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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    12:04 pm
    @@@@@You still visualize yourself as the younger
    @@@@@You still visualize yourself as the younger man, the postadolescent man who
    sees himself doing the things you did only moments ago in your mind, and in many ways you are
    rightThe motor controls are there, the will is there; you are still the master of your bodyThen
    suddenly, as strong as the will is and as strong as the body remains, the mind slowly, insidiously
    begins to reject the necessity to make an immediate decision—both intellectually and physically
    Simply put, we care lessAre we to be condemned or congratulated on having survived?”
    “I think you just said you couldn’t kill Alex
    “Don’t count on it, Jason Bourne—or David whoever you are
    Conklin came through the door, his limp pronounced, wincing in pain
    “Did you strap it wrong again?” asked Jason“Do you want me to—”
    “Forget it,” broke in Alex irritably“You have to be a contortionist to get the goddamned thing
    right all the time
    Bourne understood; he forgot about any attempt on his part to adjust the prosthesisKrupkin
    again looked at Alex with that strange admixture of sadness and curiosity, then spoke rapidly“The
    car is parked up the street in the SverdlovIt’s less obvious over there, I’ll have a lobby steward
    fetch it
    “Thanks,” said Conklin, gratitude in his glance
    The opulent apartment on the busy Sadovaya was one among many in an aged stone building
    that, like the Metropole, reflected the grand architectural excesses of the old Russian EmpireThe
    flats were primarily used—and bugged—for visiting dignitaries, and the chambermaids, doormen
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    369
    and concierges were all frequently questioned by the KGB when not directly employed by the
    KomitetThe walls were covered with red velour; the sturdy furniture was reminiscent of the
    ancien régimeHowever, to the right of the gargantuan ornate living-room fireplace was an item
    that stood out like a decorator’s nightmare: a large jet-black television console complete with an
    assortment of tape decks compatible with the various sizes of video cassettes
    The second contradiction to the decor, and undoubtedly an affront to the memory of the elegant
    Romanovs, was a heavyset man in a rumpled uniform, open at the neck and stained with vestiges of
    recent mealsHis blunt face was full, his grayish hair cut close to his skull, and a missing tooth
    surrounded by discolored companions bespoke an aversion to dentistryIt was the face of a peasant,
    the narrow, perpetually squinting eyes conveying a peasant’s shrewd intelligenceHe was
    Krupkin’s Commissar Number One
    “My English not good,” announced the uniformed man, nodding at his visitors, “but is
    understandingAlso, for you I have no name, no official posit
    5:58 am
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    pleasure
    I remember clearly how the whole world seemed to
    be waiting for me to begin - that was how much
    power I felt running through me while the guitars
    screamed and the shells murmured
    I came here to dig for treasure
    I painted until the sun was gone and the moon cast
    its bitter rind of white light over the water and
    after that was gone, too
    If you want to play you gotta pay
    xi
    580
    The sight of Dario in a suit and a tie, with his
    lush hair tamed and combed straight back from his
    forehead, scared messenger bag prada me even more than the murmuring
    audience that filled Geldbart Auditorium, where
    the lights had just been turned down to half
    except for the spotlight shining down on the
    lectern standing at center stage, that wasThe
    fact that Dario himself was nervous - going to the
    podium he had nearly dropped his note-cards -
    scared me even worse
    "Good evening, my name is Dario Nannuzzi," he said
    "I am cocurator, and chief buyer at the Scoto
    Gallery on Palm AvenueMore importantly, I have
    been a part of the Sarasota art community for
    thirty prada tote bag years, and I hope you will excuse my brief
    descent into what some might call Bobbittry when I
    say there is no finer art community in America
    This brought enthusiastic applause from an
    audience which - as Wireman said later - might
    know the difference between Monet and Manet, but
    apparently didn't have a clue that there was a
    difference between George Babbitt and John Bobbitt
    Standing in the wings, suffering through that
    581
    purgatory only frightened main speakers experience
