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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    8:19 am
    @@@@@ For the first time, Jeb spoke to me as if
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    For the first time, Jeb spoke to me as if I were a soul and not a humanI had a sense that the
    distinction had always been clear to him, thoughHe was just a courteous monster
    I couldn't deny the truth of what he was saying, or the sense of itThe shock had worn off, and
    I was myself againIt was in my nature to be fair
    Some few of these humans could see my side of things; Ian, at leastThen I, too, could consider
    their perspectiveThey were monsters, but maybe monsters who were justified in what they
    were doing
    Of course they would think violence was the answerThey wouldn't be able to imagine any
    other solutionCould I blame them that their genetic programming restricted their
    problem-solving abilities in this way?
    I cleared my throat, but my voice was still hoarse with disuse“Hacking up babies won't save
    anyone, Jeb
    He was quiet for a moment“We can't tell your young from your old
    “Your kind don't spare our babies
    “We don't torture them, thoughWe never intentionally cause anyone pain
    “You do worse than that
    “We do, yes–because we have to tryWe have to keep fightingIt's the only way we knowIt's
    keep trying or turn our faces to the wall and die He raised one eyebrow at me
    That must have been what it looked like I was doing
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    8:19 am
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    "Well, now, how do you like that ol' shit?" Wilson saidHe was angry and he brooded over his answer"You're gonna write a letter for me, tonightAh'm gonna tell her that she cain't get away with none of that stuff He phrased a few sentences to himself"Ah'm tellin' ya, y' better start actin' like a decent wife, and cut out all that fussin' an' naggin' or I damn sure ain't gonna come back to ya Wilson had an obscure prejudice against using profanity in a letter"There's plenty of women would be glad to have me, an' you know itAh cain't stan' a woman who's always tryin' to take away the last cent from a manIf Ah want a little money in the Army, Ah'm gonna have itAh don' want no more talk about this "lotment Wilson felt bitter and righteous, and the act of composing had given him a heady pleasureHis mind was filled with things to tell her, and he felt a glow each time he conceived a biting phrase
    He sat on the edge of the hole at the tent entrance and squinted at the sun"Y' take that other gal," he said to Gallagher, "she's awrightAh got a letter from her Red read me last mail call we had, an' she tol' me she was jus' waitin' for me to come back to Kansas so we could git married an' then go on southUse' to cook for me, mend my clo'es, starch up my shirts for Satidday inspection, an' she gave me as good lovin' as Ah've had for a long time
    Gallagher spat with disgust and envy"What a bastard you areIf you like her so goddam much why don't you tell her you're married, and give her a break?"
    Wilson looked at him as if Gallagher were stupid"Hell, man," he protested, "why should Ah tell her? Ah never can tell how Ah'm gonna be feelin' when Ah git out of the ArmyMaybe Ah'm gonna want to go to Kansas and hook up with that other womanThere's no way of sayi
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    8:19 am
    @@@@@Butler's gaze followed Scarlett's
    @@@@@Butler's
    gaze followed Scarlett's eyes"That's right, Georgia's been rid of
    them for some time, hasn't it? We've been occupied so long that we
    hardly even notice them any moreTen years next FebruaryOne
    gets
    accustomed to almost anything in ten years
    "I'll never get used to them," Scarlett whispered
    A sudden noise made her jumpThen she realized that it was the
    chime
    of a great clock somewhere above themThe horsecar ú moved into
    the
    intersection, turning to the right"One o'clock," said Mrs
    "No wonder I'm tired; it was a long morning Behind them the
    chimes
    ended their quartet of ú notesA single bell rang once"That's
    every Charlestonian's timeú keeper," Eleanor Butler said, "the bells in
    Saint Michael's steepleThey record our births and our passings
    Scarlett was looking at the tall houses and walled gardens they were
    passingWithout exception they bore the scars of warPockholes of
    shelling marred every surface, and poverty was visible on all sides:
    peeling paint, boards nailed over shattered windows that could not be
    replaced, gaps and rust disfiguring elaborate, lace-like wrought iron
    balconies and gates
    The trees lining the street had thin trunks; they were youthful
    replacements for the giants broken by shelling
    oe
    And yet the sun gleamed on brightly polished brass door knobs, and
    there was the scent of flowers blooming behind the garden wallsú
    They've got gumption, these Charleston folks, she thoughtButler down at the last stop, the
    end of Meeting StreetIn front of them was a park, with neatly
    clipped grass and gleaming white paths that converged on and circled
    a
    freshly painted round bandstand with a shiny pagoda-like roof
    Beyond
