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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    12:55 pm
    @@@@@She was so sad and so… sweet “I'm sure
    @@@@@She was so sad and so… sweet
    “I'm sure she'd appreciate it, if she knew
    He nodded, still staring at Jodi“Is there something I'm supposed to be doing here? Is there
    some way to help?”
    “Talk to her, say her name, talk about things she'll rememberTalk about Sunny, evenThat
    helped with the Healer's host
    “Mandy,” Doc corrected“She says it's not exactly right, but it's close
    “Mandy,” I repeatedNot that I would need to remember“Where is she?”
    “With Trudy–that was a good call thereTrudy's exactly the right personI think she's gotten
    her to sleep Doc smiled, but it didn't affect his gloomy expression much“I've got lots of
    questions for her
    I looked at the small woman–it was still impossible to believe that she was older than the body
    I woreHer face was slack and vacantIt frightened me a little–she'd been so vibrantly alive
    when Sunny was insideWould Mel… ?
    I'm still herehe winced, and so did I
    I touched Jodi's arm softlyShe was much like Lacey in some waysOlive skinned and black
    haired and tinyThey could almost be sisters, except that Jodi's sweet, wan face could never
    look so repellent
    Kyle was tongue-tied, holding her
    8:42 am
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    Failure inspires winnersAnd failure defeats losersIt is the biggest secret of winners It's the secret that losers do not knowThe greatest secret of winners is that failure inspires winning; thus, they're not chloe bag afraid of losing Repeating Fran Tarkenton's quote, "Winning means being unafraid to lose People like Fran Tarkenton are not afraid of losing because they know who they areThey hate losing, so they know that losing will only inspire them to become betterThere is a big difference between hating losing and being gucci tote afraid to loseMost people are so afraid of losing money that they loseThey go broke over a duplexFinancially they play life too safe and too smallThey buy big houses and big cars, but not big investmentsThe main reason that over 90 percent of the American public struggles financially is because they play not to gucci mens wallet loseThey don't play to win
    They go to their financial planners or accountants or stockbrokers and buy a balanced portfolioMost have lots of cash in CDs, low-yield bonds, mutual funds that can be traded within a mutual-fund family, and a few individual stocksIt is a safe and sensible portfolioBut it is not a winning pearl chanel portf
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    12:55 pm
    @@@@@The responsibility can get you downYou don't
    @@@@@The responsibility can get you downYou don't know the kind of worries there areI'm not saying I don't want to have 'em, 'cause the truth of the matter is you gotta plug if you wanta get aheadThere's no short cuts Polack scratched himselfHe's too smart for his own goodYou know he pulled a pretty slick deal in a garage he was at Brown told Polack the story, and finished by saying, "That's smart enough, but you just get in trouble that wayYou got to stick to something and take the headaches as they come Polack decided he'd underrated StanleyIt was something worth knowing about himStanley had more on the ball than BrownJesus, Polack thought, this guy Brown is gonna end up runnin' a gasoline station, and t'inkin' he's a big operatorStanley had the right ideaYou did something that was maybe a little too cozy, but if you kept your tongue in your head you got out okay
    "All right, men," the Lieutenant was calling
    Polack stood up with a grimaceIf that lieutenant had anything but rocks in his head, he decided, he'd go back to the beach, and let us toast marshmallows until the boat comesBut all he said was, "I been needing a little exercise
    The river remained shallow and unobstructed for another few hundred yardsAs they walked, Brown and Polack talked idly"I used to have a lot of ideas when I was a kid," Brown said, "you know, kids and marriage and the rest of it, but you get a little smarter, you see where they ain't many women you can trust
    It's a guy like Brown that lets a dame throw a horse collar on him, Polack thoughtAll she had to do was yes him when he was talkin' and he thought she had everything
    "No," Brown said, "you get older and you lose a lot of tha
    8:43 am
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    In less than an hour he reached the platoon again, and gave his account to CroftThe only change he made was to say that there was no way to slip by the second bivouac"You had to kill that Jap, huh?"
