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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    12:04 pm
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    Cartier Watches Tortue,chanel purses ,chanel jewelry,vintage omega watches,discount fendi@@@@@Call me colonel, yes? It is below
    my rank, but all Americans think all Soviets in Komitet are ‘colonel,’ da? Okay?”
    “I speak Russian,” replied Alex“If it’s easier for you, use it, and I’ll translate for my
    colleague
    “Hah!” roared the colonel, laughing“So Krupkin cannot fool you, yes?”
    “Yes, he can’t fool me, noHe talks too fast, da? Even in Russian his words come like stray bullets
    “In French, also, Colonel
    “Speaking of which,” intruded Dimitri, “may we Cartier Watches Tortue get to the issue at hand, comrade? Our
    associate in the Dzerzhinsky said we were to come over immediately The KGB officer walked to the huge ebony console, picked up a remote
    control, and turned to the others“I will speak English—is good practice
    Everything is on one cartridgeAll material taken by men and women Krupkin select to follow our
    people who speak the French
    “People who could not be compromised by the Jackal,” clarified Krupkin
    “Watch!” insisted the chanel purses peasant-colonel, pressing a button on the remote control
    The screen came alive on the console, the opening shots crude and choppyMost had been taken
    with hand-held video cameras from car windowsOne scene after another showed specific men
    walking in the Moscow streets or getting into official vehicles, driving or being driven throughout
    the city and, in several cases, outside the city over country roadsIn every case the subjects under
    surveillance met with chanel jewelry other men and women, whereupon the zoom lenses enlarged the facesA
    number of shots took place inside buildings, the scenes murky and dark, the result of insufficient
    light and awkwardly held concealed cameras
    “That one is expensive whore!” laughed the colonel as a man in his late sixties escorted a much
    younger woman into an elevator“It is the Solnechy Hotel on the VarshavkoyeI will personally
    check the general’s vouchers and find a loyal ally, da?”
    The choppy, vintage omega watches cross-cutting tape continued as Krupkin and the two Americans grew weary of the
    seemingly endless and pointless visual recordThen, suddenly, there was an exterior shot of a huge
    cathedral, crowds on the pavement, the light indicating early eveningBasil’s Cathedral in Red Square,” said Krupkin“It’s a museum now and a very fine one,
    but every now and then a zealot—usually foreign—holds a small serviceNo one interferes, which,
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    5:46 am
    @@@@@ My guess is that the Realtor who handles
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    My guess is that the Realtor who handles things
    for her programmed the rental properties into the
    phonesOr maybe Miss Eastlake's business manager
    He pops down from StPetersburg every six weeks
    or so to make sure she's not dead and I'm not
    stealing the SpodeI'll ask him the next time he
    shows up
    "So she can call any house on the north end of the
    Key at the touch of a buttonI mean, they are all hers"But you know what, muchacho? I
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    think your button is going to have a little
    nervous breakdown this evening
    "No," I said, not even thinking about it
    "Ah," Wireman said, exactly as if he understood
    And who knows, maybe he did"Anyway, that
    explains your mystery caller - although I have to
    tell you, explanations have a way of thinning out
    on Duma KeyAs your story demonstrates
    "What do you mean? Have you hadexperiences?"
    He looked at me squarely, his large tanned face
    inscrutableThe chilly late January wind gusted,
    blowing sand around our anklesIt also lifted his
    hair, once again revealing the coin-shaped scar
    above his right templeI wondered if someone had
    poked him with the neck of a bottle, maybe in a
    bar fight, and tried to imagine someone getting
    mad at this manexperiences," he said, and
    hooked the first two fingers of each hand into
    little quotation marks"It's what makes children
    intoAlso what gives English teachers
    something to bullshit about in first year Each time with the air-quotes
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    Okay, he didn't want to talk about it, at least
    not thenSo I asked him how much of my story he
    believed
    He rolled his eyes and sat back in his chai
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    12:03 pm
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    "She thought a pair would remind you of both
    daughters, and Melinda agreedBut of course,
    Lucys are all I have-"
    "Lucys?" Wireman asked, taking the dollHer pink
    rag-stuffed legs dangledHer shallow eyes stared
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    "They look like Lucille Ball, don't you think? I
    give them to some of my patients, and of course
    they give them their own ladies omega constellation namesWhat did you name
    yours, Edgar?"
