The Bourne Dominion by Robert Ludlum; Eric Van Lustbader
Author:Robert Ludlum; Eric Van Lustbader
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: FIC000000
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Published: 2011-07-18T22:00:00+00:00
We owe you a great debt,â Don Fernando Hererra said. âYou did us a great service.â
âAnd now Iâd like my payment,â Bourne said. âIâm not an altruist.â
âOh, but youâre wrong, Jason.â Don Fernando crossed one elegant leg over the other, opened a beautifully filigreed humidor, offered a robusto to Bourne, who declined. Don Fernando plucked one out and went about the elaborate ritual of cutting and lighting it. âYouâre one of the worldâs last true altruists.â He puffed, getting the cigar going. âIn my opinion, that is what defines you.â
The two men were sitting in Don Fernandoâs comfortable living room. Vegas was lying down in one of the bedrooms, Don Fernando having administered a light sedative. As for Rosie, sheâd disappeared into one of the guest bathrooms, saying she was in desperate need of a long, hot shower.
That left Bourne and his host, a man whom he had gotten to know first in Seville, where they had matched wits and sparred verbally, and later, more intimately, in London following the violent death of the old manâs son.
âI want half an hour alone with Jalal Essai,â Bourne said.
A smile haloed Don Fernandoâs lips. He leaned forward. âMore sherry?â He refilled Bourneâs glass, which stood beside a plate of Serrano ham, pink and smoky, and rough-cut chunks of Manchego cheese.
Bourne sat back. âWhere is Essai, anyway?â
Don Fernando shrugged. âYour guess is as good as mine.â
âThen I can start with you. Why are you friends with him?â
âNot friends. Business partners. Heâs a means to an end, nothing more.â
âAnd those ends?â
âHe makes me money. Not drugs.â
âHuman beings?â
Don Hernando crossed himself. âGod forbid.â
âHeâs a liar,â Bourne said.
âTrue enough.â Don Hernando nodded soberly. âHe knows no other way of operating. Itâs pathological.â
Bourne sat forward. âWhat I really want to know, Don Fernando, is the nature of your connection with Severus Domna.â
âAlso a means to an end. At times, these people can be useful.â
âThey will compromise you, if they havenât already.â
Don Hernandoâs smile was like a slow signal waxing. âNow you underestimate me, my young friend. I should be offended, but with youâ¦â He waved a hand, dismissing the thought. âThe fact is, ever since they formed an alliance with Abdul-Qahharâs Mosque in Munich, I felt it incumbent on me to keep an eye on them.â
Seeing Bourneâs expression, he chuckled. âI see I have surprised you. Good. You must learn, my friend, that all knowledge doesnât reside with you.â
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