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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    9:34 am
    @@@@@Pierre Robillard looked straight ahead, not
    @@@@@Pierre Robillard looked straight ahead, not meeting hisbutler's
    eyes"Don't stand there like a statue," Scarlett snappedSo was her grandfatherAlthough the
    meal was as silent as his birthday dinner had been, this time he ate
    everything that was brought to himScarlett watched him suspiciously
    from the corner of her eyeWhat was he up to, the old fox? She
    couldn't believe that there wasn't something behind this charadeIn
    her experience, getting what you wanted from servants was the
    easiest
    thing in the worldAll you had to do was shout at themAnd Lord
    knows Grandfather's good at terrifying peopleLook at Aunt Pauline
    and Aunt EulalieLook at me, for that matterI hopped out of bed
    quick enough when he sent for meI'll not do that agaInThe old
    man
    dropped his napkin by his empty plate"I'll expect you to be suitably
    dressed for future meals," he said to Scarlett"We shall leave the
    house in precisely one hour and seven minutes to go to churchThat
    should provide adequate time for your grooming
    Scarlett hadn't intended to go to church at all, now that her aunts
    weren't there to expect it and she'd gotten what she wanted from the
    Mother SuperiorBut her grandfather's high-handedness had to be
    stoppedHe was violently anti-Catholic, according to her aunts
    "I didn't know you attended Mass, Grandfather," she saidSweetness
    dripped from the wordsPierre Robillard's thick white brows met in a
    beetling frown"You do not subscribe to that papist idiocy like your
    aunts, I hope
    "I'm a good Catholic, if that's what you me
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    9:34 am
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    He was not alone in his reactionHe heard Darren's soft sigh, heard the admiring murmurs of
    the students
    Gently, Darren placed the small glistening creature inside the opening Fords had made in the
    human's neckThe soul slid smoothly into the offered space, weaving herself into the alien
    anatomyFords admired the skill with which she possessed her new homeHer santos cartier watch attachments
    wound tightly into place around the nerve centers, some elongating and reaching deeper to
    where he couldn't see, under and up into the brain, the optic nerves, the ear canalsShe was very
    quick, very firm in her movementsSoon, only one small segment of her glistening body was
    visible
    “Well done,” he whispered to her, knowing that she could not hear himThe human girl was
    the one women rolex watches with ears, and she still slept soundly
    It was a routine matter to finish the jobHe cleaned and healed the wound, applied the salve
    that sealed the incision closed behind the soul, and then brushed the scar-softening powder
    across the line left on her neck
    “Perfect, as usual,” said the assistant, who, for some reason unfathomable to Fords, had never
    made a change from his gucci for sale human host's name, Darren“I regret this day's work
    “You're only doing your duty as a Healer
    “This is the rare occasion when Healing creates an injury
    Darren began to clean up the workstationHe didn't seem to know how to answerFords was
    filling his CallingThat was enough for Darren
    But not enough for Fords Deep Waters, who was a true Healer to the core of his beingHe
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    would be shattered as soon as she awokeAll the horror of this young woman's end would be
    borne by the innocent soul he'd just placed inside her
    As he leaned over the human and whispered in her ear, Fords wished fervently that the soul
    inside could hear him now
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    9:34 am
    @@@@@Just because I don't want to think about
    @@@@@Just because I don't want to
    think about your sex-life doesn't mean I don't
    think you should have one
    She relieved me considerably by laughingAt the
    sound, a waiter who still looked half-asleep came
    out to ask us if we wanted coffee
    When he went to get it, Ilse said: "All right,
    DaddyI was going to tell you that
    I'm going back this afternoon, anywayI have an
    Anthro prelim at the end of the week, and there
    are a bunch of us who've formed a little study
    groupWe call ourselves the Survivors' Club She
    regarded me anxiously"Would that be okay? I know
    you were planning on a couple of days, but now
    there's this thing with your friend-"
    "No, honey, that's fine I kissed the tip of her
    nose, thinking that if I was close up, she
    wouldn't see how pleased I was - pleased that
    she'd come for the show, pleased that we'd had
    some time together this morning, pleased most of
    all that she would be a thousand miles north of
    Duma Key by the time the sun went down tonight
    770
    Assuming she could get a flight reservation, that
    was"And as for Carson?"
