| The American?s speech was distinctly Deep South, his smile genuine, his
eyes wary but unafraid
?Then let us start again,? said the Belgian in heavily accented EnglishMaurice,
it?s as good a name as anyMy young friend here is Ralph, at least he says it isWhat?s yours, my
wounded hero??
?Francois,? replied Jason, thinking of Bernardine and wondering briefly how he was doing at the
airports?And I?m no hero; they died too quicklyOrder your drinks, I?m paying They did and
Bourne did, his mind racing, trying to recall the little he knew about the French Foreign Legion?A
lot has changed in nine years, Maurice How very easily the words came, thought the Chameleon
?Why are you enlisting, Ralph??
?Ah figure it?s the vintage cartier watch for sale wisest thing I can do?kinda disappear for a few years, and I understand five
is the minimum
?If you last the first, mon ami,? interjected the BelgianThe officers are tough and difficult??
?All French!? added the Belgian?Ninety percent, at leastOnly one foreigner in perhaps three
hundred reach the officer corps
?But Ah?m a college man
?So you?ll build fine latrines for the camps and design perfect shit holes in the field,? laughed
MauriceExplain how the savants are treated
?The educated ones must first know how to fight,? said Jason, hoping he was right
?Always first!? exclaimed the Belgian?For their schooling is suspiciousWill they doubt? Will
they think when they are paid only to follow orders? Oh, no, mon ami, I gucci handbags cheap would not emphasize
your ?rudition
?Let it come out gradually,? added Bourne?When they need it, not when you want to offer it
?Bien!? cried Maurice?He knows what he?s talking aboutA true l?gionnaire!?
?Can you fight?? asked Jason?Could you go after someone to kill him??
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?Ah killed mah feeancee and her two brothers and a cousin, all with a knife and my bare hands
She was fuckin? a big banker in Nashville and they were coverin? for her because he was payin? all
of ?em a lot of money
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Bourne remembered the newspaper headlines of only weeks ago, as he stared at the face of the
young rolex watches for sale American?Go for the Legion,? he said
?If push comes to shove, MrFran?ois, could I use you as a reference??
?It wouldn?t help you, young man, it might only hurtIf you?re pressed, just tell the truthIt?s
your credentials
?Aussi bien! He knows the LegionThey will not take maniacs if they can help it, but they?how
do you say it, Fran?ois??
?Look the other way, I thinkThey look the other way when there are?encore, Francois??
?When there are extenuating circumstances
?See? My friend Francois also has brainsI wonder how he survived
?By not showing them, Maurice
A waiter wearing about the filthiest apron Jason had ever seen clapped the Belgian on the neck
?So?? shrugged Tank ShirtQuelle diff?rence? We eat and with gold chanel jewelry good
fortune we will not be poisoned
Two hours later, with four bottles of rough vin ordinaire consumed by Maurice and Ralph, along
with suspicious fish, Le Coeur du Soldat settled in for its nightly endurance ritualFights occurred
episodically, broken up by muscular waitersThe blaring music marshaled memories of battles won
and lost, engendering arguments between old soldiers who had basically been the assault troops,
cannon fodder, at once resentful and filled with the pride of survival because they had survived the
blood and horror their gold-braided superiors knew nothing aboutIt was the collective roar of the
underprivileged foot soldiers heard from the time of the Pharaoh?s legions to the grunts of Korea
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