It seemed as if in only minutes they were rushing... It seemed as if in only minutes they were rushing through the countryside and, only
minimally less rapidly, through the suburbs of VirginiaThey swung up to the private gate of an
expensive garden apartment complex, the sign reading VIENNA VILLAS, after the township in
which it was locatedThe guard obviously recognized the driver and waved him through as the
heavy bar across the entrance was raisedIt was only then that the driver spoke directly to Webb
“This place has five separate sections over as many acres, sirFour of them are legitimate
condominiums with regular owners, but the fifth, the one farthest from the gate, is an Agency
proprietary with its own road and securityYou couldn’t be healthier, sir
“I didn’t feel
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“That’s nice to know, but how do you know?”
“I’m part of the team, sir
“In that case, what’s your name?”
The driver was silent for a moment, and when he answered, David had the uneasy feeling that he
was being propelled back in time, to a time he knew he was reentering“We don’t have names, sir
You don’t and I don’t
“I understand,” said Webb The driver swung the car around a circular drive and stopped in front of a twostory
Colonial structure that looked as though the fluted white pillars might have been made of
Carrara marble“Excuse me, sir, I just noticedYou don’t have any luggage
“No, I don’t,” said David, opening the door
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“How do you like my temporary digs?” asked Alex, waving his hand around the tastefully
appointed apartment
“Too neat and too clean for a cantankerous old bachelor,” replied David“And since when did
you go in for floral curtains with pink and yellow daisies?”
“Wait’ll you see the wallpaper in my bedroom
“I’m not sure I care to
“Your room has hyacinthsOf course, I wouldn’t know a hyacinth if it jumped up and choked
me, but that’s what the maid said
“The maid?”
“Late forties and black and built like a sumo wrestlerShe also carries two popguns under her
skirt and, rumor has it, several straight razors
“Some high-powered patrolShe doesn’t let a bar of soap or a roll of toilet paper in here that
doesn’t come from
gucci backpacks for cheap LangleyYou know, she’s a pay-grade ten and some of these clowns leave her
tips
“Do they need any waiters?”
“That’s goodOur scholar, Webb the waiter
“Jason Bourne’s been one
Conklin paused, then spoke seriously“Let’s get to him,” he said, limping to an armchair“By
the way, you’ve had a rough day and it’s not even noon, so if you want a drink there’s a full bar
behind those puce shutters next to the windowDon’t look at me like that, our black Brunhilde
said they were puce
Webb laughed; it was a low, genuine laugh as he looked at his friend“It doesn’t bother you a
bit, does it, Alex?”
“Hell, no, you know thatHave you ever hid any liquor from me when I visited you and Marie?”
“There was never any stress—”
“Stress is irrelevant,”
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to makeWe have to talk and I want you calmI look at your eyes and they
tell me you’re on fire
“You once told me that it’s always in the eyes,” said Webb, opening the purplish shutters and
reaching for a bottle“You can still see it, can’t you?”
“I told you it was behind the eyesNever accept the first levelHow are Marie and the
children? I assume they got off all right
“I went over the flight plan ad nauseam with the pilot and knew they were all right when he
finally told me to get off his case or fly the run myself Webb poured a drink and walked back to
the chair opposite the retired agent“Where are we, Alex?” he asked, sitting down
“Right where we were last
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