    She sat quiet for perhaps an entire minute,
    swinging her bare feet back and forth through the
    waterThen she stood up and took my arm, helping
    me to my feet"I think you're rightI'll say
    that if he's serious about our relationship, he'll
    just have to put everything on hold until July
    4th
    Now that her decision was made, her eyes were
    bright again
    "That'll get me to the end of the semester and a
    month of summer vacation besidesIt'll get him
    through to his last show at the Cow Palace, plus
    plenty of time to figure out if he's as finished
    with Blondie as he thinks he isDoes it suit you,
    father dear?"
    "Down to the ground
    "Here comes the coffee," she said"Now the
    question is, how long until breakfast?"
    ii
    771
    Wireman wasn't at the morning-after breakfast, but
    he had reserved the Bay Island Room from eight to
    tenI presided over two dozen friends and family
    members, most from MinnesotaIt was one of those
    events people remember and talk about for decades,
    partly because of encountering so many familiar
    faces in an exotic setting, partly because the
    emotional atmosphere was so volatile
    On the one hand, there was a very palpable sense
    of Home Town Boy Makes GoodThey had sensed it at
    the show, and their judgment was confirmed in the
    morning pap
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    9:42 am
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    So the answer is:

    1Don't get into large debt positions that you have to pay for Keep your expenses lowBuild up assets firstThen, buy the big house or nice carBeing stuck in the hermes bag rat race is not intelligentWhen you come up short, let the pressure build and don't dip into your savings or investments Use the pressure to inspire your financial genius to come up with new ways of making more money and then pay your billsYou will have increased your ability to make more money as well as your financial intelligence; : So many times I have black and white bags gotten into financial hot water, and used my brain to create more income, while staunchly defending the assets in my asset columnMy bookkeeper has screamed and dived for cover, but I was like a good trooper defending the fort, Fort Assets
    Poor people have poor habitsA common bad habit is innocently called "Dipping into savings The rich know that savings are louis vuitton denim only used to create more money, not to pay bills
    I know that sounds tough, but as I said, if you're not tough inside, the world will always push you around anyway
    If you do not like financial pressure, then find a formula that works for youA good one is to cut expenses, put your money in the bank, pay more than your fair share of income tax, buy safe omega moon watch mutual funds and take the vow of the average But this violates the "pay yourself first" rule
    The rule does not encourage self-sacrifice or financial abstinenceIt doesn't mean pay yourself first and starveLife was meant to be enjoyedIf you call on your financial genius, you can have all the goodies of life, get rich and pay bills, without sacrificing the good gucci mens wallet life
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    9:34 am
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    I dunno, teacher, maybe the kid who did it was scared of me
    Who did it, Casimir?
    Oh, I dunno, teacherDo ya want me to help clean the seats?
    Casimir, you should try to be a good boyHe walks back to his seat and on the pretense of helping the other boys, he whispers to the girls

    In the summer the kids stay out late at miu miu bag night, play hide-and-seek in the empty lots, bathe in the hydrants, which have been turned on for themThere's always some excitement in summerA house is burning down, or they can go up on the rooftops and peek at the big kids fooling around with the girlsIf it's hot enough they can sneak into the movies 'cause the exit doors are left chanel white watch open for ventilation
    Once or twice they have real good luck
    Hey, Polack, there's a drunk asleep in the alley behind Salvatore's house
    He heeled?
    How do I know? the other kid curses
    They tiptoe up the alley, debouch into a deserted lot behind the tenements
    Whadeya mean gaw ahead, how we gonna split?
