The Bourne supremacy by Robert Ludlum

Author:Robert Ludlum
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Assassination, Political, Fiction, Bourne, Espionage, Kowloon (Hong Kong, Thriller, Mystery, Fiction - Espionage, United States, American, Suspense fiction, Adventure stories, Thrillers, Intrigue, Carlos, Jason (Fictitious character), Action & Adventure, Terrorists, Suspense, China), Spy stories
ISBN: 9780553263220
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1987-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

21

The motor launch pitched violently in the darkness and the torrential rains. The crew of two bailed out the water that continuously swept back over the gunwales as the grizzled Chinese-Portuguese captain, squinting through the cabin's large windows, inched his way forward towards the black outlines of the island. Bourne and d'Anjou flanked the boat's owner; the Frenchman spoke, raising his voice over the downpour. 'How far do you judge it to the beach?'

Two hundred metres, plus or minus ten or twenty, ' said the captain.

'It's time for the light. Where is it?

'In the locker beneath you. On the right. Another seventy-five metres and I hold. Any farther, the rocks can be dangerous in this weather. '

'We have to get in to the beach!' cried the Frenchman. 'It's imperative, I told you that!'

'Yes, but you forgot to tell me there would be this rain, these swells. Ninety metres, and you can use the little boat. The engine is strong, you'll get there. '

'Merde!' spat out d'Anjou, opening the locker and pulling out a signal light. That could leave a hundred metres or more!'

'In any event it would not be less than fifty, I told you that.'

'And between the two is deep water!'

'Shall I turn around and head for Macao?

'And get us blown up by the patrols? You make payment when it is due or you do not make your destination! You know that!'

'One hundred metres, no more.'

D'Anjou nodded testily while holding the signal light up to his chest. He pressed a button, immediately releasing it, and for a brief moment an eerie, dark blue flash illuminated the pilot's window. Seconds later a corresponding blue signal was seen through the mottled glass from the island's shoreline. 'You see, mon capitaine, had we not come in for the rendezvous this miserable scow would have been blown out of the water.'

'You were fond enough of her this afternoon!' said the helmsman, working furiously at the wheel.

That was yesterday afternoon. It is now one-thirty the next morning and I have come to know your thieving ways.' D'Anjou replaced the light in the locker and glanced at Bourne who was looking at him. Each was doing what he had done many times in the days of Medusa - checking out a partner's apparel and equipment. Both men wore trousers, sweaters and thin rubber skull caps, all black. Their normal clothing was rolled up in canvas bags. Their only other equipment, apart from Jason's automatic and the Frenchman's small .22-calibre pistol, were scabbarded knives - all unseen. 'Get in as close as you can,' said d'Anjou to the captain. 'And remember, you won't receive the final payment if you're not here when we return.'

'Suppose they take your money and kill you?' cried the pilot, spinning the wheel. Then I'm our!'

'I'm touched,' said Bourne.

'Have no fear of that,' answered the Frenchman, glaring at the Chinese-Portuguese. 'I've dealt with this man many times over many months. Like you, he is the pilot of a fast boat and every bit the thief you are.

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