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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
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    I hid behind my hands, waiting for the first blow
    “Ah–Jared?” Ian murmured“Maybe you should let me…”
    “Stay out of it!”
    Ian's voice got closer, and the rocks grated as he tried to follow Jared into the small space that
    was already too full“Can't you see it's too scared to talk? Leave it alone for a sec –”
    I heard something scrape the floor as Jared moved, and then a omega seamaster vintage thudI peered
    through my fingers to see that Ian was no longer visible and Jared had his back to me
    Ian spit and groaned“That's twice,” he growled, and I understood that the punch meant for me
    had been diverted by Ian's interference
    “I'm ready to go for three,” Jared muttered, but he turned back around to face me, bringing light
    with him; he'd grabbed the lamp with the hand chanel white j12 watch that had struck IanThe cave seemed almost
    brilliant after so much darkness
    Jared spoke to me again, scrutinizing my face in the new illuminations, making each word a
    sentence
    I dropped my hands and stared into his pitiless eyesIt bothered me that someone else had
    suffered for my silence–even someone who had once tried to kill meThis was not how torture
    was supposed to replica tiffany jewelry work
    Jared's expression wavered as he read the change in mine“I don't have to hurt you,” he said
    quietly, not as sure of himself“But I do have to know the answer to my question
    This wasn't even the right question–not a secret I was in any way bound to protect
    “Tell me,” he insisted, his eyes tight with frustration and deep unhappiness
    Was I truly a coward? I would rather santos cartier watch have believed that I was–that my fear of pain was stronger
    than anything elseThe real reason I opened my mouth and spoke was so much more pathetic
    I wanted toplease him, this human who hated me so fiercely
    “The Seeker,” I began, my voice rough and hoarse; I hadn't spoken in a long time
    He interrupted, impatient“We already know it's a Seeker
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    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    8:02 am
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    Copyright, 1925, by Harms, Inc and used with the permission of Music Publishers Holding Corporation

    These Foolish Things Remind Me of You, by Jack Strachey, Hold Marvel and Harry Link
    Copyright, 1935, by Bourne, Inc and used with their permission

    All characters and incidents in this novel are fictional, and any resemblance
    to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental

    COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY NORMAN MAILER

    PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    BY THE HADDON CRAFTSMEN, INC

    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



    I would like to thank William Raney, Theodore SAmussen, and Charles Devlin for the aid and encouragement given me at various times in the writing of this novel



    To my Mother and Bea



    PART ONE
    Wave



    1

    NOBODY COULD sleepWhen morning came, assault craft would be lowered and a first wave of troops would ride through the surf and charge ashore on the beach at AnopopeiAll over the ship, all through the convoy, there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead

