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?Mea culpa,? agreed Panov, nodding?I gather your friend did something you don?t approve
of
?He did something he wouldn?t approve of if he had more information on whom he did it with
?That sounds positively Freudian, even medically imprudent
?Both are part of it, I guessHe made an outside unsanctioned deal with a man named Dimitri
Krupkin at the Russian embassy here in ParisWe?ll be working with the local KGB?you, me,
Bourne and Marie?if and when we find themHopefully, in Rambouillet in an hour or so
?What are you saying?? asked Mo, astonished and barely audible
?Long story, short timeMoscow wants the Jackal?s head, the rest of him separated from it
Washington can?t feed us or protect us, so chanel jewelry for sale the Soviets will act as our temporary paterfamilias if we
find ourselves in a bind
Panov frowned, then shook his head as though absorbing very strange information, then spoke
?I suppose it?s not your run-of-the-mill development, but there?s a certain logic, even comfort, to
it
?On paper, Mo,? said Conklin?Not with Dimitri Krupkin
?Oh? He?s one of the evil people??
?Kruppie evil? No, not really??
?Kruppie??
?We go way back as young hustlers to Istanbul in the late sixties and Athens after that, then
Amsterdam laterKrupkin?s not malevolent, and he works like a son of a bitch for Moscow with
a damn good second-rate mind, better than eighty percent of the clowns in our business, but he?s
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