    as their introducers wind their slow and
    peristaltic chloe dior courses, I hardly noticed
    Dario shifted his top file-card to the bottom,
    once again nearly dropped the whole stack,
    recovered, and looked out at his audience again
    "I hardly know where to begin, but to my relief I
    need say very little, for true talent seems to
    blaze up from nowhere, and serves as its own
    introduction
    That said, he proceeded to introduce me for the
    next ten minutes as I stood in the wings with my
    one lousy page of notes clutched in my remaining
    handNames went past like floats in a paradeA
    few, like Edward Hopper prada milano and Salvador Dalí, I knew
    Others, like Yves Tanguy and Kay Sage, I didn't
    Each unknown name made me feel more of an impostor
    The fear I felt was no longer mental; it clamped a
    deep and stinking hold in my bowelsI felt like I
    needed to pass gas, but I was afraid I might load
    my pants insteadAnd that wasn't the worstEvery
    word I had prepared had gone out of my mind except
    for the very first line, which was hideously
    appropriate: My name is Edgar Freemantle, and I
    582
    have no idea how I wound up hereIt was supposed
    to elicit a ladies watches gucci chuc
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    12:03 pm
    @@@@@I never thought he'd come on such short
    @@@@@I
    never thought he'd come on such short notice,
    but
    "Not only am I here, I brought you a gift from
    your daughters," he said, and handed me the box
    "Although you'll have to make do with what I had
    598
    in stock, because I didn't have time to shopI
    fear you may be disappointed
    I suddenly knew what the present was, and my mouth
    went dryNevertheless I lodged the box under my
    stump, pulled away the ribbon, and tore off the
    paperI was barely aware of Juanita taking it
    Inside was a narrow cardboard box that looked to
    me like a child's coffinWhat else
    would it look like? Stamped on the lid was MADE IN
    THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
    "Classy, Doc," Wireman said
    "I didn't have time to do something nicer, I'm
    afraid," Kamen replied
    Their voices seemed to come from far awayJuanita
    removed the box-topI think Jack took thatAnd
    then Reba was looking up at me, this time in a red
    dress instead of a blue one, but the polka-dots
    were the same; so were the shiny black Mary Janes,
    the lifeless red hair and the blue eyes that said
    Oouuuu, you nasty man! I been in here all this
    time!
    Still from a great distance, Kamen was saying:
    "Ilse was the one who called and suggested a doll
    599
    as a presentThis was after she and her sister
    talked on the phone
    Of course it was Ilse, I thoughtI was aware of
    the steady murmur of conversation in the gallery,
    like the sound of the shells under Big PinkMy Oh
    gosh, how nice smile was still nailed to my face,
    but if someone had poked me in the back just then,
    I might have screamedIlse is the one who's been
    on Duma KeyWho's been down the road that leads
    past El Palacio
    As shrewd as he was, I don't think Kamen had any
    idea that anything was wrong - but of course he'd
    been traveling all day and was far from his best
    Wireman, however, was looking at me with his head
    cocked slightly to one side and his brow furrowed
    And by then, I think Wireman knew me better than
    Dr
    "She knew you already had one," Kamen was saying
    5:58 am
    @@@@@For example, one dad had a habit of saying,
    @@@@@For example, one dad had a habit of saying, "I can't afford it The other dad forbade those words to be usedHe insisted I say, "How can I afford it?" One is a statement, and the other is a questionOne lets you off the hook, and the other forces you to thinkMy soon-to-be-rich dad would explain that by automatically saying the words "I can't afford it," your brain stops workingBy asking the question "How can I afford it?" your brain is put to workHe did not mean buy everything you wantedHe was fanatical about exercising your mind, the most powerful computer in the world"My brain gets stronger every day because I exercise itThe stronger it gets, the more money I can make He believed that automatically saying "I can't afford it" was a sign of mental laziness
    Although both dads worked hard, I noticed that one dad had a habit of putting his brain to sleep when it came to money matters, and the other had a habit of exercising his brainThe long-term result was that one dad grew stronger financially and the other grew weakerIt is not much different from a person who goes to the gym to exercise on a regular basis versus someone who sits on the couch watching televisionProper physical exercise increases your chances for health, and proper mental exercise increases your chances for wealthLaziness decreases both health and wealth