    A soldier lies flat on his bunk, closes his eyes, and remains wide-awakeAll about him, like the soughing of surf, he hears the murmurs of men dozing fitfully"I won't do it, I won't do it," someone cries out of a dream, and the soldier opens his eyes and gazes slowly about the hold, his vision becoming lost in the intricate tangle of hammocks and naked bodies and dangling equipmentHe decides he wants to go to the head, and cursing a little, he wriggles up to a sitting position, his legs hanging over the bunk, the steel pipe of the hammock above cutting across his hunched backHe sighs, reaches for his shoes, which he has tied to a stanchion, and slowly puts them onHis bunk is the fourth in a tier of five, and he climbs down uncertainly in the half-darkness, afraid of stepping on one of the men in the hammocks below himOn the floor he picks his way through a tangle of bags and packs, stumbles once over a rifle, and makes his way to the bulkhead doorHe passes through another hold whose aisle is just as cluttered, and finally reaches the head
    Inside the air is steamingEven now a man is using the sole fresh-water shower, which has been occupied ever since the troops have come on boardThe soldier walks past the crap games in the unused salt-water shower stalls, and squats down on the wet split boards of the latrineHe has forgotten his cigarettes and he bums one from a man sitting a few feet awayAs he smokes he looks at the black wet floor littered with butts, and listens to the water sloshing through the latrine
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    8:03 am
    @@@@@To think of him as Miss Crawford might be
    @@@@@To think of him as Miss Crawford
    might be justified in thinking, would in her be insanityTo her he
    could be nothing under any circumstances; nothing dearer than a
    friendWhy did such an idea occur to her even enough to be reprobated
    and forbidden? It ought not to have touched on the confines
    of her imaginationShe would endeavour to be rational, and to
    deserve the right of judging of Miss Crawford’s character, and the
    privilege of true solicitude for him by a sound intellect and an honest
    heart
    She had all the heroism of principle, and was determined to do
    her duty; but having also many of the feelings of youth and nature,
    let her not be much wondered at, if, after making all these good
    resolutions on the side of self-government, she seized the scrap of
    paper on which Edmund had begun writing to her, as a treasure
    beyond all her hopes, and reading with the tenderest emotion these
    words, “My very dear Fanny, you must do me the favour to accept”
    locked it up with the chain, as the dearest part of the giftIt was the
    only thing approaching to a letter which she had ever received from
    him; she might never receive another; it was impossible that she
    ever should receive another so perfectly gratifying in the occasion
    and the styleTwo lines more prized had never fallen from the pen
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    of the most distinguished author—never more completely blessed
    the researches of the fondest biographerThe enthusiasm of a woman’s
    love is even beyond the biographer’sTo her, the handwriting itself,
    independent of anything it may convey, is a blessednessNever were
    such characters cut by any other human being as Edmund’s commonest
    handwriting gave! This specimen, written in haste as it was,
    had not a fault; and there was a felicity in the flow of the first four
    words, in the arrangement of “My very dear Fanny,” which she could
    have looked at for ever
    Having regulated her thoughts and comforted her feelings by this
    happy mixture of reason and weakness, she was able in due time to
    go down and resume her usual employments near her aunt Bertram,
    and pay her the usual observances without any apparent want of
    spirits
    Thursday, predestined to hope and enjoyment, came; and opened
    with more kindness to Fanny than such self-willed, unmanageable
    days often volunteer, for soon after breakfast a very friendly note
    was brought from MrCrawford to William, stating that as he found
    himself obliged to go to London on the morrow for a few days, he
    could not help trying to procure a companion; and therefore hoped
    that if William could make up his mind to leave Mansfield half a
    day earlier than had been proposed, he would accept a place in his
    carriageCrawford meant to be in town by his uncle’s
    accustomary late dinner-hour, and William was invited to dine with
    him at the Admiral’sThe proposal was a very pleasant one to
    William himself, who enjoyed the idea of travelling post with four
    horses, and such a good-humoured, agreeable friend; and, in likening
    it to going up with despatches, was saying at once everything
    in favour of its happiness and dignity which his imagination
    could suggest; and Fanny, from a different motive, was exceedingly
    pleased; for the original plan was that William should go up
    by the mail from Northampton the following night, which would
    not have allowed him an hour’s rest before he must have got into a
    Portsmouth coach; and though this offer of MrCrawford’s would
    rob her of many hours of his company, she was too happy in having
    William spared from the fatigue of such a journey, to think of
    anything elseSir Thomas approved of it for another reasonHis
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    nephew’s introduction to Admiral Crawford might be of service
    The Admiral, he believed, had interestUpon the whole, it was a
    very joyous noteFanny’s spirits lived on it half the morning, deriving
    some accession of pleasure from its writer being himself to
    go away
    As for the ball, so near at hand, she had too many agitations and
    fears to have half the enjoyment in anticipation which she ought to
    have had, or must have been supposed to have by the many young
    ladies looking forward to the same event in situations more at ease,
    but under circumstances of less novelty, less interest, less peculiar
    gratification, than would be attributed to herMiss Price, known
    only by name to half the people invited, was now to make her first
    appearance, and must be regarded as the queen of the eveningWho
