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“I’ll explain everything later
“An awful
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“I’ll explain everything later
“An awful lot of people keep telling me that, goddamn it!” said St
Prefontaine dialed the number with a Virginia area codeIt was answered with a short, brusque
“Yes?”
“MrConklin, my name is Prefontaine and I was given this number by John StWhat I
have to tell you is in the nature of an emergency
“You’re the judge,” broke in Alex
“Past tense, I’m afraid
“What is it?”
“I know how to reach the man you call the Jackal
“What?”
“Listen to me
Bernardine stared at the ringing telephone, briefly debating with himself whether or not to pick
it upThere was no question; he had to“Yes?”
“Jason? It’s you, isn’t it? Perhaps I have the wrong room
“Alex? This is you?”
“Fran?ois? What are you doing there? Where’s Jason?”
“Things have happened so fastI know he’s been trying to reach you
“It’s been a rough day
“I’ve got other newsA telephone number where the Jackal can be reached
“We’ve got it! And a locationOur man left an hour ago
“For Christ’s sake, how did you get it?”
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“A convoluted process I sincerely believe only your man could have negotiatedHe’s brilliantly
imaginative, a true caméléon
“Let’s compare,” said Conklin“What’s yours?”
Bernardine complied, reciting the number he had written down on Bourne’s instructions |