injudicious attempts at
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    keeping her brothers in better order than she could, acquitted herself
    very wellFanny’s spirit was as much refreshed as her body; her
    head and heart were soon the better for such well-timed kindness
    Susan had an open, sensible countenance; she was like William,
    and Fanny hoped to find her like him in disposition and goodwill
    towards herself
    In this more placid state of things William reentered, followed
    not far behind by his mother and BetseyHe, complete in his
    lieutenant’s uniform, looking and moving all the taller, firmer, and
    more graceful for it, and with the happiest smile over his face, walked
    up directly to Fanny, who, rising from her seat, looked at him for a
    moment in speechless admiration, and then threw her arms round
    his neck to sob out her various emotions of pain and pleasure
    Anxious not to appear unhappy, she soon recovered herself; and
    wiping away her tears, was able to notice and admire all the striking
    parts of his dress; listening with reviving spirits to his cheerful hopes
    of being on shore some part of every day before they sailed, and
    even of getting her to Spithead to see the sloop
    The next bustle brought in MrCampbell, the surgeon of the
    Thrush, a very well-behaved young man, who came to call for his
    friend, and for whom there was with some contrivance found a chair,
    and with some hasty washing of the young tea-maker’s, a cup and
    saucer; and after another quarter of an hour of earnest talk between
    the gentlemen, noise rising upon noise, and bustle upon bustle, men
    and boys at last all in motion together, the moment came for setting
    off; everything was ready, William took leave, and all of them were
    gone; for the three boys, in spite of their mother’s entreaty, determined
    to see their brother and MrCampbell to the sally-port; and
    MrPrice walked off at the same time to carry back his neighbour’s
    newspaper
    Something like tranquillity might now be hoped for; and accordingly,
    when Rebecca had been prevailed on to carry away the teathings,
    and MrsPrice had walked about the room some time looking
    for a shirt-sleeve, which Betsey at last hunted out from a drawer
    in the kitchen, the small party of females were pretty well composed,
    and the mother having lamented again over the impossibility
    of getting Sam ready in time, was at leisure to think of her eldest
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    daughter and the friends she had come from
    A few inquiries began: but one of the earliest—”How did sister
    Bertram manage about her servants? “Was she as much plagued as
    herself to get tolerable servants?”—soon led her mind away from
    Northamptonshire, and fixed it on her own domestic grievances, and
    the shocking character of all the Portsmouth servants, of whom she
    believed her own two were the very worst, engrossed her completely
    The Bertrams were all forgotten in detailing the faults of Rebecca,
    against whom Susan had also much to depose, and little Betsey a
    great deal more, and who did seem so thoroughly without a single
    recommendation, that Fanny could not help modestly presuming that
    her mother meant to part with her when her year was up
    “Her year!” cried MrsPrice; “I am sure I hope I shall be rid of her
    before she has staid a year, for that will not be up till November
    Servants are come to such a pass, my dear, in Portsmouth, that it is
    quite a miracle if one keeps them more than half a yearI have no
    hope of ever being settled; and if I was to part with Rebecca, I should
    only get something worseAnd yet I do not think I am a very difficult
    mistress to please; and I am sure the place is easy enough, for there is
    always a girl under her, and I often do half the work myself
    Fanny was silent; but not from being convinced that there might
    not be a remedy found for some of these evilsAs she now sat looking
    at Betsey, she could not but think particularly of another sister,
    a very pretty little girl, whom she had left there not much younger
    when she went into Northamptonshire, who had died a few years
    afterwardsThere had been something remarkably amiable about
    herFanny in those early days had preferred her to Susan; and when
    the news of her death had at last reached Mansfield, had for a short
    time been quite afflictedThe sight of Betsey brought the image of
    little Mary back again, but she would not have pained her mother
    by alluding to her for the worl
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    2:48 am
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    of the innInstantly, breathlessly, he cut his pace to a walk at the sight of a figure coming through
    the door; then upon recognizing the man, he resumed runningIt was one of the few members of
    Tranquility’s staff he remembered and one of the few he wished he could forgetThe insufferable
    snob of an assistant manager named Pritchard, a loquacious bore, albeit hardworking, who never let
    anyone tiffany heart tag forget his family’s importance in Montserrat—especially an uncle who was deputy director
    of immigration, a not so incidental plus for Tranquility Inn, David Webb suspected
    “Pritchard!” shouted Bourne, approaching the man“Have you got the bandages?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    163
    “Why, sir!” cried the assistant manager, genuinely flusteredWe were told you
    left this afternoon—”
    “Oh, shit!”