    could be happier than Miss Price? But Miss Price had not been
    brought up to the trade of coming out; and had she known in what
    light this ball was, in general, considered respecting her, it would
    very much have lessened her comfort by increasing the fears she
    already had of doing wrong and being looked atTo dance without
    much observation or any extraordinary fatigue, to have strength
    and partners for about half the evening, to dance a little with
    Edmund, and not a great deal with
    8:03 am
    @@@@@It is without a drawback Upon such
    @@@@@It is without a drawback
    Upon such expressions of affection Fanny could have lived an
    hour without saying another word; but Edmund, after waiting a
    moment, obliged her to bring down her mind from its heavenly
    flight by saying, “But what is it that you want to consult me about?”
    It was about the necklace, which she was now most earnestly longing
    to return, and hoped to obtain his approbation of her doing
    She gave the history of her recent visit, and now her raptures might
    well be over; for Edmund was so struck with the circumstance, so
    delighted with what Miss Crawford had done, so gratified by such a
    coincidence of conduct between them, that Fanny could not but
    admit the superior power of one pleasure over his own mind, though
    it might have its drawbackIt was some time before she could get
    his attention to her plan, or any answer to her demand of his opinion:
    he was in a reverie of fond reflection, uttering only now and
    then a few half-sentences of praise; but when he did awake and
    understand, he was very decided in opposing what she wished
    “Return the necklace! No, my dear Fanny, upon no accountIt
    would be mortifying her severelyThere can hardly be a more unpleasant
    sensation than the having anything returned on our hands
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    which we have given with a reasonable hope of its contributing to
    the comfort of a friendWhy should she lose a pleasure which she
    has shewn herself so deserving of?”
    “If it had been given to me in the first instance,” said Fanny, “I
    should not have thought of returning it; but being her brother’s
    present, is not it fair to suppose that she would rather not part with
    it, when it is not wanted?”
    “She must not suppose it not wanted, not acceptable, at least: and
    its having been originally her brother’s gift makes no difference; for
    as she was not prevented from offering, nor you from taking it on
    that account, it ought not to prevent you from keeping itNo doubt
    it is handsomer than mine, and fitter for a ballroom
    “No, it is not handsomer, not at all handsomer in its way, and, for
    my purpose, not half so fitThe chain will agree with William’s
    cross beyond all comparison better than the necklace
    “For one night, Fanny, for only one night, if it be a sacrifice; I am
    sure you will, upon consideration, make that sacrifice rather than
    give pain to one who has been so studious of your comfortMiss
    Crawford’s attentions to you have been—not more than you were
    justly entitled to—I am the last person to think that could be, but
    they have been invariable; and to be returning them with what must
    have something the air of ingratitude, though I know it could never
    have the meaning, is not in your nature, I am sureWear the necklace,
    as you are engaged to do, to-morrow evening, and let the chain,
    which was not ordered with any reference to the ball, be kept for
    commoner occasionsI would not have the shadow
    of a coolness between the two whose intimacy I have been observing
    with the greatest pleasure, and in whose characters there is so
    much general resemblance in true generosity and natural delicacy as
    to make the few slight differences, resulting principally from situation,
    no reasonable hindrance to a perfect friendshipI would not
    have the shadow of a coolness arise,” he repeated, his voice sinking
    a little, “between the two dearest objects I have on earth
    He was gone as he spoke; and Fanny remained to tranquillise herself
    as she couldShe was one of his two dearest—that must support
    herBut the other: the first! She had never heard him speak so openly
    before, and though it told her no more than what she had long
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    perceived, it was a stab, for it told of his own convictions and viewsHe would marry Miss CrawfordIt was a stab, in
    spite of every long-standing expectation; and she was obliged to repeat
    again and again, that she was one of his two dearest, before the
    words gave her any sensationCould she believe Miss Crawford to
    deserve him, it would be—oh, how different would it be—how far
    more tolerable! But he was deceived in her: he gave her merits which
    she had not; her faults were what they had ever been, but he saw them
    no longerTill she had shed many tears over this deception, Fanny
    could not subdue her agitation; and the dejection which followed
    could only be relieved by the influence of fervent prayers for his happiness
    It was her intention, as she felt it to be her duty, to try to overcome
    all that was excessive, all that bordered on selfishness, in her
    affection for EdmundTo call or to fancy it a loss, a disappointment,
    would be a presumption for which she had not words strong
    enough to satisfy her own humilit
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    8:02 am
    @@@@@She calls herself very angry, but you can
    @@@@@She calls herself very angry, but you
    can imagine her angerIt is the regret and disappointment of a sister,
    who thinks her brother has a right to everything he may wish
    for, at the first momentShe is hurt, as you would be for William;
    but she loves and esteems you with all her heart
    “I knew she would be very angry with me
    “My dearest Fanny,” cried Edmund, pressing her arm closer to
    him, “do not let the idea of her anger distress youIt is anger to be
    talked of rather than feltHer heart is made for love and kindness,
    not for resentmentI wish you could have overheard her tribute of
    praise; I wish you could have seen her countenance, when she said
    that you should be Henry’s wifeAnd I observed that she always
