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Abbott kept himself in check ’How did you find this house?’
’Persistence I had you followed’
’You had ?’
Trying to set a record straight A record you’ve warped and lied about, keeping the truth fro?’
’Oh, my God, you damn fool!’ Abbott inhaled deeply ’Why did you do it? Why didn’t you come to me yourself?’
’Because you’d have done nothing You’ve ence community Millions of dollars, untold thousands of man hours, embassies and stations fed lies and distortions about a killer that never existed Oh, I recall your words; what a challenge to Carles What an irresistible trap it was! Only ere your pawns too, and as a responsible member of the Security Council I resent it deeply! You’re all alike Who elected you God so you could break the rules -no, not just the rules, the laws - and make us look like fools?’
"There was no other way,’ said the old ht ’How many know? Tell me the truth’
’I’ve contained it I gave you that’
’It h Oh, Christ!’
’It may not last, period,’ said the bureaucrat emphatically "I want to knohat happened’
’What happened?’
To this grand strategy of yours It see apart at the seams’
’Why do you say that?’
’It’s perfectly obvious You’ve lost Bourne, you can’t find him Your Cain has disappeared with a fortune banked for him in Zurich’
Abbott was silent for a moment ’Wait a minute What put you onto it?’
’You,’ said Gillette quickly, the prudentto the baited question ’I on spoke so knowingly of Operation Medusasitting directly across from the man who created it’
’History’ The oldnow "That wouldn’t have told you anything’
’Let’s say it was rather unusual for you not to say anything I mean, who at that table knew more About Medusa than you? But you didn’t say a word and that startedpaid to this assassin, Cain You couldn’t resist, David You had to offer a very plausible reason to continue the search for Cain You threw Carlos into the hunt’
’It was the truth,’ interrupted Abbott
’Certainly it was; you knehen to use it, and I knehen to spot it Ingenious A snake pulled out of Medusa’s head, groomed for a mythical title The contender ju to draw the champion out of his corner’
’It was sound, sound fro’
’Why not? As I say, it was ingenious, even down to every ainst Cam Who better to
relay those iven reports on every covert operations conference You used us all!’