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given a number to call in New York
“Said number being part of the help you can give me
“That and a few license-plate ID’s I wrote down just in case—”
“In case,” completed Bourne, “someone decided your nursemaid’s services were no longer
required
“Something like thatThose pricks never liked us—Norman didn’t see it but I did
“Us? You and Rachel and Swayne?”
“The uniformThey look down their rich civilian noses at us like we’re necessary garbage, and
they’re right about the necessaryWith their eyes they spat on him, but they
needed him
The soldier boys couldn’t run with itAlbert Armbruster, chairman of the Federal Trade
CommissionMedusa—the civilian inheritors
“When you say you wrote down the license-plate numbers, I assume that means you weren’t
part of the meetings that took place—take place—here on a fairly regular basisThat is, you didn’t
mingle with the guests; you weren’t one of them
“Are you crazy?” screeched Rachel Swayne, in her own succinct way answering Jason’s
question“Whenever there was a real meeting and not a lousy drunken dinner party, Norm told me
to stay upstairs, or if I wanted to, go over to Eddie’s and watch televisionEddie couldn’t leave the
cabinWe weren’t good enough for his big fancy asshole friends! It’s been that way for years
Like I said, he threw us together
“I’m beginning to understand—at least, I think I amBut you got the license numbers, Sergeant
How did you do that? I gather you were confined to quarters
“I didn’t get ’em, my guards didI called it a confidential security procedureYou said Swayne began to fall apart a couple of years agoHow? In what way?”
“Like tonigh