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breakSomething will break; the odds are on our sideAnd when it does, I can’t be worried about
you back here
“That’s the nicest thing you’ve said in the past thirty-six hoursYou should be with the children and you know thatYou’ll be out of reach and safe
and the kids need youCooper’s a terrific lady, but she’s not their motherBesides, your
brother probably has Jamie smoking his Cuban cigars and playing Monopoly with real money by
now
Marie looked up at her husband, a gentle smile apparent in the darkness as well as in her voice
“Thanks for the laugh
“It’s probably the truth—your brother, I meanIf there are good-looking women on the staff, it’s
quite possible our son’s lost his virginity
“David!” Bourne was silentMarie chuckled briefly, then went on“I suppose I really can’t
argue with you
“And you would if my argument was flawed, DrThat’s something I’ve learned
over the past thirteen years
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“I still object to this crazy trip back to Washington! From here to Marseilles, then to London,
then on a flight to DullesIt’d be so much simpler just to get on a plane from Orly to the States
“It’s Peter Holland’s ideaHe’ll meet you himself, so ask him; he doesn’t say an awful lot on the
phoneI suspect he doesn’t want to deal with the French authorities for fear of a leak to Carlos’s
peopleA single woman with a common name on crowded flights is probably best
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