    You can split it
    He gucci watch bangle creeps up to the drunk, feels about his body slowly for a walletThe drunk interrupts his snoring, clutches Polack's wrist
    Leggo a me, ya goddamFumbling, his free hand finds a stone on the ground, picks it up and cracks it against the drunk's headThe hand tightens on his arm and he smashes down again
    Where is it, where is it, oyster rolex c'mon hurry up
    Polack fumbles through the pockets, pulls out some change
    The two boys sneak out of the alley, divide the money in front of a street light
    Sixty cents for me, a quarter for you
    Whadeya mean? I found him
    Whadeya mean? I took all the chances, Polack says, whadeya I t'ink dat don't count for nuttin'
    Go crap in your Chanel Bracelets ha
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    9:34 am
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    You always know what to do
    "What I know right now is we'll go home and have a cup of tea and a
    rest Scarlett hated to admit it, even to herself, but she was
    tired
    She walked slowly beside Colum along Drayton Street, smiling at the
    smiling people thronging the street"Why is Saint Patrick the chloe dior patron
    saint of Ireland?" she asked"Is he the saint of any place else?"
    Colum blinked once, astonished by her ignorance"All saints are
    saints for every person and every place in the worldSaint Patrick is
    special to the Irish because he brought us Christianity when we were
    still being lied to by the Druids, and he drove out all the snakes from
    Ireland to make it omega seamaster vintage like the Garden of Eden without the serpent"You're making that up
    There's not a single snake the length and breadth of IrelandI do purely hate snakes
    "You really should come with me when I go home, ScarlettYou'd love
    the Old Country
    The ship takes only two weeks and a day to GalwayThe winds blow towards Ireland and carry the homesick
    travellers home as fast as a cloud quilted chanel bag flying across the sky
    It's a grand sight to see all the sails set, and the big ship fairly
    dancing over the seaThe white gulls fly out with her until the land
    is almost lost from view, then they turn back, crying because they
    cannot come all the wayThe dolphins take over the escort then, and
    sometimes a great whale, spouting like a fountain with replica tiffany jewelry astonishment
    to
    have the beautiful sail-topped companionIt's a lovely thing,
    sailingYou feel so free you think you could fly
    "I know," said Scarlett"That's just what it's like thrilled Kathleen by wearing her green watered silk gown to the
    festivities at Forsyth Park that night, but she horrified the girl by
    insisting on wearing her thin green morocco leather slippers instead omega seamaster gold of
    b
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    9:34 am
    @@@@@“I still go by WandererI pegged you for one
    @@@@@“I still go by WandererI pegged you for one that would choose her own
    It had long been clear to me that the mild spat I'd overheard the first day I woke in the Healing
    facility was the Seeker's faultThe Seeker was the most confrontational soul I'd come across in
    nine livesMy first Healer, Fords Deep Waters, had been calm, kind, and wise, even for a soul
    Yet he had not been able to help reacting to herThat made me feel better about my own
    response
    I turned around to face herShe was on my small couch, nestled in comfortably as if for a long
    visitHer expression was self-satisfied, the bulging eyes amusedI controlled the desire to
    scowl
    “Why are you here?” I asked againMy voice was a monotoneI would not lose
    control again in front of this woman
    “It's been a while since I heard anything from you, so I thought I would check in personally
    We've still made no headway in your case
    My hands clamped down on the edge of the counter behind me, but I kept the wild relief from
    my voice
    “That seems… overzealousBesides, I sent you a message last night
    Her eyebrows came together in that way she had, a way that made her look angry and annoyed
    at the same time, as if you, not she, were responsible for her angerShe pulled out her palm
    computer and touched the screen a few times
    “Oh,” she said stiffly“I haven't checked my mail today
    She was quiet as she scanned through what I had written
    “I sent it very early in the morning,” I sa
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    9:42 am
    @@@@@ How to Draw a Picture (IX) Look for the
    @@@@@
    How to Draw a Picture (IX)
    Look for the picture inside the pictureIt's not
    always easy to see, but it's always thereAnd if
    you miss it, you can miss the worldI know that
    better than anyone, because when I looked at the
    picture of Carson Jones and my daughter - of
    Smiley and his Punkin - I thought I knew what I
    was looking for and missed the truthBecause I
    didn't trust him? Yes, but that's almost funny
    The truth was, I wouldn't have trusted any man who
    presumed to claim my darling, my favored one, my
    Ilse