    "Yes
    Croft shook his headThat'll stir 'em up from here to Jap headquarters He thought for a moment, and said pensively, "I don't know, you never can say what's chloe black gonna come out"Goddam, no think of that He was too tired now to feel any deep regret, but as he lay down on his bedding he wondered how many more mistakes he would discover in the next few days"Goddam, tired," he said to rouse Croft's sympathy
    "Yeah, I guess you had a rough go Croft laid his hand on Martinez's shoulder, gripped it fiercely"Don't say a damn word to the LootenantYou went clear through the cheap chanel purses pass without seeing a damn thing, y' understand?"
    Martinez was puzzled
    "That's it, you're a good boy, Japbait
    Martinez smiled lazilyIn three minutes he was asleep



    8

    HEARN woke up feeling quite rested the next morningHe twisted around in his blankets and watched the sun rising over the eastern hills, which were becoming distinct now, seeming to rise like rocks from waterEverywhere the dawn mists Chloe Purse were settling in the hollows and valleys, and he felt as if he could see a great distance, almost to the eastern end of the island a hundred miles away
    About him the others also were awakening; Croft and Goldstein were rolling their blankets, and one or two of them were returning from the weedsHearn sat up, stretched his toes inside his shoes, and debated idly for a minute or two whether to change his lady dior sock
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    1:02 pm
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    for MrsRutledge and her daughter and a few select ladies of her
    choosingSheba could remake rags and flour sacks into creations as
    elegant as anything in Gody's Lady's Book
    Baptized Queen of Sheba by her lay-preacher father, she was indeed a
    queen in her own worldShe ruled the ladies' cloakroom at the Saint
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    any
    maids accompanying the ladies, in rapid, effective action to meet any
    and all feminine chloe dior emergenciesTorn hems, spots and stains, lost
    buttons, drooping curls, faintness, overeating, bruised insteps, broken
    hearts -Sheba and her minions dealt with them allEvery ball had a
    room set aside for ladies' needs and maids to staff it, but only the
    Saint Cecilia had Queen of Sheba
    She politely refused to work her magic at any ball other than the
    finestShe could afford to be particularRhett had told Scarlett
    what most people knew but no one said aloudSheba owned the most
    lavish hermes bag and profitable whorehouse on notorious "Mulatto Alley," the
    stretch of Chalmers Street, only two blocks from the Saint Cecilia,
    where officers and soldiers of the occupying military forces spent the
    better part of their pay packets on cheap whiskey, crooked gambling
    wheels, and women of every age, every shade of skin, and every
    price
    Scarlett looked at Hannah Ellinton's bewildered expressionI'll bet
    she's one of those abolitionists who's never seen a black person close
    up in her quilted bag chanel life, she thoughtI wonder what she'd do if somebody told
    her about Sheba's other business
    Rhett said Sheha's got more than a million dollars in gold in a vault in
    a bank in EnglandI doubt the Ellintons can match that
    hen Scarlett reached the entrance to the ballroom, it was her turn to
    stop short, unaware that there were others following herShe was
    overwhelmed by a beauty that was magical, too lovely to be realThe
    huge ballroom was lit brilliantly, yet softly, by candlelightFrom
    four handbag dolce gabbana cascades of crystal that seemed to float high aboveFrom paired
    gilt-and-crystal sconces on the long side wallsFrom tall giltframed
    mirrors that reflected the flames again and again in opposing images
    From night-black tall windows that acted as mirrorsFrom tall
    multi-armed silver candelabra on long tables at each side of the door,
    holding monumental silver punch bowls that held curving light
    reflections golden in their rounded sidesScarlett laughed with
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    "Thanks be to God, hisregiment's gone back to England
    He'll bother her no more Colum's face was hard as granite
    Scarlett held her tongue"What about that list?" she asked after she
    gave up expecting Colum to speak"We'd better get back to our
    shoppingYou know, Colum, Jamie gucci gucci has everything you want at his
    store
    Why don't we just go there?"
    "I couldn't put him in a fix
    He'd feel bound to make me a price that would hurt him
    "Honestly, Colum, you don't have the brains of a flea about business!
