“Which means I leave for my own benefit?” “Yes,...
“Which means I leave for my own benefit?”
“Yes, it does
“And if I ever learn all the facts, I’ll realize that your instructions were very educational
“I’ll bet you’re one hell of a teacher, Mr
“Doctor Webb,” interjected John StJacques spontaneously, as if the clarification were
mandatory“My brother-in-law’s a doctor, tooLike my sister, he’s got a Ph he speaks a couple
of Oriental languages and is a full professorPlaces like Harvard, McGill and Yale have been after
him for years, but he won’t budge—”
“Will you please be quiet,” said Bourne, close to laughing, albeit kindly, at his wife’s brother
“My entrepreneurial young friend is impressed with any alphabet after a name despite the fact that
left to my own resources I couldn’t afford one of these villas for more than a couple of days
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“That’s a crock
“I said my own dior saddle bag resources
“You’ve got a point
“I’ve got a rich wifeForgive us, Doctor, it’s an old family argument
“Not only a good teacher,” the physician repeated, “but under the grim exterior I suspect a very
engaging one The Canadian walked to the door; he turned and added, “I’ll take you up on that
drink later, I’d really like that
“Thanks,” said Jason“Thanks for everything The doctor nodded and left, closing the door
firmly behind himBourne turned to his brother-in-law“He’s a good friend, Johnny
“Actually, he’s a cold fish but a hell of a doctorThat’s the most human I’ve ever seen him
So you figure the Jackal had the Crown governor meet him somewhere off the Antigua coast, got
the CG’s information, killed him, and fed him to the sharks
“Conveniently foundering the boat in reef waters,” completed Jason“Perhaps opening the
throttle and setting a short high-speed course into the shoalsA omega watch orange tragedy at sea and a link to Carlos
vanishes—that’s vital to him
“That’s also something I have trouble with,” said St“I didn’t go into it, but the section
of reef north of Falmouth where he bought it is called Devil’s Mouth, and it’s not the kind of place
that’s advertisedCharters just stay away from it, and no one boasts about the number of lives and
boats it’s claimed
“So?”
“So assuming the Jackal told the CG where to rendezvous, someplace obviously close to Devil’s
Mouth, how the hell did the Jackal know about it?”
“Your two commandos didn’t tell you?”
“Tell me what? I sent them right over to Henry to give him a full report while we took care of
youThere wasn’t time to sit down and talk and I figured every moment counted
“Then Henry knows by now; he’s probably in shockHe’s lost two drug boats in two days, and
only one is likely to be paid for, and he still doesn’t know rolex submariner 50th anniversary about his boss, the so honorable Crown
governor, lackey of the Jackal who made fools of the Foreign Office by passing off a small-time
Paris hit man as a venerable hero of FranceThe wires will be burning all night between
Government House and Whitehall
“Another drug boat? What are you trying to tell me? What does Henry know now—what could
my guards tell him?”
“Your question a minute ago was how did the Jackal know about the reef off the coast of
Antigua called Devil’s Mouth
“Take my word for it, Doctor Webb, I remember the questionHow could he?”
“Because he had a third man here, that’s what your Royal Commandos have told Henry by now
A blond-haired son of a bitch who heads up Montserrat’s drug patrols
“Him? Rickman? The one-man British Ku Klux Klan? By-the-Rules-Rickman, scourge of
anybody who’s afraid to yell back at him? Holy Christ, Henry won’t believe it!”
“Why women's rolex watch not? You just described a likely disciple of Carlos
“I suppose I did, but it seems so unlikelyHe’s the original sanctimonious deaconPrayer
meetings before work in the morning, calling on God to aid him in his battle against Satan, no
alcohol, no women—”
“Savonarola?”
“I’d say that fits—from what I remember reading for history courses
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“Then I’d say he’s prime meat for the JackalAnd Henry will believe it when his lead boat
doesn’t come back to Plymouth and the bodies of the crew float up on shore or simply don’t show
up for the prayer meetings
“That’s how Carlos got away?”
“Yes Bourne nodded and gestured at the couch several feet in front of him, the space between
taken up by a glass-topped coffee table
“What have we been doing?”
“Not about what has happened, Bro, but about what’s going to happen
“What’s going to happen?” asked dior saddle