    My two dads had opposing attitudes in thoughtOne dad thought that the rich should pay more in taxes to take care of those less fortunateThe other said, "Taxes punish those who produce and reward those who don't produce
    One dad recommended, "Study hard so you can find a good company to work for The other recommended, "Study hard so you can find a good company to buy
    One dad said, "The reason I'm not rich is because I have you kids The other said, "The reason I must be rich is because I have you kids
    One encouraged talking about money and business at the dinner ,tableThe other forbade the subject of money to be discussed over a
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    12:11 pm
    @@@@@ One said, "When it comes to money, play it
    @@@@@
    One said, "When it comes to money, play it safe, don't take risks The other said, "Learn to manage risk
    One believed, "Our home is our largest investment and our greatest asset The other believed, "My house is a liability, and if your house is your largest investment, you're in trouble
    Both dads paid their bills on time, yet one paid his bills first while the other paid his bills last
    One dad believed in a company or the government taking care of you and your needsHe was always concerned about pay raises, retirement plans, medical benefits, sick leave, vacation days and other perksHe was impressed with two of his uncles who joined the military and earned a retirement and entitlement package for life after twenty years of active serviceHe loved the idea of medical benefits and PX privileges the military provided its retireesHe also loved the tenure system available through the universityThe idea of job protection for life and job benefits seemed more important, at times, than the jobHe would often say, "I've worked hard for the government, and I'm entitled to these benefits
    The other believed in total financial self-relianceHe spoke out against the "entitlement" mentality and how it was creating weak and financially needy peopleHe was emphatic about being financially competent
    One dad struggled to save a few dollarsThe other simply created investments
    One dad taught me how to write an impressive resume so I could find a good jobThe other taught me how to write strong business and financial plans so I could create jobs
    Being a product of two strong dads allowed me the luxury of observing the effects different thoughts have on one's lifeI noticed that people really do shape their life through their thoughts
    For example, my poor dad always said, "I'll never be rich And that prophesy became realityMy rich dad, on the other hand, always referred to himself as richHe would say things like, "I'm a rich man, and rich people don't do thi
    5:58 am
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    necklace chanel,ladies watches gucci,cartier watch replica,balenciaga handbag,omega watches prices@@@@@What had happened to him? This was unbelievableBefore him for an instant, in shame and fear, was the touch of Cummings's cigarette as he had stooped to pick it upHe felt as though he could hear everything, the scattered men breathing hoarsely behind their rocks, the Japanese in the grove calling to each other, even the rustling of the grass and the tense humming sounds of the crickets in the valleyBehind him, Croft's squad necklace chanel was still firingHe ducked behind the rock, scrounging his body as a volley of Japanese fire ricocheted off itThe stone and dust stung the back of his neck
    Why didn't Croft do something? And abruptly he realized that he had been waiting here for Croft to take over, waiting for the sharp voice of command that would lead him out of thisIt roused a vivid rageHe slid his carbine around the side of the rock, started to squeeze ladies watches gucci the trigger
    But the gun wouldn't fire; the safety catch was still onThis mistake infuriated himNot quite conscious of what he was doing, he stood up, pressed the safety and fired a volley of three or four shots into the grove
    "GET BACK, GET BACK," he roared"COME ON, GET UP, GET UP!BACK!" Numbly he heard himself shouting, his voice shrill and furious"COME ON, GET UP AND RUN!" There were bullets whipping past him, but standing cartier watch replica on his feet they seemed insignificant"GET BACK TO THE OTHER SQUAD!" he roared again, running from rock to rock, his voice bellowing like something apart from himselfHe turned and fired again, five shots as quickly as he could squeeze them off, and waited dumb, motionlessGIVE THEM A VOLLEY!"
