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?I?ll crouch down and you?ll do exactly what I tell you to do
?You promised me I could get out of here!?
?You can, you willBoth you and the other fellow making the roundsThe gates over there, are
they on an alarm??
?Not when the dogs are looseIf those hounds see something out on the road and get excited,
they?d jump up and set it off
?Where?s the alarm panel??
?There are two of ?emOne?s in the sergeant?s place, the other?s in the front hall of the house
As long as the gates are closed, you can turn it on
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?Where are we goin???
?I want to see every dog on the premises
Twenty-one minutes later, the remaining five attack dogs drugged and carried to their kennels,
Bourne unlatched the entrance gate and let the two guards outsideHe had given each three
hundred dollars?This will make up for any pay imitation rolex watch you lose,? he said
?Hey, what about my car?? asked the second guard?It ain?t much but it gets me aroundMe and
Willie come out here in it
?Do you have the keys??
?Yeah, in my pocketIt?s parked in the back by the kennels
?Why don?t I get it now??
?You?d make too much noise driving out, and my superiors will be arriving any momentIt?s
best that they don?t see you
?Holy -bleep-! What?d I tell you, Jim-Bob? Jest like I tole Barbie JoThis place is weird, man!?
?Three hundred bucks ain?t weird, WillieT?ain?t late and some of the
boys?ll be on the roadHey, mister, who?s gonna take care of the hounds when they wake up?
They got to be walked and fed before the morning shift, and they?ll tear apart any stranger who gets
near ?em
?What about Swayne?s master sergeant? He can handle them, can?t he??
?They don?t like him much,? offered the guard named gucci backpacks for cheap Willie, ?but they obey himThey?re better
with the general?s wife, the horny bastards
?What about the general?? asked Bourne
?He pisses bright yeller at the sight of ?em,? replied Jim-Bob
?Thanks for the informationGo on now, get down the road a piece before you start hitchhiking
My superiors are coming from the other direction
?You know,? said the second guard, squinting in the moonlight at Jason, ?this is the craziest
fuckin? night I ever expect to seeYou get in here dressed like some gawddamn terrorist, but you
talk and act like a -bleep--kickin? army officerYou keep mentioning these ?soopeeriors? of yours; you
drug the pups and pay us three hundred bucks to get outI don?t understand nothin?!?
?You?re not supposed toOn the other hand, if I was really a terrorist, you?d probably be dead,
wouldn?t you??
?He?s right, Jim-BobLet?s get outta gucci online here!?
?What the hell are we supposed to say??
?Tell anyone who asks you the truthDescribe what happened tonightAlso, you can add that
the code name is Cobra
?My Gawd!? yelled Willie as both men fled into the roadBourne secured the gate and walked
back to the patrol cart certain in the knowledge that whatever happened during the next hours, an
appendage of Medusa had been thrown into a state of further anxietyQuestions would be asked
feverishly?questions for which there were no answers
He climbed into the cart, shifted gears and started for the cabin at the end of the graveled road
that branched off from the immaculate circular drive
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He stood by the window peering inside, his face at the edge of the glassThe huge, overweight
master sergeant was sitting in a large leather armchair, his feet on an ottoman, watching television
From the fake chanel sounds penetrating the window, specifically the rapid, high-pitched speech of an
announcer, the general?s aide was engrossed in a baseball gameJason scanned the room as best he
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could; it was typically rustic, a profusion of browns and reds, from dark furniture to checkered
curtains, comfortable and masculine, a man?s cabin in the countryHowever, there were no
weapons in sight, not even the accepted antique rifle over the fireplace, and no general-issue 5
automatic either on the sergeant?s person or on the table beside the chairThe aide had no concerns
for his immediate safety and why should he? The estate of General Norman Swayne was totally
secure?fence, gates, patrols and disciplined roving attack dogs at all points of entryBourne stared
through the glass at the strong jowled face of the master coco chanel jewelry sergeant
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