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thorough, aren?t you??
?I try to beOh, don?t blame the concierges, they belong to youI?m much further below
scaleChambermaids and stewards are more to my likingThey?re not so spoiled and nobody really
misses them if they don?t show up one day
Spread across the table were Bourne?s three passports, courtesy of Cactus in Washington, as
well as the gun and the knife taken from him last night?You?re very convincing, but it doesn?t
solve anything, does it??
?We?ll see,? answered Santos?I?ll accept your money now?for my best efforts?but instead of
your flying to London, have London fly to ParisWhen he arrives at the Pont-
Royal, you?ll call me?I?ll give you my private number, of course?and we?ll play the Soviets?
gameExchange for exchange, like walking across a bridge with our respective prisoners in tow
The money for the information
?You?re crazy, SantosMy clients don?t expose themselves that wayYou just lost the rest of the
three gucci leather wallets million
?Why not try them? They could always hire a blind, couldn?t they? An innocent tourist with a
false bottom in his or her Louis Vuitton carryon? No alarms are set off with paperTry it! It is the
only way you?ll get what you want, monsieur
?I?ll do what I can,? said Bourne
?Here is my telephone Santos picked up a prearranged card from the table with numbers
scrawled across it?Call me when London arrivesIn the meantime, I assure you, you will be
watched
?You?re a real swell guy
?I?ll escort you to the elevator
Marie sat up in bed, sipping hot tea in the dark room, listening to the sounds of Paris outside the
windowsNot only was sleep impossible, but it was intolerable, a waste of time when every hour
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countedShe had taken the earliest flight from Marseilles to Paris and had gone directly to the
Meunce on the rue de Rivoli, the same hotel where she had waited thirteen years ago, waited d |