    A few of the men in the squad stood up and firedAwed, confused, the grove was silent for a few seconds"COME ON, RUN!" The men balenciaga handbag straggled to their feet, looked mutely at him, and began to race toward the ledge from which they had startedThey faced the grove, fired a few shots, and ran back for twenty yards, stopped to fire again, retreating pell-mell, sobbing like animals in anger and fearThe Japanese in the grove were firing once more, but they paid no attentionAll of them were franticIn motion, they wanted only one thing -- to reach the safety of the omega watches prices ledge
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    12:11 pm
    @@@@@It made Croft wonder if his turn was coming
    @@@@@It made Croft wonder if his turn was coming dueHis mind would never release the memory of the night when he had shuddered in his foxhole, waiting for the Japanese to cross the riverHis senses were raw, a little inflamedHe remembered with a thick lusting anger in his throat how he had killed the prisoner in the drawJust let me get ahold of a JapHe felt balked on this patrol, infuriated; his rage extended to include everythingHe stared up at Mount Anaka as if measuring an opponentAt that moment he hated the mountain too, considered it a personal affront
    A hundred yards away, he could see the stretcher detail straggling back toward the hollow, the poles they had cut balanced on their shouldersHe restrained himself from calling out to them
    Brown watched their approach dourlyIn a half hour he would be setting out with his litter-bearers, and they would toil a mile or more, perhaps, and then bivouac for the night, alone in this wilderness with only a wounded man for companyHe wondered if he knew the way back, felt completely unsure of himselfWhat if the Japs sent out patrols? Brown felt bitterThere was no way out of itIt seemed like a plot against them allThey were betrayed, that's allHe could not have said who betrayed them, but the idea fed his bitterness, was fragilely pleasant

    In the grove while they were cutting the stretcher poles, Roth found a birdIt was a tiny thing, smaller than a sparrow, with soft dun-colored feathers and a crippled wing, and it hopped about slowly, chirping piteously, as if very tired"Oh, look at that," Roth said
    "What?" Minetta asked Roth dropped his machete and approached it warily, clucking with his tongueThe bird made a little beeping sound, ducking its head to one side like a shy girl"Ah, look at that, it's hurt," Roth sa
    6:06 am
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    we
    have no other kind Scarlett tried to catch Jamie's eye, failed,
    finally called out to get his attentionEveryone was pulling chairs into a circle around
    the fire, and the smaller children were taking places on the floor at
    the adults' feetObviously they were getting ready for the musicale,
    and once it women rolex watches started, it would be terribly rude to get up and goJamie
    stepped over a small boy to get to Scarlett"Here you are, then," he
    saidTo her horror he handed her a glass with several fingers of
    whiskey in itWhat kind of person did he think she was? A lady
    didn't drink whiskeyShe didn't drink anything stronger than tea,
    except champagne or a tank louis party punch or perhaps a very small glass of
    sherryHe couldn't possibly know about the brandy she used to
    drink
    Why, he was insulting her! No, he wouldn't do that, it must be a
    joke
    She forced a brittle laugh
    "It's time for me to go, JamieI've had a delightful time, but it's
    getting late "You'll not be leaving just when the party white chanel watch begins,
    Scarlett?" Jamie turned toward his son"Daniel, you're driving your
    new-found cousin away with that screechingPlay a song for us, boy,
    not a cat fight Scarlett tried to speak, but her words were drowned
    out by the cries of "play decent, Daniel," and "give us a ballad," and
    "a reel, boy, let's have a reel"I can't hear you,"
    he shouted over earring chanel the din"I'm deaf as a stone to anyone asking to
    go
    Scarlett felt her temper rising
    When Jamie offered her the whiskey again, she stood up in a rage
    Then, before she could knock the glass from his hand, she realized
    what
    Daniel had begun to playIt was "Peg in a Low Back'd CarShe looked at Jamie's ruddy Irish face and saw her
    father's prada messenger imag
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    12:03 pm
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    "And we have a further cause for celebrationA beautiful long lost O
    'Hara has been found againI lift this glass for all the O'Haras in a
    toast to Cousin Scarlett and bid her welcome to our hearts and our
    homes Jamie threw back his head and poured the dark contents of
    his glass down his throat"Bring on the feast!"
    He commanded with a sweeping gesture"And the chanel bag price fiddle!" There was
    an
    outburst of giggles from the doorway and the sound of hissing calls for
    silencePatricia came over and seated herself next to Scarlett
    Then, from a corner, a fiddle began to playJamie's beautiful
    daughter Helen walked in carrying a platter of steaming small meat
    piesShe bent over to show them to Patricia and Scarlett, then
    carefully carried them to the heavy round parlor pasha cartier table in the center of
    the room and set the platter on the velvet cloth that covered it
    Helen was followed by Mary Kate, then the pretty girl who had been
    with
    Uncle James, then the youngest of the O'Hara wivesAll of them
    presented the platters they were carrying to Scarlett and Patricia
    before adding them to the food on the tableA roast of beef, a
    clove-studded ham, a bulging turkeyThen Helen cartier womens appeared again with
    a
    huge bowl of steaming potatoes, followed more quickly now by the
    others
    with creamed carrots, roast onions, whipped sweet potatoesAgain
    and
    again the procession came until the table was covered with food and
    relishes of every kind
    The fiddle-Scarlett saw that Daniel from the store was playing-played
    a
    flourishing arpeggio, and Maureen entered carrying a tower of a tiffany price cake
    liberally trimmed with huge, vividly pink icing roses"Bakery cake!"