    I found a picture of him alone before I found the
    one of them together, but I told myself I didn't
    want the solo shot, that one wouldn't do me any
    876
    good, if I wanted to know his intentions toward my
    daughter I had to touch them as a couple with my
    magic hand
    I was already making assumptions, you see
    If I'd touched the first one, really searched the
    first one - Carson Jones dressed in his Twins
    shirt, Carson alone - things might have been
    differentI might have sensed his essential
    harmlessnessAlmost certainly would haveBut I
    ignored that oneAnd I never asked myself why, if
    he was a danger to her, I had then drawn her alone,
    looking out at all those floating tennis balls
    Because the little girl in the tennis dress was
    her, of courseAlmost all the girls I drew and
    painted during my time on Duma Key were, even the
    ones that masqueraded as Reba, or Libbit, or - in
    one case - as Adriana
    There was only one female exception: the red-robe
    When I touched the photograph of Ilse and her
    boyfriend, I had sensed death - I didn't admit it
    to myself at the time, but it was trueMy missing
    hand sensed death, impending like rain in clouds
    877
    I assumed Carson Jones meant my daughter harm, and
    that was why I wanted her to stay away from him
    But he was never the problemPerse wanted to make
    me stop - was, I think, desperate to make me stop
    once I found Libbit's old drawings and pencils -
    but Carson Jones was never Perse's weaponEven
    poor Tom Riley was only a stopgap, a make-do
    The picture was there, but I made a wrong
    assumption, and missed the truth: the death I felt
    wasn't coming from himIt was hanging over her
    And part of me must have known I misse
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
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    She graduated with honors from Florida State University with a degree in accountingShe joined the ranks of what was then one of the big eight accounting firms, and went on to become the CFO of a turnaround company in the computer industry, tax director for a national insurance company and founder and Associate Publisher of the first regional woman's magazine in Wisconsin, all while maintaining her professional credentials as a CPA
    Her focus quickly changed to education as she watched her own three children growIt was a struggle to get them to readThey would rather watch TV
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    Jane Austen
    Mansfield Park
    (1814)
    by
    Jane Austen
    (1775-1817)
    CHAPTER I
    ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with
    only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir
    Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton,
    and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet’s lady, with all the
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    sisters to be benefited by her elevation; and such of their acquaintance
    as thought Miss Ward and Miss Frances quite as handsome as
    Miss Maria, did not scruple to predict their marrying with almost
    equal advantageBut there certainly are not so many men of large
    fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them
    Miss Ward, at the end of half a dozen years, found herself obliged to
    be attached to the RevNorris, a friend of her brother-in-law,
    with scarcely any private fortune, and Miss Frances fared yet worse
    Miss Ward’s match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not
    4
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    9:34 am
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    The Major remembered a heavy artillery barrage the night before on that empty Jap positionIt was possible the CO of that Jap company had pulled out without letting anybody knowThere were cases where the Japs did that which he had heard chloe paddington about, but it seemed a little unbelievable
    If it was true he'd have to get some men through that breach before Toyaku discovered itThe troops were supposed to have this day quiet, but if he ever got his men through he'd have to begin a frontal attack again, and he'd have to work fast if any results were to come of it before nightfallIt meant he had to alert the entire reserve battalion now, start some of them moving right now because there weren't trucks black chanel tote enough to bring them all up at onceThe Major plucked abstractedly at the wet cloth under his armpitsThe whole day would be wasted on the road nowNothing would be done thereAnd he'd have to use every truck in the division to bring up new rations, more ammunition than had been planned for todayThe transportation would be wickedHe had a flare of hatred for the squad leader who had started all the trouble this morning
    He called up Hobart, and told him to chanel bag price make a transportation schedule, and then he went over to the G-2 tent, and talked to Conn, explained what had happened
    "Bygod, you're letting yourself in for a noose," Conn told him
    "What the hell can I do? You're intelligence, why is that bivouac empty?"
