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arrangements...
With Dimitri?s authority I?ve made
arrangements for your visit to Novgorod?please don?t tell me your objective; it?s not in my
purview any more than the question you asked is in yoursThe arrangements??
?You will make contact with a young trainer named Benjamin in the manner I will describe in a
few momentsI?ll tell you this much about Benjamin so you?ll perhaps understand his attitudeHis
parents were Komitet officers assigned to the consulate in Los Angeles for nearly twenty years
He?s basically American-educated, his freshman and sophomore years at UCLA; in fact, until he
and his father were hurriedly recalled to Moscow four years ago??
?He and his father??
?YesHis mother was caught in an FBI sting operation at the naval base in San DiegoShe has
three more years to serve in prisonThere is no clemency and no exchanges for a Russian
?momma ?
?Hey, wait a minuteThen it can?t be all our fault
?I new cartier watches didn?t say it was, Ah?m just relayin? the factsI make contact with Benjamin
?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 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 old omega watches the hour, within the time
span of minutes: 3:35 in the afternoonThe sandy-haired, California-educated Russian was 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 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 tiffany silver jewelry 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 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 there
?We free the dissidents and the Jews, but you insist on keeping a fifty-eight-year-old woman
who was at best a simple courier!? whispered the Russian, spitting out the words
?I don?t know the facts and I wouldn?t be too quick to call Moscow the mercy capital of the
world, necklace chanel but if you can help me?really help me?maybe I can help your mother
?Goddamned bullshit promisesWhat the hell can you do??
?To repeat what I said an hour ago to a bald-headed friend of yours in the plane, I don?t owe my
government a thing, but it sure as hell owes me
?I will because I?ve been ordered to, not because of your conBut if you try to learn things that
have nothing to do with your purpose here?you won?t get outClear??
?It?s not only clear, it?s irrelevant and unnecessaryBeyond normal astonishment and curiosity,
both of which I will suppress to the best of my ability, I haven?t the slightest interest in the
objectives of NovgorodUltimately, in my opinion, they lead nowhereAlthough, I grant you,
the whole complex beats the hell out of Disneyland
Benjamin?s involuntary laugh through the straw caused the foam onhis milk shake to swell and
burst?Have you been to Anaheim?? he asked relojes omega mischievou
arrangements for your visit to Novgorod?please don?t tell me your objective; it?s not in my
purview any more than the question you asked is in yoursThe arrangements??
?You will make contact with a young trainer named Benjamin in the manner I will describe in a
few momentsI?ll tell you this much about Benjamin so you?ll perhaps understand his attitudeHis
parents were Komitet officers assigned to the consulate in Los Angeles for nearly twenty years
He?s basically American-educated, his freshman and sophomore years at UCLA; in fact, until he
and his father were hurriedly recalled to Moscow four years ago??
?He and his father??
?YesHis mother was caught in an FBI sting operation at the naval base in San DiegoShe has
three more years to serve in prisonThere is no clemency and no exchanges for a Russian
?momma ?
?Hey, wait a minuteThen it can?t be all our fault
?I new cartier watches didn?t say it was, Ah?m just relayin? the factsI make contact with Benjamin
?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 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 old omega watches the hour, within the time
span of minutes: 3:35 in the afternoonThe sandy-haired, California-educated Russian was 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 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 tiffany silver jewelry 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 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 there
?We free the dissidents and the Jews, but you insist on keeping a fifty-eight-year-old woman
who was at best a simple courier!? whispered the Russian, spitting out the words
?I don?t know the facts and I wouldn?t be too quick to call Moscow the mercy capital of the
world, necklace chanel but if you can help me?really help me?maybe I can help your mother
?Goddamned bullshit promisesWhat the hell can you do??
?To repeat what I said an hour ago to a bald-headed friend of yours in the plane, I don?t owe my
government a thing, but it sure as hell owes me
?I will because I?ve been ordered to, not because of your conBut if you try to learn things that
have nothing to do with your purpose here?you won?t get outClear??
?It?s not only clear, it?s irrelevant and unnecessaryBeyond normal astonishment and curiosity,
both of which I will suppress to the best of my ability, I haven?t the slightest interest in the
objectives of NovgorodUltimately, in my opinion, they lead nowhereAlthough, I grant you,
the whole complex beats the hell out of Disneyland
Benjamin?s involuntary laugh through the straw caused the foam onhis milk shake to swell and
burst?Have you been to Anaheim?? he asked relojes omega mischievou