    For a moment the old frost descended on my brain
    and I thought Rhonda Robin Rachel, sit in the
    buddy, sit in the chum, sit in the fucking CHAR
    Then I thought, It was RED"Just like the country singer
    "And do you still have her?" Kamen asked
    "Oh, yes," I said, and remembered Wireman talking
    about the Tiffany Necklace Powerball, how you could close your eyes
    and hear the numbers falling into place: Click and
    click and clickI thought I could hear that now
    The night I'd finished Wireman Looks West, I'd had
    visitors at Big Pink, little refugees seeking
    shelter from the stormElizabeth's drowned
    sisters, Tessie and Laura EastlakeNow I was
    meant to have twins gucci fabric in Big Pink again, and why?
    Because something had reached out, that was why
    Something had reached out and put the idea in my
    daughter's headThis was the next click of the
    601
    wheel, the next Ping-Pong ball to pop out of the
    basket
    "Edgar?" Wireman asked"Are you all right,
    muchacho?"
    "Yes," I said, and smiledThe world came gucci men's watch swimming
    back, in all its light and colorI made myself
    take the doll from Juanita, who was looking at it
    with puzzlementIt was a hard thing to do, but I
    managed
    He shrugged and spread his hands"Thank your
    girls, Ilse in particularWho's ready for another glass of
    champagne?"
    They all wereI replaced my new doll in her box,
    promising myself two omega watches prices things
    5:46 am
    @@@@@It felt nice, and I leaned into his hand
    @@@@@It felt nice, and I leaned into his hand when he left it
    thereI wondered if it was the No Pain or just the joy of saving Jamie that made everything
    warm and glowing
    “No more raids for you,” Ian murmured
    “Of course she'll go out again,” Jared said, his voice louder with surprise“Ian, she was
    absolutely phenomenalYou'd have to see to really understandI'm only just beginning to guess
    at all the possibilities–”
    “Possibilities?” Ian's hand slid down my neck to my shoulderHe pulled me closer to his side,
    away from Jared“At what cost to her? Youlet her almosthack her ownhand off?” His fingers
    flexed around the top of my arm with his inflections
    The anger didn't belong with the glow“No, Ian, it wasn't like that,” I said
    “Of course it was your idea,” Ian growled You have nolimits when it
    comes to these twoBut Jared shouldn't have let you –”
    “What other way was there, Ian?” Jared argued“Did you have a better plan? Do you think
    she'd be happier if she was unhurt but Jamie was gone?”
    I flinched at the hideous thought
    Ian's voice was less hostile when he answeredBut I don't understand how you could sit
    there and watch her do that to herself Ian shook his head in disgust, and Jared's shoulders
    hunched in response“What kind of a man –”
    “A practical one,” Jeb interruptedJeb stood over us, a bulky cardboard box in his arms
    “It's why Jared's the best at getting what we needBecause he can do what has to be doneOr
    watch what has to be doneEven when watching's harder than doing
    “Now, I know it's closer to breakfast than supper, but I figured some of you haven't eaten in a
    while,” Jeb went on, changing the subject without subtl
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    12:11 pm
    @@@@@ Even when he was flat broke after a major
    @@@@@ Even when he was flat broke after a major financial setback, he continued to refer to himself as a rich manHe would cover himself by saying, "There is a difference between being poor and being broke- Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal
    My poor dad would also say, "I'm not interested in money," or "Money doesn't matter My rich dad always said, "Money is power
    The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy to be aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myselfI noticed that my poor dad was poor not because of the amount of money he earned, which was significant, but
    because of his thoughts and actionsAs a young boy, having two fathers, I became acutely aware of being careful which thoughts I chose to adopt as my ownWhom should I listen to-my rich dad or my poor dad?
    Although both men had tremendous respect for education and learning, they disagreed in what they thought was important to learnOne wanted me to study hard, earn a degree and get a good job to work for moneyHe wanted me to study to become a professional, an attorney or an accountant or to go to business school for my MBAThe other encouraged me to study to be rich, to understand how money works and to learn how to have it work for me"I don't work for money!" were words he would repeat over and over, "Money works for me!"