    Conn shrugged"The goddam Japs are settin' a trap
    Dalleson walked back to his own tent, abysmally depressedIt would be a trap, but still he had to go into itHobart's men were trying to make up a pasha cartier transportation schedule to supply the new positions of the line companies; Conn's section was going back over old intelligence reportsThere was something messy somewhereWell, he'd have to blunder through on luck, send most of the ordnance to the new hole in the front, hope the other sectors would have enough to get by
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
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    Scarlett recognized Ashley's voice immediatelyShe hurried from the
    sitting room into the hall; a quick gesture of her hand dismissed the
    maid who'd answered the door"Ashley, dear, I'm so happy to see
    you
    She held out both her hands to himHe clasped them tightly in his,
    looking down at gucci messenger bag her"Scarlett, you've never looked lovelierForeign
    climates agree with youTell me where you've been, what you've
    been
    doingUncle Henry said you'd gone to Savannah, then he lost touch I'll just bet you all wondered, especially your
    adder-tongued old sister, she thought"Come in and sit down," she
    said, "I'm womens rolex watches dying to hear all the news The maid was hovering to one
    sideScarlett said quietly as she passed her, "Bring us a pot of
    coffee and some cakes She led the way into the sitting room, took
    one corner of a settee, patted the seat beside her"Sit here beside
    me, Ashley, doI want to look at you Thank the Lord, discount fendi he's lost
    that hangdog look he hadHenry Hamilton must have been right
    when he
    said that Ashley was doing fineScarlett studied him through lowered
    lashes while she busied herself clearing room on a table for the coffee
    tray
    Ashley Wilkes was still a handsome manHis thin aristocratic features
    had become fendi b more distinguished with ageBut he looked older than
    his earsHe can't be more than forty, Scarlett thought, and his
    share's
    more silver than goldHe must spend a lot more time in the
    lumberyard
    than he used to, he's got a nice color to hisskin, not that office gray
    look he had beforeShe looked up with a chanel white watch smi
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    9:44 am
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    I couldn't argue withthatI took three quick, deep breaths, trying to steady my nervesBlood
    pulsed so loudly in my ears that his voice seemed quiet in comparison when he spoke again
    He turned and stomped out of the room
    I was frozen for a moment, and then I lurched out after himHe wasn't bluffing–he was already
    invisible around the first cornerI raced after him, horrified by the thought that I might run into
    someone else in this obviously inhabited wingI caught up to him before he reached the big
    intersection of the tunnelsHe didn't even look at me as I slowed beside him to match his pace
    “'Bout time that northeast field was plantedWe'll have to work the soil firstHope you don't
    mind getting your hands dirtyAfter we're done, I'll see that you get a chance to clean yourself
    up He sniffed pointedly, then laughed
    I felt the back of my neck get hot, but I ignored the last part“I don't mind getting my hands
    dirty,” I murmuredAs I recalled, the empty northeastern field was out of the wayPerhaps we
    would be able to work alone
    Once we got to the big plaza cave, we started passing humansThey all stared, infuriated, as
    usualI was beginning to recognize most of them: the middle-aged woman with the long
    salt-and-pepper braid I had seen with the irrigation team yesterdayThe short man with the
    round belly, thinning sandy hair, and ruddy cheeks had been with herThe athletic-looking
    woman with the caramel brown skin had been the one bent to tie her shoe the first time I'd
    come out here during the dayAnother dark-skinned woman with thick lips and sleepy eyes had
    been in the kitchen, near the two black-haired children–perhaps she was their mother? Now we
    passed Maggie; she glowered at Jeb and turned her face away from meWe passed a pale,
    sick-looking man with white hair whom I was sure I'd never seen bef
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    9:39 am
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    @@@@@He drinks a lot, drifting along the bars on Ninth and Tenth Avenues, and sometimes he spends his free time in one movie house after another, the tawdry second-runs on 42nd Street
    One night in a bar he buys an ordinary seaman's card for ten bucks from a drunk who is about to go under, and he quits his jobBut after a week of hanging around South Street, he gets tired of it and goes on a long drunkAfter a week, when his money is gone, he sells the seaman's card for five bucks and keeps going for an afternoon on the whisky it buys
    He wakes up that night in an alley with a blood crust on his cheekWhen he grimaces he can feel the crust shredding into cracksA cop picks him up and sends him to Bellevue, where he is kept for two days, and when he gets out he panhandles for a couple of weeks