    it was the harborShe could smell the water and the saltA breeze
    rattled the sword-shaped fronds of palm trees in the park and swayed
    the long airy clumps of Spanish moss on the scarred limbs of
    liveoak
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    8:27 am
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    It’s probably the things I can’t rememberHell, I may have taken a bullet here, I simply don’t
    know
    He had done so, and within thirty-five minutes after his call to the Caymans, the olive-skinned,
    perpetually smiling Monsieur Tabouri confirmed that his funds were in placeHe re quested
    750,000 francs in the largest notes possibleThey were delivered to him, and the grinning
    obsequious banker took him confidentially aside, away from the chanel top desk—which was rather foolish, as
    there was no one else in the office—and spoke quietly by a window
    “There are some marvelous real estate opportunities in Beirut, believe me, I knowI am the
    expert on the Middle East and these stupid conflagrations cannot last much longerMon Dieu, no
    one will be left alive! It will once again rise as the Paris of the MediterraneanEstates for a fraction
    of their value, hotels for a ridiculous price!”
    “It sounds interesting
    He had fled the Banque Normandie as if its quilted bag chanel confines held the germs of a lethal diseaseHe had
    returned to the Pont-Royal, and again tried to reach Alex Conklin in the United StatesIt was then
    close to one o’clock in the afternoon in Vienna, Virginia, and still all he had heard was an
    answering machine with Alex’s disembodied voice instructing the caller to leave a messageFor
    any number of reasons, Jason had chosen not to do so
    And now he was in Argenteuil, walking up the steps of the métro to the pavement, where he
    would slowly, cautiously make his way santos cartier into the uglier streets and the vicinity of Le Coeur du
    SoldatHis instructions were clearHe was not to be the man he was last night, no limp, no ragged
    cast-off army clothing, no image that anyone might recognizeHe was to be a simple laborer and
    reach the gates of the old closed-down refinery and smoke cigarettes while leaning against the wall
    This was to take place between 12:30 and one o’clock in the morningNo sooner and no later
    When he had asked Santos’s messengers—after giving them several hundred gucci gucci francs for their
    inconvenience—the reason for these late-night precautions, the less inhibited man had replied,
    “Santos never leaves Le Coeur du Soldat
    “He left last evening
    “For minutes only,” rejoined the more voluble messenger Bourne nodded, but he had not understood, he could only speculateWas Santos
    in some way the Jackal’s prisoner, confined to the sleazy café night and day? It was a fascinating
    query in light of the manager’s size and sheer raw power, both combined with a earrings chanel far-above-average
    intelle
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    8:19 am
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    Tom Riley was standing at the head of the stairs
    He was naked except for a pair of light blue
    pajama pants, darker at the crotch and down the
    inside of one leg, where he had wet themHis
    right eye was goneThere was a matted socket full
    of red and black gore where it had beenDried
    blood streaked back along his right temple like
    war paint, disappearing into graying hair gucci horsebit hobo above
    his earHis other eye stared out at the Gulf of
    MexicoCarnival sunset swam over his narrow,
    pallid face
    I shrieked in surprise and terror, recoiled, and
    fell off my chairI landed on my bad hip and
    yelled out again, this time from painI jerked
    and my foot struck the chair I'd been sitting in,
    knocking it overWhen I looked toward the stairs
    again, Tom was spy bag fendi gone
    vi
    Ten minutes later I was downstairs, dialing his
    home numberI had descended the stairs from
    238
    Little Pink in the sitting position, thumping down
    one riser at a time on my assNot because I'd
    hurt my hip falling off the chair, but because my
    legs were trembling so badly I didn't trust myself
    on my feetI was afraid I might take a header,
    even going down backward so I gucci hobo horsebit could clutch the
    banister with my left handHell, I was afraid I
    might faint
    I kept remembering the day at Lake Phalen I'd
    turned to see Tom with that unnatural shine in his
    eyes, Tom trying not to embarrass me by actual
    bawlingBoss, I can't get used to seeing you this
    way
    The telephone began to ring in Tom's nice Apple
    Valley homeTom, who'd been married and gucci men watch divorced
    twice, Tom who had advised me against moving out
    of the house in Mendota Heights - It's like giving
    up home field advantage in a playoff game, he'd
    saidTom who'd gone on to enjoy my home field
    quite a little bit himself, if Friends with
    Benefits were to be believedand I did believe
    it
    I believed what I'd seen upstairs, too
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    8:19 am
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    Two minutes
    Had my lies been as obvious to her as they were to me?