    At the age of 9, I decided to listen to and learn from my rich dad about moneyIn doing so, I chose not to listen to my poor dad, even though he was the one with all the college degrees

    A Lesson From Robert Frost

    Robert Frost is my favourite poetAlthough I love many of his poems, my favorite is The Road Not TakenI use its lesson almost daily:

    The Road Not Taken

    Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
    Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
    And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden blackOh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads onto way, I doubted if I should ever come back
    I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence; Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference
    Robert Frost(1916)

    And that made all the difference
    Over the years, I have often reflected upon Robert Frost's poemChoosing not to listen to my highly educated dad's advice and attitude about money was a painful decision, but it was a decision that shaped the rest of my life
    Once I made up my mind whom to listen to, my education about money beganMy rich dad taught me over a period of 30 years, until I was age 39He stopped once he realized that I knew and fully understood what he had been trying to drum into my often thick s
    5:47 am
    @@@@@ The other kid jolts him in the face, and
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    The other kid jolts him in the face, and he pauses for a moment, drops his gloves, and dabs at his outraged noseAnother punch makes his ear ringDon't let up, Bobby, his father shoutsA missed punch travels around his head, the forearm scraping the skin on his face
    In the belly, Robert
    He swings out feverishly, flailing his armsThe other kid walks into a punch, sits down surprised, and then gets up slowlyRobert keeps swinging at him, hitting him, and the kid goes down again, and the referee stops the fightBobby Hearn on a TKO, he shouts, gives four points to the BluesThe kids yell, and Bill Hearn is putting a bear hug around him as he climbs out of the ropes set up on the grassOh, you gave it to him, Bobby, I told you to give it to him in the belly, that was the way to fight, kid, goddam, I got to hand it to you, you're not afraid to step in and mix it
    He wiggles out of the hugLeave me alone, Pop, let me go, and he runs away over the grass to his tent, trying not to cry

    There are the summers in Charlevoix, the expanding house in the Chicago suburb, the world of long green lawns, and quiet beaches, and croquet courses and tennis courts; there are all the intimate and extensive details of wealth, the things he takes for granted, and understands, separates only laterThere is also six years at Fieldmont Country Day, more of the fellows and demerits, the occasional sermon, the individual regular-fellow ethic borrowed from more exclusive eastern prep schools

    You do not lie You do not cheat
    You do not swear You do not screw
    And you go to church

    Always of course with the booming voice, the meaty palm of Bill Hearn in the background, combined somehow -- never believably -- with dancing lessons on Saturday mornings, and the persistent avid aspirations of Ina HearnBobby, why don't you take Elizabeth Perkins to your Junior Dance?
    Deep in the womb which covers me,
    Green as grass from house to house
    Only that idea comes later

    The week after he graduates from Fieldmont Country Day, he goes on a drinking bout with a few contemporaries, fellow graduates, to a shack out in the woods, owned by one of their fathersA two-story shack with a built-in bar
    At night they sit around in one of the upstairs bedrooms, passing the bottle after swigging at it gingerly
    To hell with your old manThey are all shocked, but it was Carsons who spoke, and his father committed suicide in 1930Carsons can be forgive
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    12:11 pm
    @@@@@He extended his hand, and when the bird
    @@@@@He extended his hand, and when the bird didn't move, he grasped it"Aw, what's the matter," he said to it softly, lisping a little as if talking to an infant or a dogThe bird strained in his hand, tried to flutter away, and then subsided, its tiny eyes examining his fingers fearfully
    "Hey, let's see it," Polack demanded
    "Leave it alone, it's frightened," Roth whinedHe turned away to hide it from the others, holding it a few inches from his faceHe made little kissing sounds"What's the matter, baby?"
