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“That doesn’t help me at all
“Would you
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“That doesn’t help me at all
“Would you rather I took a nerve out of your neck?”
“All right, all right Conklin dropped his cane on the rug“I didn’t even
trust the freight elevatorI stopped two floors below and walked up
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“Because we’re in deep shit?”
“Yes
“Why? Because of this DeSole?”
“Correct, MrThe man who has his finger on every computer at
LangleyThe one person who can spin the disks and put your old virginal Aunt Grace in jail as a
hooker if he wants her there
“What’s your point?”
“He’s the connection to Brussels, to Teagarten at NATOCasset learned down in the cellars that
he’s the only connection—they even have an access code bypassing everyone else
“What does it mean?”
“Casset doesn’t know, but he’s goddamned angry
“How much did you tell him?”
“The minimumThat I was working on some possibles and Teagarten’s name came up in an odd
way—most likely a diversion or used by someone trying to impress someone else—but I wanted to
know who he talked to at the Agency, frankly figuring it was Peter HollandI asked Charlie to play
it out in the dark
“Which I assume means confidentiallyCasset is the sharpest knife in LangleyI didn’t have to say any more than I did;
he got the messageNow he’s also got a problem he didn’t have yesterday
“What’s he going to do?”
“I asked him not to do anything for a couple of days and that’s what he gave meForty-eight
hours, to be precise, and then he’s going to confront DeSole
“He can’t do that,” said Bourne firmly“Whatever these people are hiding we can use it to pull
out the JackalUse them to pull him out as others like them used me thirteen years ago
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