    Sweat started to dew up on my foreheadI wiped it away quickly
    What if she brought back a Seeker?
    I thought of the small pill in my pocket, and my hands Gucci Purse shookI could do it, though
    I heard quiet footsteps then, two sets, coming down the hall
    CHAPTER 45
    Succeeded
    Healer Knits Fire and Cerulean walked through the door togetherThe Healer handed me a tall
    glass of waterIt didn't feel as cold as the first–my fingers were cold with black quilted bag fear nowThe
    dark-skinned woman had something for me, tooShe handed me a flat rectangle with a handle
    “I thought you would want to see,” Knits Fire said with a warm smile
    The tension flooded out of meThere was no suspicion or fearJust more kindness from the
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    Cerulean had given me a mirror
    I held it up and then tried to stifle my gasp
    My face looked the way I remembered it from San DiegoThe face I'd taken for granted there
    The skin was smooth and peachy across my right cheekboneIf I looked carefully, seamaster omega it was just a
    little lighter and pinker in color than the tan on the other cheek
    It was a face that belonged to Wanderer, the soulIt belonged here, in this civilized place where
    there was no violence and no horror
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    8:19 am
    @@@@@ "All right, Lieutenant, but let's do it
    @@@@@
    "All right, Lieutenant, but let's do it fast, okay?"
    Hearn went on top, leaned over the rail, and shouted to the three-man detail on his landing barge to come aboardAfter they had climbed the scramble net, Hearn led them below to the hold, and they each picked up a carton and carried it to the deckAfter three trips everything had been brought up, the whisky, the canned chicken, and all the condiments, and in a few minutes it was loaded in the crane net and lowered into the bargeHearn paid the seaman his twelve pounds"Come on, men, let's get going," he shoutedNow that it was over, he was worried that Kerrigan might appear on deck and discover his transactionThey clambered down into the barge, and Hearn dragged a tarpaulin over the supplies
    As they were about to back off, he saw Kerrigan looking down at them from the rail"If ye don't mind, Lieutenant," Kerrigan bawled, "I'd like to have a look at what ye're taking away"Start the motors," he called to the helmsman, and then looked up blankly at Kerrigan"Too late, man," he shoutedBut the motors coughed, sputtered and diedAnd Kerrigan, seeing this, began to climb over the side
    "Start those motors," Hearn shouted furiouslyHe glared at the, helmsman"Get going!"