    But there is the happy endingHe catches a job finally as a dishwasher in a fancy restaurant in the East Sixties, and he gets friendly with a waitress there, ends up by living with her in a couple of furnished rooms on West 27th StreetShe has an eight-year-old kid who likes Red, and they get along well for a couple of years

    Red switches to a job as night clerk in one of the flophouses on the BoweryIt's easier than dishwashing, and pays him five bucks more, twenty-three a weekHe holds on to it for the last two years before the war, drifting along through the liquid fetid heat of summer in the Bowery and the chill damp winters when the walls leak and the brown plaster becomes stained with grayLong nights pass in which he thinks of nothing, listening dully to the periodic wrangling passage of the trains on the Third Avenue el, waiting for the morning so he can go home to Lois
    Several times a night he passes through the main room where forty or fifty men are sleeping uneasily on their iron cots, and he listens to the constant soft coughing and smells the harsh styptic formalin and the bodies of the old drunks, a crabbed smell, glum and souredThe hallways and the bathroom stink of disinfectant, and over the urinals there is almost always a drunk retching his liquor, holding dreamily to the porcelain near the flush leverHe closes the door and goes into the card room, where a few old men are playing pinochle around an old round table, the floor under them black with grease and cigarette endsRed listens to their talk, mumbled and unfinished
    Maggie Kennedy was a fine figure of a woman, she said to me, now, what was it she said?
    I told Tommy Muldoon he had no call to be running me in, and when I got done, he let me go I'll tell you thatThey're afraid of me ever since I broke Ricchio's jaw, you know he was the precinct sergeant, back in, well, now wait a minute and I'll tell you the date, I broke his jaw with one punch back in a New Year's night eight year ago, 1924 it was, no, wait a moment back in 1933 that's closer to itHey, you rummies, pipe down goddammit we got some paying guests in the next room
    They're silent for a moment and then one of them says in his low mumbling voice, You ain't so smart, young feller, and ifen you don't shut your mouth I'll be obliged to whop you
    Come on down in the street, and I'll take you on
    Then one of them comes up to Red, and whispers to him, You better leave him alone 'cause he'll throw you down the stairs, the last night man he broke his neckI'm sorry I disturbed ya, pop, I'll be minding my manner
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    9:35 am
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    @@@@@when Rhett comes home
    At last the weather turned to bright, cold, sunny days with high wisps
    of cloud in brilliant blue skiesColleton pumped the standing water
    out of the hole he'd dug, and the sharp wind dried the red Georgia clay
    to the hardness of brickHe ordered concrete then, and lumber to
    make
    the forms for casting the footings
    Scarlett plunged into a celebration of shopping for giftsIt was
    nearly ChristmasShe bought dolls for Ella and each of Suellen's
    girlsBaby dolls for the younger ones with soft sawdust-stuffed
    bodies and chubby porcelain faces and hands and feetSusie and Ella
    had nearly identical lady dolls with cunning leather trunks full of
    beautiful clothesWade was a problem; Scarlett never knew what to
    do
    about himThen she remembered Tony Fontaine's promise to teach
    him
    how to twirl his six-shooters, and she bought Wade his own pair, with
    his initials carved in their ivory-inlaid handles
    Suellen was easy-a beaded silk reticule that was too fancy to use in
    the country, with a twenty dollar gold piece inside it good anywhereScarlett searched high and low before she gave
    up
    and bought him another sheepskin jacket like the one she'd given him
    the year before, and the year before thatIt's the thought that
    counts, she told herself firmlyShe debated for a long time before
    she decided not to get a present for BeauShe wouldn't put it past
    India to send it back unopenedBesides, Beau wasn't lacking for
    anything, she thought bitterlyThe Wilkes account at her store was
    mounting up every weekShe bought a gold cigar-cutter for Rhett,
    but
    she lacked the nerve to send it
    Instead, she made her gifts to her two aunts in much nicer than
    usual
    They might tell Rhett's mother how thoughtful she was, and Mrs
    Butler
    might tell RhettI wonder if he'll send me anything? Or bring me
    something? Maybe he'll come home for Christmas to keep gossip
    down
    The possibility was real enough to send Scarlett into a happy frenzy of
    decorating the houseWhen it was a bower of pine branches, holly,
    and
    ivy, she took the leftovers down to the sto
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    it?—ten miles outside of Paris, and an inn with a balcony in Argenteuil where David—Jason—first
    told her he loved her but could not stay with her because he loved her—the goddamned ass! And
    there was the Sacré-Coeur, far up on the steps where Jason—David—met the man in a dark alley
    who gave them the information they needed—what was it, who was he?