    screamed TimothyJamie was immediately behind his wifeHe held
    his two arms over his headHe was carrying three bottles of whiskey
    in
    each handThe fiddle began to play an exuberant rapid tune, and
    everyone laughed and clappedThe drama of the procession was irresistible"Now
    Brian," said JamieThe queens on their throne to gucci g watch the
    heart
    5:58 am
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    was nearly impossibleIt was the ultimate fantasy, its optical illusions seemingly more real than
    reality, the phantasmagoria there to be touched, felt, used, entered into and departed from; it was a
    collective masterpiece of invention cut out of the immense forests along the Volkhov RiverFrom
    the moment Bourne emerged from the deep underground tunnel below the water with its guards,
    gates and myriad cameras, he was as close to being in a state of shock while still being able to keep
    walking, observing, absorbing, hermes purse thinking
    The American compound, presumably like those of the different countries, was broken up into
    sections, built on areas anywhere from two to five acres, each distinctly separate from the others
    One area, erected on the banks of the river, might be the heart of a Maine waterfront village;
    another, farther inland, a small Southern town; yet another, a busy metropolitan city streetEach
    was completely “authentic” with the appropriate vehicular traffic, police, dress codes, shops,
    grocery and drug stores, gas stations and mock structures of buildings—many of which rose two
    stories high and were so real they had omega moon watch American hardware on the doors and windowsObviously, as
    vital as the physical appearances was language—not merely the fluent use of English but the
    mastery of linguistic idiosyncrasies, the dialects that were characteristic of specific locationsAs
    Jason wandered from one section to another he heard all around him the distinctive soundsFrom
    New England Down East with its “eeahh” to Texas’s drawl and its familiar “you-alls”; from the
    gentle nasality of the Midwest to the loud abrasiveness of the large Eastern cities with the
    inevitable “know what I mean?” tacked on to conversational sentences, whether questions men omega watch or
    statementsIt was all incredibleIt was not simply beyond belief, it made the true suspension of
    disbelief frighteningly viable
    He had been briefed on the flight from Vnokova by a late-middle-aged Novgorod graduate who
    had been urgently summoned from his Moscow apartment by KrupkinThe small, bald man was
    not only garrulously instructive, but in his own way mesmerizingIf anyone had ever told Jason
    Bourne that he was going to be briefed in depth by a Soviet espionage agent whose English was so
    laced with the Deep South that it sonorously floated out of his mouth with the essence of
    magnolias, he would have ladies gucci watches deemed the information preposterous
    “Good Lawd, Ah do miss those barbecues, especially the ribsYou know who grilled ’em best?
    That black fellow who I believed was such a good friend until he exposed meCan you imagine? I
    thought he was one of those radicalsHe turned out to be a boy from Dartmouth workin’ for the
    FBIHell, the exchange was made at Aeroflot in New York and we still write
    each other
    “Adolescent games,” had mumbled BourneOh yes, he was a mighty fine coach
    “Coach?”
    “Sure ’nuffA few of us started a Little League in East PointThat’s right outside Atlanta
    “May we concentrate on Novgorod, dior handbags please?”
    “Sutt’nl
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    12:03 pm
    @@@@@ “Just for curiosity,” Bourne had
    @@@@@
    “Just for curiosity,” Bourne had interrupted, “under those circumstances how should candidates
    react?”
    “Listen carefully and be prepared to write down every salient fact, all the while feigning total
    lack of interest and offering such remarks as”—here the Novgorod graduate’s Southern dialect
    became so rough-mountain South that the magnolias were replaced by sour mash—“ ‘Who gives a
    barrel a’ hogshit ’bout that stuff?’ and ‘They got any of them whoors over there lak people say they
    got?’ or ‘Don’t understand a fuckin’ word you’re talkin’ about, asshole—all Ah knows is that
    you’re borin’ the holy be-Jesus outta me!’
    “Then what?”
    “Later, each man is called in and told to list everything he learned—fact by salient fact
    “What about passing along the information? Are there training procedures for that?”
    Jason’s Soviet instructor had stared at him in silence for several moments from the adjacent seat
    in the small plane“I’m sorry you had to ask the question,” he said slowly“I’ll have to report it
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    412
    “I didn’t have to ask it, I was simply curious
    “Do you trust Krupkin?”