    Even if Jamie sells to you at cost, it will make him look gucci twirl watch better to his
    suppliers, and he'll get a bigger discount next order She laughed at
    Colum's bewilderment"I have a store myself, I know what I'm
    saying She talked a blue streak while they walked to
    Jamie'sColum was fascinated and obviously impressed, asking
    question
    after omega deville watch question"Colum!" Jamie boomed when they entered the store
    "We were just wishing for youUncle James, Colum's here The old
    man came out from the storeroom with his arms full of bunting fabric
    "You're the answer to a prayer, man," he said"Which is the color
    that we want?" He louis vuitton pink spilled the fabric onto a counterIt was all green,
    but four closely related shades"That one's the prettiest,"
    Scarlett saidJamie and her uncle asked Colum to make a choiceShe'd already told them which was the best
    What
    would a man know, even Colum? "Where will you have it?" he tiffany's jewelry aske
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    1:03 pm
    @@@@@Madness! Standing beside the living room
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    Standing beside the living room table, Dimitri Krupkin spoke on the phone as Alex Conklin sat
    on the brocaded couch massaging his bootless leg and Bourne stood by the window staring out on
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    nodded, his eyes on ConklinAn acknowledgment was being transmitted between the two of them
    They were worthy adversaries in a never-ending, essentially futile war in which only battles were
    won, the philosophical conflicts never resolved
    “I have your assurance then, comrade,” said Krupkin in Russian, “and, frankly, I will hold you
    to itOf course I’m taping this conversation! Would you do otherwise? Good! We understand
    each other as well as our respective responsibilities, so let me recapitulateThe man is seriously
    wounded, therefore the city taxi service as well as all doctors and all hospitals in the Moscow area
    have been alertedThe description of the stolen automobile has been circulated and any sightings of
    man or vehicle are to be reported only to youThe penalty for disregarding these instructions is the
    Lubyanka, that must be clearGood! We have a mutual understanding and I expect to hear from
    you the minute you have any information, yes? Don’t have a cardiac arrest, comradeI am well
    aware that you are my superior, but then this is a proletarian society, yes? Simply follow the advice
    of an extremely experienced subordinateNo, that is not a threat, it is
    merely a phrase I picked up in Paris—American origin, I believe Krupkin hung up the phone and
    sighed“There’s something to be said for our vanished, educated aristocracy, I’m afraid
    “Don’t say it out loud,” observed Conklin, nodding at the telephone“I gather nothing’s coming
    down
    “Nothing to act upon immediately but something rather interesting, even fascinating in a
    macabre sort of way
    “By which you mean it concerns Carlos, I assume Krupkin shook his head as Jason looked over at him from the window“I stopped
    at my office to join the assault squad and on my desk were eight large manila envelopes, only one
    of which had been openedThe police found them in the Vavilova and, true to form, having read
    the contents of only one, wanted nothing to do with them
    “What were they?” asked Alex, chuckling“State secrets describing the entire Politburo as gay?”
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    “You think I'm keeping something from you?” I demanded, too angry to control the disgust in
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    She'd had no idea, no matter what she thought she'd discerned from KathyShe'd thought
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    “Did you have someone in mind?” I asked, my voice frigid with aversion“I'vegotten permission to give it a tryThey're going to hold
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    1:23 pm
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    "These days she doesn't even remember her own
    name," I said
    Mary gave me another look, then turned from the
    window, got her ashtray, and put out her cigarette
    "Alzheimer's? I'd heard rumors
    "I'm goddam sorry to hear itI got the more lurid
    details of the Dave Davis story hermes kelly bag from her, you knowI used to see her all the time, on
    the circuitAnd I interviewed most of the artists
    who stayed at Salmon PointOnly you call it
    something else, don't you?"
    "Big Pink"I knew it was something cute
    "How many artists stayed there?"
    "LotsThey came to lecture in Sarasota or Venice,
    and perhaps to paint for gucci women watches awhile - although those
    who stayed at Salmon Point did precious little of
    thatFor most of Elizabeth's guests, their time
    615
    on Duma Key amounted to little more than a free
    vacation
    "She provided the place gratis?"