    “Mesdames et louis vuitton online messieurs,” came the voice over the flight deck’s loudspeaker“Jesuis votre
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    formation in English, German, Italian and, finally with a female interpreter, in Japanese“We
    anticipate a very smooth flight to MarseillesOur estimated flight time is seven hours and fourteen
    minutes, landing on or before schedule at six o’clock in the morning, Paris time
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
    10:07 am
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    @@@@@I
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    front of me, and began to drawI had an idea I
    meant to draw Ilse - who had I been thinking of,
    after all? - and thought I'd make a spectacularly
    bad job of it, because I hadn't attempted a single
    human figure since starting to draw againBut it
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    bad
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    which I knew wasn't quite right; I didn't have the
    colors to get the exact darkening-toward-brown
    shadeHe was carrying a book in one handHe was Ilse's special
    newsThat was what the shells were saying as the
    tide lifted them and turned them and dropped them
    againShe had a ring, a diamond,
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    and stroked the word
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    was also the name of the picture
    Then, without a pause, I dropped the black, picked
    up orange, and added workbootsThe orange was too
    bright, it made the boots look new when they
    weren't, but the idea was right
    I scratched at my right arm, scratched through my
    right arm, and got my ribs insteadI muttered
    "Fuck" under my breathBeneath me, the shells
    seemed to grate a nameAnd
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    sense of wrongness was coming from, but all at
    once the phantom itch in my right arm became a
    cold ache
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    I tossed back the top sheet on the pad and
    sketched again, this time using just the red
    pencilRed, red, it was RED! The pencil raced,
    spilling out a human figure like blood from a cut
    It was back-to, dressed in a red robe with a kind
    of scalloped col
    Friday, December 10th, 2010
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    He stared at the jungle which slid thickly past on either side of the truck

    Red saw Minetta at midday chow when the platoon came in from working on the roadAfter he filed through the chow line, he sat down beside Minetta, and laid his mess gear on the groundWith a grunt he eased his back against a tree"Just got back, huh?" he nodded to Minetta
    "Yeah, this morning
    "They kept you pretty long for just a scratch," Red said Minetta was silent for a moment and then added, "Well, you know how it is, hard to get in, hard to get out He swallowed a mouthful of Vienna sausage"I had a pretty soft time there
    Red piddled the dehydrated mashed potatoes and canned string beans with his spoonIt was the only eating utensil he owned; months ago he had thrown away his knife and fork"They treated you pretty good, huh?" He was annoyed with his own curiosity
    "Damn good," Minetta saidHe swallowed some coffee"Well, I had a run-in with a doctor there, the sonofabitchI lost my temper and told him where to get off, so I'm on company duty now, but outside of that it was okayThey continued eating in silence
    Red was uncomfortableFor weeks his kidneys had been growing more painful, and that morning on the road he had strained himself badly in lifting a pickA severe pain had seized him at the top of his swing, and he had ground his teeth, his fingers trembling
    Monday, December 6th, 2010
    9:53 am
    @@@@@ Rhett moved a chair closer to
    @@@@@ Rhett moved a chair closer to the
    tea
    table and bowed ceremoniously when Julia seated herself in it"Thank