    "Aaah, for Christ's sake," Minetta muttered"Come on, let's go back They had finished trimming the poles, and he and Polack each picked up one of them, while Wyman gathered the two crosspieces and the machetesThey strolled back toward the hollow, Roth following with the bird
    "What the hell took you men so long?" Croft snapped
    "We did it fast as we could, Sergeant," Wyman said meekly"All right, come on, let's make the stretcher He took Wilson's blanket, spread it out smoothly on top of his poncho, and then laid the poles along each side, parallel and about four feet apartHe flipped the blanket and poncho over each pole, and then they began rolling it up like a scroll, tightening it as much as possibleThe struts were notched at each end, and when the poles were about twenty inches apart, he slipped the struts in place, one at each end, about six inches from the tipsThen he took his belt and Wilson's and lashed them in a loop about each strut to make it secureWhen he had done he picked up the stretcher and dropped it againIt held together, but he was not satisfied"Give me the belt to your pants," he told themHe worked busily for a few minutes and when he had done, the stretcher was a rectangle formed by the two poles and the two struts, with the blanket and poncho substituting for a canvasUnderneath them, the belts were fastened diagonally like stays to keep the stretcher poles from shearing"I think that oughta hold," he mutteredHe frowned and looked up to see most of the platoon gathered in a circle about Rot
    5:54 am
    @@@@@"Oh, Miss Eleanor, it was the most wonderful
    @@@@@"Oh, Miss Eleanor, it was the most wonderful time
    I've
    ever had in my life! I don't know why every man in the world doesn't
    become a sailor
    "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself dear, but it was very wicked of Rhett to
    expose you to all that sun and windYou're red as an Indian
    Butler ordered Scarlett to her room with glycerine and rosewater
    compresses on her faceThen she scolded her tall, laughing son until
    he hung his head in pretended shame"If I put up the Christmas
    greens
    I brought you, will you let me have dessert after dinner, or do I have
    to stand in the corner?" he asked in mock humilityEleanor Butler
    spread her hands in surrender"I don't know what I'm going to do
    with
    you, Rhett," she said, but her effort not to smile was a total
    failure
    She loved her son beyond all reasonThat afternoon, while Scarlett
    was submitting to a treatment of lotions for her sunburn, Rhett carried
    one of the holly wreaths he had brought from the plantation to Alicia
    Savage, as a gift from his mother"How kind of Eleanor, and of you,
    RhettWould you like to have a pre-seasonal toddy
    Rhett
    accepted the drink with pleasure, and they talked idly about the
    unusual weather, the winter thirty years earlier when it had actually
    snowed, the year it rained for thirty-eight days in a rowThey had
    known each other as children
    Their families had houses that shared a garden wall and a mulberry
    tree
    with sweet, fingerstaining purple fruit on branches that reached low on
    both sides of the wall"Scarlett's scared half out of her wits about
    the Yankee bedroom prowler," said Rhett after he and Alicia finished
    reminiscing"I hope you don't mind talking about it with an old
    friend who saw up your skirts when you were fiveSavage
    laughed heartily"I'll talk freely if you'll manage to forget my
    youthful antipathy to undergarmentsI was the despair of the whole
    family for at least a year
    but this business with the Yankee isn't funny at allSomebody's going
    to get trigger-happy and shoot a soldier, and then there'll be the
    devil to pay
    "Tell me what he looked like, AliciaI have a theory about him
    "I only saw him for an instant, Rh
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    12:03 pm
    @@@@@ Before Scarlett knew what was happening the
    @@@@@ Before Scarlett knew what was happening the settee was
    lifted
    and she was holding on to Patricia while they were swung back and
    forth
    and moved to a place near the glowing coals in the fireplace"Uncle
    James," Jamie ordered, and the old man was carried, laughing, in
    his shy-backed chair to the other side of the mantelThe girl who had
    been with James began to shoo the children, as if they were chickens,
    into the other parlor, where Mary Kate laid a tablecloth on the floor
    for them to sit on in front of the second fireplaceIn a surprisingly
    short time there was calm where there had been chaosAnd while
    they
    ate and talked, Scarlett tried to "puzzle out" the adultsJamie's two
    sons were so much alike that she could hardly believe that Daniel, at
    twenty-one, was almost three years older than BrianWhen she
    smiled
    at Brian and said as much, he blushed as only a redhead can
    The only other young man began to tease him unmercifully, but he
    stopped when the pink-cheeked girl next to him put her hand on his
    and
    said, "Stop it, GeraldPa would be so pleased
    to know that big handsome fellow was named after himHe called the
    girl Polly, and they're so shiny with love they must be
    fresh-married
    And Patricia's being mighty bossy to the one Jamie called Billy, so
    they must be husband and wife, tooBut Scarlett had little time to
    listen for the names of the othersEveryone, it seemed, wanted to
    talk to herAnd everything she said was cause for exclamation,
    repetition, admirationShe found herself telling Daniel and Jamie all
    about her store, Polly and Patricia about her dressmaker, Uncle James
    about the Yankees setting Tara on fireShe talked mostly about her
    lumber business and how she'd built it from one small mill into two
    mills, lumberyards, and now a whole village of new houses on the
    edge
    of AtlantaEveryone was loudly approvingAt last Scarlett had found
    people who didn't think that talking about money was tabooThey
    were
    like she was, willing to work hard and determined to make money
    from
    itShe had already made hers, and they told her she was wonderful
    She couldn't imagine why she had ever wanted to leave this marvelous
    party and go back to the deadly quiet at her grandfather's house
    "Will you give us some music, then, Daniel, if you've finished eating
    most of your sister's cake?" said Maureen when Jamie uncorked a
    bottle
    of whiskey, and suddenly everyone except Uncle James was up and
    moving
    around in what seemed to be a practiced routineDaniel began
    playing
    a rapid, squeaking tune on the fiddle and the others shouted criticism
    while the women quickly cleared the table and the men moved the
    furniture back against the walls, leaving Scarlett and her uncle
    sitting as if on an islandJamie presented James with a glass of
    whiskey and waited, half bent, for the old man's opinion"It'll do,"
    was the judg
    5:46 am
    @@@@@ “You cannot do this to himYou’ll kill him!