    The motor sputtered again, caught momentarily, lapsed, and then steadiedFrom the stern the propeller wake became steadyKerrigan was halfway down the scramble net"All right, let's go!" Hearn shouted
    The barge backed off slowly, leaving Kerrigan stranded foolishly in the middle of the netA few of the seamen looking over the side laughed at him as he started to climb back to the deck"So long, Kerrigan!" Hearn shouted"Goddam, man," he said to the helmsman, "that was a hell of a time to have the motors go back on you The landing craft was bouncing steadily as it overtook the waves riding toward shore"I'm sorry, Lieuten
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    8:19 am
    @@@@@She enjoyed whatever life brought her and
    @@@@@She enjoyed whatever
    life brought her and found the human condition fundamentally
    entertaining, and she was a gifted teller of stories, with a repertoire
    that ranged from accounts of amusing incidents in her own life to the
    classic Southern storehouse of the skeletons in the closets of every
    family in the regionScarlett, if she had known the reference, could
    accurately have called Eleanor her personal ScheherazadeShe never
    realized that MrsButler was trying, indirectly, to stretch her mind
    and her heart
    Eleanor could see the vulnerability and courage that had drawn her
    beloved son to ScarlettShe could also see that something had gone
    horribly wrong with the marriage, so wrong that Rhett wanted nothing
    more to do with itShe knew, without being told, that Scarlett was
    desperately determined to get him back, and for her own reasons she
    was
    even more eager for reconciliation than Scarlett wasShe wasn't
    certain whether Scarlett could make Rhett happy, but she believed
    with
    all her heart that another child would make the marriage a success
    Rhett had visited her with Bonnie; she would never forget the joy of
    it
    She had loved the little girl and loved even more seeing her son so
    happyShe wanted that happiness again for him, and the joy again
    for
    herselfShe was willing to do anything in her power to accomplish
    it
    Because she was so occupied, Scarlett had been in Charleston for
    more
    than a month before she noticed that she was boredIt happened at
    Sally Brewton's, the least boring place in town, when everyone was
    talking about fashion, a subject that had previously been of consuming
    interest to ScarlettAt first she was fascinated to hear Sally and
    her circle of friends mention ParisRhett had once brought her a
    bonnet from Paris, the most beautiful, most exciting gift she'd ever
    receivedGreen-to match her eyes, he'd said-with glorious wide silk
    ribbons to tie under her chinShe made herself listen to what Alicia
    Savage was saying-though what a skinny old lady like her could know
    about dressing was hard to figureWith her face
    and flat chest, nothing would make her look 00d'0 you remember
    Worth's fittings?" Mrs"I thought I'd collapse
    standing on the platform so long A half dozen voices spoke at once,
    sharing complaints about the brutality of Paris dressmakersOthers
    argued with them, saying that any inconvenience was a small price to
    pay for the quality that only Paris could supplySeveral sighed over
    memories of gloves and boots and fans and perfumeScarlett turned
    automatically toward whatever voice was speaking, an interested
    expression on her face
    When she heard laughter, she laug
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    8:27 am
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    Jason proffered a ten-franc note, his innocent eyes looking blankly at the highly suspicious
    woman“Augh, take it,” she said, removing a phone from under her cash-register stand and
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    266
    grasping the money“It has an extension so you can move to the wall, as they all doMen! Business
    and the bed, it’s all you think about!”
    He dialed the Pont-Royal and asked for his room, expecting Bernardine to pick up on the first or
    second ringBy the fourth, he was concerned; by the eighth, he was profoundly disturbed
    Bernardine was not there! Had Santos ? No, the Deuxième veteran was armed and knew how to
    use his “deterrence”—there would have been at the least loud gunfire, at the last a room hermes purse blown
    apart by a grenadeBernardine had left under his own controlWhy?
    There could be any one of several reasons, thought Bourne, handing back the telephone and
    returning to his table outsideThe first and most wished for was news of Marie; the old intelligence
    officer would not raise false hopes by detailing the nets he had spread throughout the city, but they
    were there, Jason was sure of itBourne could not think of another reason, so it was best not to
    think about BernardineHe had other pressing considerations, the most intensely pressing of his
    lifeHe returned to the strong coffee and his notebook; every detail had to be exact
    An hour later he finished his espresso, taking a sip of the cognac and spilling the rest on logo louis vuitton the
    pavement under the usual soiled red tableclothHe left the café and the rue d’Alésia, turning right
    and walking slowly, as a far older man might walk, toward the boulevard LefebvreThe closer he
    came to the last corner, the more he became aware of the undulating, erratic sounds from
    apparently different directionsSirens! The two-note sirens of the Paris police! What had
    happened? What was happening? Jason abandoned his elderly gait and ran to the edge of the
    building fronting the Lefebvre and the row of old stone housesInstantly, he was in shock, fury and
    astonishment joining together in panicWhat were they doing?
    Five patrol cars converged on the row of stone houses, each successively screeching to a halt in
    front of the Tiffany Earrings structure on the rightThen a large black police van appeared, swinging directly around
    to face the two entrances of the building, its searchlight shooting out as a squad of black-uniformed
    men with automatic weapons leaped into the street and took up crouching attack positions only
    partially concealed by the patrol cars—an assault was in the making!