    "Oh, yes," she said, smiling rather ironically
    "The Sarasota Arts Council paid the honoraria for
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    lodging - Big Pink, née Salmon PointBut you
    didn't get that deal, did you? Perhaps next time
    Especially since you actually work thereI could
    name half a dozen artists who stayed in your house
    and never so much as wet a brush She marched to
    the sofa, lifted her glass, and had a replica balenciaga sip
    "Elizabeth has a Dalí sketch that was done at Big
    Pink," I said"That I saw with my own eyes
    Mary's eyes gleamedDalí
    loved it there, but not even he stayed long
    although before he left, the son of a bitch goosed
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    She tried to draw Perse out of existenceHow does
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    "Draw and then erase
    "Perse didn't let her?"
    "Perse didn't know, I'm almost sure of itBecause
    Elizabeth was able to hide what she meant to do
    If you ask me how, I can't tell youIf you ask me
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    by herself at the age of four-"
    "Not beyond belief," Wireman said"In a way, it's
    four-year-old thinking
    "I don't understand how she could have kept it
    from this Perse," Jack saida little
    kid?"
    "I don't know, either," I said
    866
    "In any case, it didn't work," Wireman saidI think pasha cartier watch she made the drawing, and
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    she was done, she erased the whole thingIt
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    killed Candy Brown, but Perse wasn't humanAll it
    did was make her angryShe paid Elizabeth back by
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    Laura didn't go down that path to the Shade Beach
    to look for more treasureThey
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    "Only not for good," Wireman said, and I knew he
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    house
    "How did it get this Emery Paulson?" Jack asked
    "I don't know," I said
    "And Adriana," Wireman said"Did Perse get her,
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    12:54 pm
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    "But I have a softball game today," I said
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    12:55 pm
    @@@@@ His eyes stared at the ground two inches
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    His eyes stared at the ground two inches awayTime hung still, unmoving about himHe felt the heat of the sun on his back; he dropped, submerged, in the chattering rhythms of the insect life about him, and the square foot of earth he could see became magnified until every grain stood out perfect and completeThe ground was no longer brown; it was a checkerboard of individual crystals, of red and white and yellow and black; his sense of dimension vanishedHe thought he was looking from an airplane at several fields and a patch of wood, and the tall grass blurred a few inches from the ground, became nebulous and shifting like cloud vaporsThe roots were surprisingly white with thick scaly bark stippled with brown like birch treesEverything he saw was proportioned to the size of a forest, but a new forest, one he had never seen before, and quite odd
    A few ants meandered past his nose, turned about to look up at him, and then waddled onThey seemed the size of cows, or the way cows would look from the top of a high hillHe watched them pass out of his line of vision
    Goddam, they're cute little buggers, he thought weaklyHis head settled on his forearm, and the wood darkened before his eyes, turned upside down as he fainted
    He awoke, he drifted out of unconsciousness perhaps ten minutes laterAnd lay there motionless, wavering between wakefulness and sleepEach of his senses seemed to have sprung free of the other; he would stare emptily at the ground, or close his eyes and breathe, only his ears alert, or his head would roll on the ground, his nose twitching over the faint bouquet of earth, the pungent spice smell of the grass roots, or over the dry decay of mold
    But something was wrongHe raised his head, listened, and heard some men talking softly in the field ten yards awayHe stared through the tall grass, unable to see clearlyHe thought it was someone in the platoon perhaps, and he worked his throat to speak, and then stiffened
    There were Japanese in the field, or at least he heard men talking in a strange guttural, pitched in odd tones, rather breathlessHe felt a choking horrorTag ends of all the stories of Jap torture flicked his brainSonofabitch, they'll cut mah nuts offHe felt his breath escaping through his nose, slowly, with compression, stirring the hairs in the nostrilHe could hear them puttering around, their words slicing abruptly against his ears
    8:43 am
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    "Ah tell you men Ah ain't sayin' screwin' a nigger is right thing to do, but Ah git a little tempted ever' now and thenThey was a nigger gal use' to pass mah pappy's house almost ev' day, an' Ah can still see way her ass wiggle