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    “You cannot do this to himYou’ll kill him! Get out of hereNow!”
    Her eyes half blinded with fury and fear and tears, Marie started toward the left side of the
    lobby, desperately wanting to look back, but just as desperately knowing she could not do soShe
    reached the narrow set of glass double doors, colliding with a uniformed bellhop carrying suitcases
    inside
    “Pardon, madame!”
    “Moi aussi,” she stammered, maneuvering again blindly around the luggage and out to the
    pavementWhat could she do—what should she do? David was somewhere in the hotel—in the
    hotel! And a strange man recognized her and warned her and told her to get out—get away! What
    was happening? My God, someone’s trying to kill David! The old Frenchman had said as
    much—who was itwho were they? Where were they?
    Help me! For God’s sake, Jason, tell me what to dohelp me! She stood,
    frozen, as taxis and limousines broke off from the noonday traffic and pulled up to the Meurice’s
    curb, where a gold-braided doorman under the huge canopy greeted newcomers and old faces and
    sent bellboys scurrying in all directionsA large black limousine with a small discreet religious
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    286
    insignia on its passenger door, the cruciform standard of some high office of the Church, inched its
    way to the canopied areaMarie stared at the small emblem; it was circular and no more than six
    inches in diameter, a globe of royal purple surrounding an elongated crucifix of goldShe winced
    and held her breath; her panic now had a disturbing new dimensionShe had seen that insignia
    before, and all she remembered was that it had filled her with horror
    The limousine stopped; both curbside doors were opened by the smiling, bowing doorman as
    five priests emerged, one from the front seat, four from the spacious rear sectionThose from the
    back immediately, oddly, threaded their way into the noonday crowds of strollers on the pavement,
    two forward in front of the vehicle, two behind it, one of the priests whipping past Marie, his black
    coat making contact with her, his face so close she could see the blazing unpriestly eyes of a man
    who was no part of a religious orderThen the association with the emblem, the religious
    insignia, came back to her!
    Years ago, when David—when Jason—was in maximum therapy with Panov, Mo had him
    sketch, draw, doodle whatever images came to himTime and again that terrible circle with the thin
    crucifix appeared invariably torn apart or stabbed repeatedly with the pencil pointThe Jackal!
    Suddenly, Marie’s eyes were drawn to a figure crossing the rue de RivoliIt was a tall man in
    dark clothes—a dark sweater and trousers—and he was limping, dodging the traffic, a hand
    shielding his face from the drizzle that soon would turn into rainThe limp was false! The leg
    straightened if only for an instant and the swing of the shoulder that compensated was a defiant
    gesture she knew only too wellIt was David!
    Another, no more than eight feet from her, also saw what she sawA miniature radio was
    instantly brought to the man’s lipsMarie rushed forward, her extended hands the claws of a tigress
    as she lunged at the killer in priest’s clothing
    “David!” she screamed, drawing blood from the face of the Jackal’s ma
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    12:03 pm
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    “He’s the only one who knows who you are—not by name, of course, you’ll use the name
    ‘Archie’—and he’ll furnish you with the necessary clearance to go from one compound to the
    other
    “Papers?”