    FoolsGoddamned fools! To give Carlos a warning was to lose the Jackal! Killing was his
    profession; escape, his obsessionThirteen years ago Bourne had been told that Carlos’s huge
    retreat in the village hills of Vitry-sur-Seine outside Paris had more false walls and concealed
    staircases than a nobleman’s Loire chateau in the time of Louis XIVThe fact that no one had ever
    determined purse louis vuitton which estate it was, or whom it was assigned to, did not vitiate the all too acceptable
    rumorsAnd with three supposedly separated structures on the boulevard Lefebvre, it was also all
    too acceptable to presuppose hidden underground tunnels linking each to the others
    For Christ’s sake, who had done this? Had a terrible error been made? Had he and Bernardine
    been so obtuse as to think the Deuxième or Peter Holland’s Paris station of the CIA had overlooked
    tapping into his Pont-Royal telephone or bribed or enlisted the various relays of operators on the
    hotel’s switchboard? If so, that obtuseness was rooted in an absolute: it was next to impossible to
    tap a phone on short notice in a relatively small hotel without being rolex submariner replica detecte
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    8:19 am
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    @@@@@Considering how long you've been at
    work, they are very good indeedMaybe more than
    good
    "What makes them good?" I asked"If they're good,
    what makes them good?"
    "Truth," he said"It shines through in every
    stroke
    "But most of them are only sunsets! The things I
    added I lifted my hand, then dropped it
    "They're just gimmicks"You've learned such mean words!
    Where? Reading The New York Times art pages?
    Listening to Bill O'Reilly? Both?" He pointed to
    the ceiling"Lightbulb? Gimmick!" He pointed to
    his own chest"Pacemaker? Gimmick!" He tossed his
    hands in the airThe lucky devil had two to toss
    "Throw out your mean words, MrArt
    should be a place of hope, not doubtAnd your
    doubts rise from inexperience, which is not a
    dishonorable thingWill you
    listen?"
    "Sure," I said
    "When I say truth, I mean beauty
    317
    "John Keats," Wireman said"'Ode On A Grecian
    Urn' All we know, all we need to knowAn oldie
    but still a goodie
    Nannuzzi paid no attentionHe was leaning forward
    over his desk and looking at me
    Freemantle-"
    "Edgar
    "For me, Edgar, that sums up what all art is for,
    and the only way it can be jud
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    8:19 am
    @@@@@I'm getting a kick out of watching you do
    @@@@@I'm getting a kick out of watching you do something for yourselfThis has to be a
    first
    I didn't smile at his jokeTo me, this was sort of a last meal–the final gift to the condemnedI
    wouldn't leave the caves again
    “Jared, how about you?”
    “Two of whatever you're having
    So I ordered three cheeseburgers, three bags of fries, and three strawberry shakes
    After I got my food, Ian and I switched again so I could eat while he drove
    “Eew,” he said, watching me dip a french fry into the shake I offered him a well-coated fry
    He shrugged and took itHe popped it into his mouth and chewed“Melanie thinks it's gross, too That's why I'd cultivated the habit in the beginning
    It was funny now to think how I'd gone out of my way to annoy her
    I wasn't really hungryI'd just wanted some of the flavors I particularly remembered, one more
    timeIan finished off half my burger when I was full
    We made it home without incidentWe saw no sign of the Seekers' surveillancePerhaps they'd
    accepted the coincidenceMaybe they thought it inevitable–wander the desert alone long
    enough, and something bad would happen to youWe'd had a saying like that on the Mists
    Planet: Cross too many ice fields alone, and wind up a claw beast's mealThat was a rough
    translationIt sounded better in
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
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    They reached the approach to the pass by three o'clockCroft climbed ladies watches gucci the crest of the last hill, crouched behind a bush, and examined the land before themBeneath the hill, a valley extended for perhaps a quarter of a mile, an island of tall grass surrounded by the mountain range in front, and by hills to the left and rightBeyond the valley the pass wound through the range in a twisting rocky gorge between sheer walls of stoneThe floor of the defile was hidden in foliage, and might chanel white bag conceal any number of men
    He stared at the few knolls set in the opening of the pass, searching the jungle that circled about its footHe had a quiet satisfaction that he had come so farA damn lot of land we crossed, he told himselfThrough the silence which hung over the hills, he could hear the muffled rumble of artillery on the other side of the mountains, the sporadic grumble of a battle