    “Of course I doHe’s brilliant, a multilingual phenomenonA true hero of the Komitet
    You don’t know the half of it, thought Bourne, but he said, with even a trace of reverence, “Then
    report it only to himHe’ll tell you it was just curiosityI owe absolutely nothing to my
    government; instead, it owes meSpeakin’ of yourself, let’s get to youWith Dimitri’s authority I’ve made
    arrangements for your visit to Novgorod—please don’t tell me your objective; it’s not in my
    purview any more than the question you asked is in yoursThe arrangements?”
    “You will make contact with a young trainer named Benjamin in the manner I will describe in a
    few momentsI’ll tell you this much about Benjamin so you’ll perhaps understand his attitudeHis
    parents were Komitet officers assigned to the consulate in Los Angeles for nearly twenty years
    He’s basically American-educated, his freshman and sophomore years at UCLA; in fact, until he
    and his father were hurriedly recalled to Moscow four years ago—”
    “He and his father?”
    “YesHis mother was caught in an FBI sting operation at the naval base in San DiegoShe has
    three more years to serve in prisonThere is no clemency and no exchanges for a Russian
    ‘momma ”
    “Hey, wait a minuteThen it can’t be all our fault
    “I didn’t say it was, Ah’m just relayin’ the factsI make contact with Benjami
    5:58 am
    @@@@@ I looked at the spread-out lootThe
    @@@@@
    I looked at the spread-out lootThe smiling
    middle daughtersThe smiling Daddy, who was soon
    going to have to buy himself a new bathing costume
    And I suddenly decided he hadn't been sleeping
    with the nannyEven a mistress would have
    told him he couldn't have a newspaper photo of
    himself taken in that old thingShe would have
    found a tactful reason, but the real one was right
    in front of me, after all these years; even with
    less-than-perfect vision in my right eye, I could
    665
    see itOnly he didn't see it, and
    his daughters didn't see it, eitherLoving eyes
    did not seeSomething there, wasn't there? Some A
    that practically demanded a B
    "I'm surprised he talked about what he found at
    all," I said"If you happened on stuff like this
    today and then blabbed to Channel 6, half of
    Florida would show up in their little putt-putts,
    hunting for doubloons and pieces of eight with
    metal detectors
    "Ah, but this was another Florida," Wireman said,
    and I remembered Mary Ire using the same phrase
    "John Eastlake was a rich man, and Duma Key was
    his private preserveBesides, there were no
    doubloons, no pieces of eight - just moderately
    interesting junk uncovered by a freak stormFor
    weeks he went down and dived where that debris was
    scattered on the floor of the Gulf - and it was
    close in, according to Shannington; at low tide,
    you could practically wade to itAnd sure, he was
    probably keeping an eye out for valuablesHe was
    a rich man, but I don't think that vaccinates a
    man against the treasure-bug"I'm sure it doesn't
    "The nanny would have gone with him on his
    treasure-hunting expeditionsThe three still-athome
    girls, too: the twins and ElizabethMaria
    and Hannah were back at their boarding school in
    Bradenton, and big sis had run off to Atlanta
    Eastlake and his little ones probably had picnics
    down there
    "How often?" I began to see where this was goingMaybe every day while the debris field was
    at its richestThey wore a path from the house to
    what was called Shade Beach
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    12:04 pm
    @@@@@two sets of aunts and unclesRudy Rudnick,
    @@@@@two sets of
    aunts and unclesRudy Rudnick, my old
    secretaryKamen, of course, he was impossible
    to missand Kathi by his sideThey had all
    come, everyone but Wireman and Jack, and I was
    beginning to wonder if something had happened to
    keep them awayBut for the moment that seemed
    secondaryI thought of waking up in my hospital
    bed, confused and separated from everything by
    unremitting pain, then I looked around at this and
    wondered how things could possibly have changed so
    completelyAll these people had come back into my
    life for one nightI didn't want to cry, but I
    was pretty sure I was going to; I could feel
    myself starting to dissolve like a tissue in a
    cloudburst
    "Open it, Daddy!" Ilse saidI could smell her
    perfume, something sweet and fresh
    696
    "Open it! Open it!" Good-natured voices from the
    packed circle watching usPulled out some white tissue
    paper and uncovered what I had expected
    although I had expected something jokey, and this
    was no jokeThe beret Melinda and Ric had brought
    me from France was dark red velvet, and smooth as
    silk to the touchIt had not come cheap
    "This is too nice," I said
    "No, Daddy," Melinda saidWe
    only hope it fits
    I took it out of the box and held it upThe
    audienced ohh-ed appreciativelyMelinda and Ric
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