    you, Miss Julia, for your"
    "Don't be such an ass, Rhett
    Scarlett frowned at both of themWas that all? All that to-do about
    changing from "Miss Ashley" and "MrButler" to "Rhett" and "Miss
    Julia"? Rhett was an ass, just like the old woman saidBut "Miss
    Julia" was mighty close to acting like an ass herselfWhy, she was
    practically simpering at RhettIt was nothing short of disgusting the
    way he could wrap women around his little finger! A maid hurried into
    the room and lifted the tray of tea things from the table in front of
    the setteeShe was followed by a second maid, who quietly moved
    the
    tea table to a place in front of Julia Ashley, and a manservant with a
    larger silver tray holding a different, larger silver service and
    stands of fresh sandwiches and cakesScarlett had to admit it: no
    matter how disagreeable Julia Ashley might be, the old woman did
    things
    with style! "Rhett tells me you're to make the Tour, Rosemary," said
    Julia"Yes, ma'am! I'm so excited I could die
    "That would be inconvenient, I should imagineTell me, have you
    begun
    to map your itinerary?"
    "Not really, Miss JuliaI've only known for a few days that I was
    goingThe only thing I'm certain of is that I want to spend as long
    as possible in Rome
    "You must be sure to time it correctly
    The summer heat is quite intolerable, even for a CharlestonianAnd
    the Romans all abandon the city for the mountains or the seaI still
    correspond with some delightful people whom you would enjoy
    I'll give you letters of introduction, of courseIf I might suggest
    "Oh, please, Miss JuliaThere's so much I want to know
    Scarlett breathed a small sigh of reliefShe didn't put it past Rhett
    to tell Miss Ashley about the mistake she'd made, thinking that the
    only Rome was in Georgia, but he'd let the chance go by
    Now he was putting his two cents in, talking a blue streak with the old
    woman about all the people with strange name
    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
    9:34 am
    @@@@@ “This is preposterous!” he shouted as he
    @@@@@
    “This is preposterous!” he shouted as he approached the taxi“No, it’s not,” he amended, looking
    inside
    “Get in,” said Jason on the far side of the woman dressed in the habit of a nunFrancois did so,
    staring at the black clothes, the white pointed hat and the pale face of the religious female between
    them“Meet one of the Jackal’s more talented performers,” added Bourne“She could make a
    fortune in your cinéma-vérité, take my word for it
    “I’m not a particularly religious man, but I trust you have not made a mistakeI did—or
    should I say we did—with that pig of a baker
    “Why?”
    “He’s a baker, that’s all he is! I damn near put a grenade in his ovens, but no one but a French
    baker could plead the way he did!”
    “It fits,” said Jason“The illogical logic of Carlos—I can’t remember who said that, probably
    me The taxi made a U-turn and entered the rue du Bac“We’re going to the Meurice,” added
    Bourne
    “I’m sure there’s a reason,” stated Bernardine, still looking at the enigmatically passive face of
    Dominique Lavier“I mean, this sweet old lady says nothing
    “I’m not old!” cried the woman vehemently
    “Of course not, my dear,” agreed the Deuxième veteran“Only more desirable in your mature
    years
    “Boy, did you hit it!”
    “Why the Meurice?” asked Bernardine
    “It’s the Jackal’s final trap for me,” answered Bourne“Courtesy of our persuasive Magdalen
    Sister of Charity hereHe expects me to be there and I’ll be there
    “I’ll call in the DeuxièmeThanks to a frightened bureaucrat, they’ll do anything I askDon’t
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    “I don’t mean to insult you, Francois, but you yourself told me you didn’t know all of the people
    in the Bureau these
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