    He roused himself almost on his elbow, looked at Ridges evenly for a moment
    "Eveh screw any nigger stuff?" he asked him
    Ridges stopped, set the stretcher downFor once he had heard Wilson"You can shut up that kine of talk," he told himHis breath came in heavy sobs and he stared at Wilson vacantly as if he could not focus his eyes"Nuff of that," he blurted outEven in his exhaustion he was profoundly shocked"Ought know better talk like that," he panted
    "Ridges, you're jus' chickenshit," Wilson said
    Ridges shook his head like a bullAll his life there had been any number of things he could not doMaking love to a Negro was a luxury as well as a sin to him; it was one of the excessive things you could not do and survive
    But Wilson was far away alreadyThe warmth in his body, the pleasantly heavy lassitude of his limbs tricked himHe thought it was sexual anticipation, and a thick foundationless lust rose in his th
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    1:03 pm
    @@@@@"Indeed I hope so, old man, for we have no
    @@@@@"Indeed I hope so, old man, for
    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 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 party punch or perhaps a very small glass of
    sherryHe couldn't possibly know about the brandy she used to
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    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 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 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
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    8:42 am
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    So help me God, that's what will happen The room was lit suddenly
    by
    a flash of brilliance through skylight and windows, and a heavier
    torrent of rain slashed against the glass"I'm not going out in
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    room, then, but get her out of hereAnd when she's away, Colum, go
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    Colum had the cringing midwife by the upper armLightning scored
    the
    sky above, and she screamedHe shook her like a rag"Quiet
    yourself, womanFitzpatrick with dull hopeless
    eyes"He'll not come, Rosaleen, no one will come now it's darkHave
    you forgot what night this is?" MrsFitzpatrick wiped Scarlett's
    temples and cheeks with a cool damp cloth"If you don't bring him,
    Colum, I'll do itI've a knife and a pistol in the desk at your
    houseIt only needs showing him there's more certain things to fear
    than ghosts Joseph O 'Neill, the blacksmith, crossed
    himselfHis face glistened with sweatHis black hair was plastered
    to his head from walking through the storm, but the sweat was fresh
    "I've doctored a horse once, same as this, but a woman I cannot do
    such
    violence to He looked down at Scarlett and shook his head"It's
    against nature, I cannot There were lamps along the edges of all the
    sinks, and lightning flashing one jagged bolt after ano
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    1:03 pm
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    “What do you make of it?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    409
    “I’m not sure, but from what I’ve learned about Dimitri Krupkin, it could be his styleHe’s now
    working with Alex and if this isn’t something out of the Conklin textbook, I don’t know Saint Alex
    “That dovetails with what Marie thinks
    “Marie?”
    “Bourne’s wifeI just spoke to her and her argument’s pretty strongShe says Moscow’s report
    is a wash for all the right reasonsIs that what you called to tell me?”
    “No,” answered the director, taking a deep breath“I’m adding to your trouble and confusion
    “I’m not relieved to hear thatWhat is it?”
    “The Paris telephone number, the link to the Jackal we got from Henry Sykes in Montserrat that
    reached a café on the Marais waterfront in Paris
    “Where someone would answer a call for a blackbird
    “Someone did and we followed himYou’re not going to like this
    “Alex Conklin is about to earn the prick-of-the-year awardHe put us on to Sykes, didn’t he?”
    “Yes
    “The message was delivered to the home of the director of the Deuxième Bureau
    “My God! We’d better turn that over to the SED branch of French intelligence with a restricted
    chronology
    “I’m not turning anything over to anybody until we hear from ConklinWe owe him that
    much—I think
    “What the hell are they doing?” shouted a frustrated Casset over the phone“Putting out false
    death notices—from Moscow, no less! What for?”
    “Jason Bourne’s gone hunting,” said Peter Holland“And when the hunt is over—if it’s over and
    if the kill is made—he’s going to have to get out of the woods before anyone turns on himI
    want every station and listening post on the borders of the Soviet Union on full alert
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    410
    40
    Novgor
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    “Will you give me to the count of ten?”