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    "I'm glad you liked it," said the housekeeper
    "You've got five more to doEvery man, woman, and child in
    Ballyhara
    has to get a little piece for good luckThey're waiting outsideThe
    maids will take the pieces down on trays after you finish
    "My grief," said Scarlett"I should have taken littler bites After
    breakfast Colum accompanied her through the town for her next ritual
    It was rolex daytona cosmograph good luck for the whole year if a dark-haired person visited a
    house on New Year's DayBut the tradition required that the person
    enter, then be escorted out, then be escorted back in agaIn"And
    don't you dare laugh," Colum ordered"Any dark-haired person is
    good
    luckThe head of a clan is ten times over good luck Scarlett was
    staggering when it was over"Thank goodness there are still cartier santos watch so many
    empty buildings," she gasped"I'm awash with tea and foundering
    from
    all the cake in my stomachDid we really have to eat and drink in
    every single place?" Scarlett darling, how can you call it a visit if
    there's no hospitality offered and received? If you were a man, it
    would have been whiskey and not tea"Cat might
    have loved that February I was considered the beginning of wallet vuitton the farm
    year in IrelandAccompanied by everyone who worked and lived in
    Ballyhara, Scarlett stood in the center of a big field and, after
    saying a prayer for the success of the crops, sank a spade into the
    earth, lifted and turned the first sodNow the year could begin
    After the feast of applecake-and milk, of course, because February I
    was also the feast day of Saint Brigid, chloe bag Ireland's other patron saint,
    who was also patron saint of the dairyWhen everyone was eating
    and
    talking after the ceremony, Scarlett knelt by the opened earth and
    took
    up a handful of the rich loam"This is for you, Pa," she murmured
    "See, Katie Scarlett hasn't forgotten what you told her, that the land
    of County Meath is the best in the world, better even than the land of
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    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
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    I cringed, shoving the paper away from me, back into the dark cupboard
    Those were the exceptions, not the norm,Melanie thought quietly, trying to keep the fresh horror
    of my reaction from seeping into her memories of those years and recoloring them
    Can you see how we thought we might be able to do better, though? How we could have
    supposed that maybe you didn't deserve all the excellent things of this world?
    Her diaper bag gucci answer was acidicf you wanted to cleanse the planet, you could have blown it up
    Despite what your science fiction writers dream, we simply don't have the technology
    She didn't think my joke was funny
    Besides,I added,that would have been such a wasteIt's a lovely planetThis unspeakable desert
    excepted, of course
    That's how we realized you were here, you know,she said, thinking of the sickening news
    headlines againhen the chanel silver evening news was nothing but inspiring human-interest stories, when
    pedophiles and junkies were lining up at the hospitals to turn themselves in, when everything
    morphed into Mayberry, that's when you tipped your hand
    “What an awful alteration!” I said dryly, turning to the next cupboard
    I pulled the stiff door back and found the mother lode
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    Somewhere, in what remained of the upstairs, water
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    "The cypress and redwood in this place would have
    been worth a fortune if somebody had come up and
    got it before it went to hell," Jack saidHe bent
    down, seized the end of a protruding board, and
    pulledIt came up, bent almost like taffy, then
    broke off - not with a snap but a listless crump
    A few woodlice came strolling from the rectangular
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    John knew it, and made sure to keep it that way
    when he wrote his willElizabeth did the same
    But it's not a shrine I looked into the room
    opposite the formal parlorIt might once have
    been a studyAn old rolltop desk sat in a puddle
    of stinking waterThere were bookshelves, but
    they stood empty
    "So where do we look for these drawings?" Jack
    asked
    "I have no idea," I said A
    chunk of plaster lay in the doorway, and I kicked
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    and wet; it only disintegrated"I don't think
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    the pl
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    up-the gilded room, the music, his presence, even hersWhen she
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    and
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