    “He’ll explainHe’ll also watch you, be with you at all times, and, frankly, he’s been in touch
    with Comrade Krupkin and knows far more than I do—which is precisely the way this retired
    Georgia cracker likes itGood huntin’, polecat, if it’s huntin’ you’re afterDon’t rape no tiffany heart tag wooden
    Indians
    Bourne followed the signs—everything was in English—to the city of Rockledge, Florida,
    fifteen miles southwest of NASA’s Cape CanaveralHe was to meet Benjamin at a lunch counter in
    the local Woolworth store, looking for a man in his mid-twenties wearing a red-checkered shirt,
    with a Budweiser baseball cap on the stool beside him, saving itIt was the hour, within the time
    span of minutes: 3:35 in the afternoonThe sandy-haired, California-educated Russian was cartier watch santos seated at the far right end of
    the counter, the baseball cap on the stool to his leftThere were half a dozen men and women along
    the row talking to one another and consuming soft drinks and snacksJason approached the empty
    seat, glanced down at the cap and spoke politely“Is this taken?” he asked
    “I’m waiting for someone,” replied the young KGB trainer, his voice neutral, his gray eyes
    straying up to Bourne’s face
    “I’ll find another place
    “She may not get here for another gucci messenger bag five minutes
    “Hell, I’m just having a quick vanilla CokeI’ll be out of here by then—”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    413
    “Sit down,” said Benjamin, removing the hat and casually putting it on his headA gumchewing
    counterman came by and Jason ordered; his drink arrived, and the Komitet trainer
    continued quietly, his eyes now on the foam of his milk shake, which he sipped through a straw
    “So you’re Archie, like in the comics
    “And you’re Benjamin
    “We’ll both find omega planet ocean out if that’s a fact, won’t we?”
    “Do we have a problem?”
    “I want the ground rules clear so there won’t be one,” said the West Coast-bred Soviet“I don’t
    approve of your being permitted in hereRegardless of my former address and the way I may
    sound, I haven’t much use for Americans
    “Listen to me, Ben,” interrupted Bourne, his eyes forcing the trainer to look at him“All things
    considered, I don’t approve of your mother still being in prison, either, but I didn’t put her cartier love ther
    5:46 am
    @@@@@ "Edgar, one is sure you'll make a very
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    "Edgar, one is sure you'll make a very nice
    neighbor, I have no doubts on that score, but you
    must take precautionsI think you have a daughter,
    and I believe she visited youDidn't she? I seem
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    to remember her waving to meA pretty thing with
    blond hair? I may be confusing her with my sister
    Hannah - I tend to do that, I know I do - but in
    this case, I think I'm rightIf you mean to stay,
    Edgar, you mustn't invite your daughter back
    Under no circumstancesDuma Key isn't a safe
    place for daughters
    I stood looking down at the recorder
    Before she had said not lucky, or at least that
    was my recollectionDid those two things come to
    the same or not?
    "And your artThere is the matter of your art
    She sounded apologetic and a little breathless
    "One does not like to tell an artist what to do;
    really, one cannot tell an artist what to do, and
    yet She broke out in the loose,
    rattlebox cough of the lifelong smoker"One does
    not like to speak of these things directlyor
    even know how to speak of them directlybut
    might I give you a word of advice, Edgar? As one
    who only appreciates, to one who creates? Might I
    be allowed that?"
    I waitedThe machine was silentI thought
    perhaps the tape had run its courseUnder my feet
    334
    the shells murmured quietly, as if sharing secretsThen she
    began again
    "If the people who run the Scoto or the Avenida
    should offer you a chance to show your work, I
    would advise you most strongly to say yesSo
    others can enjoy it, of course, but mainly to get
    as much of it off Duma as soon as you can She
    took a deep, audible breath, sounding like a woman
    preparing to finish some arduous choreShe also
    sounded completely and utterly sane, totally there
    and in the mo
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    12:04 pm
    @@@@@She was crying and laughingI remember the
    @@@@@She
    was crying and laughingI remember the white
    697
    vulnerability of her neck and the feel of her lips,
    just above my jaw
    I was the belle of the ball and I had my family
    around meThere was light and champagne and music
    It happened four years ago, on the evening of
    April fifteenth, between seven forty-five and
    eight o'clock, while the shadows on Palm Avenue
    were just beginning to take on the first faint
    tinges of blueThis is a memory I keep
    ii
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