    “Without peeking
    “You're on,” I mumble, trying to disguise the fact that my throat is thick with tearsYou're strong, you're fast, and you're smart He's trying to
    convince himself, too
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    But when I saw her face on the news, I was so sure
    It was just a normal raid, one of a thousandAs usual when we felt isolated enough, safe
    enough, we had the TV on as we cleaned out the pantry and fridgeJust to get the weather
    forecast; there isn't much entertainment in the dead-boring everything-is-perfect gucci backpacks reports that
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    12:54 pm
    @@@@@"I wonder just how surprised her father was
    @@@@@"I wonder
    just how surprised her father was when she up and
    eloped with one of his plant managersAnd I
    wonder if he wasn't, in his heart of hearts, glad
    to see her go He put on his Chris Shannington
    drawl"Run off to Atlanta with a boy in a tie and
    an eyeshadeI guessed the
    subject of little dead girls, even ones lost
    eighty years ago, was still a tender one with him
    "She and her new hubby came back, but by then it
    was just a hunt for the bodies
    I tapped the grim-faced black nanny"Who was
    this?"
    "Melda or Tilda or maybe even, God save us, Hecuba,
    according to Chris ShanningtonHis father knew,
    but Chris no longer remembers
    He glanced at them without much interest
    "Maybe John Eastlake was sleeping with her," I
    said"Maybe the bracelets were a little present
    "Quién sabe? Rich widower, young woman - it's been
    known to happen
    660
    I tapped the picnic basket, which the young black
    woman was holding with both hands, her arms
    bunched as though it was heavyHeavier than just
    a few sandwiches could account for, you'd think
    but maybe there was a whole chicken in thereAnd
    maybe a few bottles of beer for ole massa, as well
    - a little reward after he'd finished his day's
    dives"What color would you say that hamper is?
    Dark brown? Or is it red?"
    Wireman gave me a strange look"In a black-andwhite
    photograph, it's hard to tell
    "Tell me how the storm led to the deaths of the
    little girls
    He opened the folder again and handed me an old
    news story with an accompanying photograph"This
    is from the Venice Gondolier, March 28th, 1927I
    got the original info on the netJack Cantori
    called the paper, got someone to make a copy and
    shoot me a faxJack's terrific, by the
    8:42 am
    @@@@@I looked for upside-down birds and
    @@@@@I looked for upside-down birds and saw
    noneI saw none of the rightside-up variety,
    either, for that matter, although I could now hear
    the faint buzz of insects
    944
    Jack stopped at the gate and looked at us
    apologetically"This old girl ain't fitting
    through thatWireman paused to look at the ancient,
    lichen-encrusted plaques fixed to the pillarsThe
    one on the left said HERON'S ROOSTThe one on the
    right said EASTLAKE, but below it something else
    had been scratched, as if with the point of a
    knifeOnce it might have been hard to read, but
    the lichen growing from the little cuts gouged in
    the metal made it stand out: Abyssus abyssum
    invocat
    "Any idea what that means?" I asked WiremanIt's a warning often given to new
    lawyers after they pass their bar examsThe
    liberal translation is 'One misstep leads to
    another' The literal translation is 'Hell invokes
    Hell'" He looked at me bleakly, then back at the
    message below the family name"I have an idea
    that might have been John Eastlake's final verdict
    before leaving this version of Heron's Roost
    forever
    Jack reached out to touch the jagged motto, then
    seemed to think better of it
    945
    Wireman did it for him"The verdict, gentlemen
    and rendered in the law's own language
    Sunset at 7:15, give or take, and daylight's a
    fleeting thingWe take turns with the picnic
    basket
    xi
    But before we went anywhere, we paused inside the
    gate for a good look at Elizabeth's first home on
    Duma KeyMy immediate reaction was dismay
    Somewhere in the back of my mind had been a clear
    narrative thread: we'd enter the house, go
    upstairs, and find what had been Elizabeth's
    bedroom in those long-ago days when she'd been
    known as LibbitThere my missing arm, sometimes
    known as Edgar Freemantle's Divine Psychic Dowser,
    would lead me to a left-behind steamer trunk (or
    perhaps only a humble crate)Inside would be more
    drawings, the missing drawings, the ones that
    would tell me where Perse was and solve the riddle
    of the leaky tab
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