Brussels?” “There’s very little I don’t...
Brussels?”
“There’s very little I don’t know
“That son of a bitch conned me into thinking he was one of us and he had me by the balls!” said
Armbruster angrily, continuing to walk along the edge of the parking lot, the other two joining him,
DeSole hesitantly, apprehensively“He seemed to know everything, but when I think back, he only
brought up bits and pieces—damned big bits and pieces like Burton and you and Brussels—and I,
like a fucking idiot, filled in a hell of a lot moreShit!”
“Now, just wait a minute!” cried the CIA analyst, once again forcing the others to stop“I don’t
understand—I’m a strategist, and I don’t understandWhat was David Webb Jason Bourne, if he is
Jason Bourne—doing at Swayne’s place the other night?”
“Who the hell is Jason Bourne?” roared the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
“He’s the tie-in with Saigon’s Medusa louis vuitton replicas that I just mentionedThirteen years ago the Agency gave
him the name Jason Bourne, the original Bourne a dead man by then, and sent him out in deep
cover on a Four Zero assignment—a termination with extreme prejudice, if you like—”
“A hit, if you want to speak English, paisan
“Yes, yes, that’s what it wasBut things went wrong; he had a loss of memory and the
operation collapsedIt collapsed, but he survived
“Holy Christ, what a bunch of zucchinis!”
“What can you tell us about this Webb or Bourne—this Simon or the ‘Cobra’? Jesus, he’s a
walking vaudeville act!”
“Apparently that’s what he did beforeHe assumed different names, different appearances,
different personalitiesHe was trained to do that when he was sent out to challenge the assassin
called the Jackal—to draw him out and kill him
“The Jackal?” asked the astonished capo supremo of the Cosa gucci replica Nostra“Like in the movie?”
“No, not the movie or the book, you idiot—”
“Hey, easy, amicoIlich Ramirez Sanchez, otherwise known as Carlos the Jackal, is a living person,
a professional killer the international authorities have been hunting for over a quarter of a century
Outside of scores of confirmed hits, many think he was the puff of smoke on the grassy knoll in
Dallas, the true killer of John Kennedy
“You’re shittin’ me
“I can assure you, I am not shitting youThe word we got at the Agency at the highest secure
levels was that after all these years Carlos had tracked down the only man alive who could identify
him, Jason Bourne—or, as I’m firmly convinced, David Webb
“That word had to come from somebody!” exploded Albert Armbruster“Who was it?”
“Oh, yesEverything’s so sudden, so bewilderingHe’s a retired field agent with a crippled
leg, a man named replica miu miu Conklin, Alexander ConklinHe and a psychiatrist—Panov, Morris Panov—are
close friends of Webb
“Where are they?” asked the capo supremo grimly
Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
177
“Oh, you couldn’t reach either one, talk to either of themThey’re both under maximum
security
“I didn’t ask for the rules of engagement, paisan, I asked where they were
“Well, Conklin’s at a condominium in Vienna, a proprietary of ours no one could penetrate, and
Panov’s apartment and office are both under round-the-clock surveillance
“You’ll give me the addresses, won’t you?”
“Certainly, but I guarantee they won’t talk to you
“Oh, that would be a pityWe’re just looking for a guy with a dozen names, asking questions,
offering assistance
“Maybe I can sell it
“Goddamn it, why?” spouted Armbruster, then immediately lowered his voice“Why was this
Webb or Bourne or omega constellation lady watch whoever the hell he is at Swayne’s?”
“It’s a gap I can’t fill,” said DeSole
“A what?”
“That’s an Agency term for no answer
“No wonder the country’s up shit’s creek
“That’s not true—”
“Now you shut up!” ordered the man from New York, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a
small notepad and a ballpoint pen“Write out the addresses of this retired spook and the yid shrink
Now!”
“It’s difficult to see,” said DeSole, writing, angling the small pad of paper toward the neon lights
of the closed gas stationThe apartment number may be wrong but it’s close, and Panov’s
name will be on the mailboxBut I tell you again, he won’t talk to you
“Then we’ll just have to apologize for interrupting him
“Yes, you probably willI gather he’s very dedicated where his patients are concerned
“Oh? Like that telephone line into your fax machine
“No, no, that’s a technical d&g replica luggage term