    “Sir? Such condolences of sorrow so pain my lips—”
    “Just keep them shut, PritchardDo you chanel clutch understand me?”
    “Of course, I was not here this morning to greet you or this afternoon to bid you farewell and
    express my deepest feelings, for MrSaint Jay asked me to work this evening, through the night,
    actually—”
    “Pritchard, I’m in a hurryGive me the bandages and don’t tell anyone—anyone—that you saw
    meI want that very clear
    “Oh, it is clear, sir,” said Pritchard, handing over the three different rolls of elasticized tape
    “Such privileged information is safe with me, as safe as the chanel purses knowledge that your wife and children
    were staying here—oh, God forgive me! Forgive me, sir!”
    “I will and He will if you keep your mouth shutI am so privileged!”
    “You’ll be shot if you abuse the privilegeIs that clear?”
    “Sir?”
    “Don’t faint, PritchardGo down to the villa and tell MrSaint Jay that I’ll be in touch with him
    and he’s to stay thereHave you got that? He’s to stay thereYou, too, for that matter
    “Perhaps I could—”
    “Forget itGet out of here!”
    The talkative assistant manager ran mulberry bayswater across the lawn toward the path to the east villas as Bourne
    raced to the door and went insideJason climbed the steps two at a time—only years before, it
    would have been three at a time—and again, out of breath, reached StHe entered,
    closed the door, and quickly went to the closet where he knew his brother-in-law kept several
    changes of clothingBoth men were approximately the same size—outsized, as Marie claimed—
    and Johnny had frequently borrowed jackets and shirts from David Webb when ladies gucci watch visit
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    2:47 am
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    cars passing this way a few years hence? No way
    "Strangler fig," I said
    "Nice name, right out of Alfred HitchcockAnd
    they just grow wild?"
    "I don't know," I said
    She bumped the Chevy carefully over the tunneling
    roots and drove onWe were down to no more than
    five miles an hourThere was more strangler fig
    growing out of the masses of seagrape and
    rhododendronThe high growth cast the road into
    deep shadowIt was impossible to see any distance
    at all on either sideExcept for an occasional
    wedge of blue or errant sunray, even the sky was
    goneAnd now we began to see sprays of sawgrass
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    and tough, waxy fiddlewood growing right up
    through cracks in the tar
    My arm began to itchThe one that wasn't thereI
    reached to scratch it without thinking and only
    scratched my still-sore ribs, as I always didAt
    the same time the left side of my head started to
    itchThat I could scratch, and did
    "Daddy?"
    "I'm okayWhy are you stopping?"
    "BecauseI don't feel so great myself
    Nor, I realized, did she look itHer complexion
    had gone almost as white as the dab of zinc oxide
    on her nose"Ilse? What is it?"
    "My stomachI'm starting to have serious
    questions about that tuna salad I made for lunch
    She gave me a sickly coming-down-with-the-flu
    smil
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    2:47 am
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    The abortive fight over, they stood silently behind the ramp, feeling the lethargic sullen power of the ocean beneath the thin metal of the deckRed had joined them, and they stood quiet, hunched against the spray, shivering from time to timeStanley and Croft began talking again about the patrol, and Red listened with dull resentmentHis back was aching, which made him irritableThe slapping and pounding of the assault boat, the constraint of the cots and men in their tiny space, even the sound of Stanley's voice, were offensive
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    294
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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    375
    "This message come for you, Miss Scarlett He held out a silver tray
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