    spoke of you as ‘Fanny,’ which she was never used to do; and it had
    a sound of most sisterly cordialityGrant, did she say—did she speak; was she there all
    the time?”
    “Yes, she was agreeing exactly with her sisterThe surprise of your
    refusal, Fanny, seems to have been unboundedThat you could refuse
    such a man as Henry Crawford seems more than they can understand
    I said what I could for you; but in good truth, as they stated
    the case—you must prove yourself to be in your senses as soon as
    you can by a different conduct; nothing else will satisfy themBut
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    this is teasing youDo not turn away from me
    “I should have thought,” said Fanny, after a pause of recollection
    and exertion, “that every woman must have felt the possibility of a
    man’s not being approved, not being loved by some one of her sex at
    least, let him be ever so generally agreeableLet him have all the
    perfections in the world, I think it ought not to be set down as
    certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen
    to like himselfBut, even supposing it is so, allowing Mr
    Crawford to have all the claims which his sisters think he has, how
    was I to be prepared to meet him with any feeling answerable to his
    own? He took me wholly by surpriseI had not an idea that his
    behaviour to me before had any meaning; and surely I was not to be
    teaching myself to like him only because he was taking what seemed
    very idle notice of meIn my situation, it would have been the
    extreme of vanity to be forming expectations on MrI
    am sure his sisters, rating him as they do, must have thought it so,
    supposing he had meant nothingHow, then, was I to be—to be in
    love with him the moment he said he was with me? How was I to
    have an attachment at his service, as soon as it was asked for? His
    sisters should consider me as well as himThe higher his deserts, the
    more improper for me ever to have thought of himAnd, and—we
    think very differently of the nature of women, if they can imagine a
    woman so very soon capable of returning an affection as this seems
    to impl
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    8:10 am
    @@@@@According to my uncle, there was a brief
    @@@@@According
    to my uncle, there was a brief discussion regarding the judge’s law clerks, how they are prone to
    errors and if one had been made with his passport, he’d fly them all down to apologize
    “Then judges are paid a lot more in the States than they are in CanadaHe’s damned lucky we
    had space
    “It’s the summer season, sirWe usually have available space during these monthsAll right, so we’ve got two illustrious relatives who want to meet privately
    but go about it in a very complicated wayMaybe you should call the judge and tell him what villa
    Fontaine is inOr Prefontaine—whichever the hell it is
    “I suggested that courtesy to my uncle, sir, and he was most adamantHe said we should do and
    say absolutely nothingAccording to my uncle, all great men have secrets and he would not care to
    have his own brilliant deduction revealed except by the parties themselves
    “Beg your pardon?”
    “If such a call were made to the judge, he would know the information could only come from
    my uncle, the deputy director of Montserrat’s immigration
    “Christ, do whatever you want, I’ve got other things on my mindIncidentally, I’ve doubled
    the patrols on the road and the beach
    “We’ll be stretched thin, sir
    “I’ve shifted a number off the pathsI know who’s here, but I don’t know who may want to get
    in here
    “Do we expect trouble, sir?”
    John StJacques looked at the assistant manager“I’ve been out checking
    every inch of the grounds and the beachBy the way, I’ll be staying with my sister and her children
    in Villa Twenty
    The hero of World War II’s Résistance known as Jean Pierre Fontaine walked slowly up the
    concrete path toward the last villa overlooking the seaIt was similar to the others, with walls of
    pink stucco and a red tiled roof, but the surrounding lawn was larger, the bordering shrubbery taller
    and denserIt was a place for prime ministers and presidents, foreign secretaries and secretaries of
    state, men and women of international stature seeking the peace of pampered isolation
    Fontaine reached the end of the path where there was a four-foot-high white stuccoed wall and
    beyond it the impenetrable overgrown slope of the hill leading down to the shore
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    8:02 am
    @@@@@ "I've got the strangest story to tell you,"
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    "I've got the strangest story to tell you," she said"It drove me
    half-crazy with curiosity when I heard itWhat do you think, Colum?
    Is it possible that the young lord really hanged himself in the
    tower?"
    Scarlett described the Marquess of Trevanne with laughing, wicked
    accuracy and mimicked his speech as she repeated itColum set down
    his teacup with tightly controlled precision"I have no opinion,
    Scarlett darling," he said, and his voice was as light and laughing as
    Scarlett liked to remember it"Anything is possible in Ireland, else
    we would be plagued with snakes like the rest of the world
    Ne smiled as he stood upI tarried from my
    day's
    duties only to see your beautiful selfDisregard anything this woman
    may tell you about my fondness for the cakes I ate with my tea he
    walked away so rapidly that Scarlett had no time to wrap some cakes
    in
    a napkin for him to take along"I'll return shortly," said Mrs
    Fitz, and she hurried after Colum"Well!" said ScarlettShe saw
    harriet Kelly in the distance, at the end of the browned lawn, and
    waved at her"Come have tea," Scarlett shouted
    There was plenty leftRosaleen Fitzpatrick had to lift up her skirt
    and run to catch up with Colum halfway down the long drive
    She walked silently at his side until she caught her breath sufficiently
    so that she could speak"And what happens now?" she asked
    "You're
    rushing to your bottle, is that the truth of it?"
    Colum stopped, turned to face her"There is no truth of anything, and
    that is what scours my heartDid you hear her, then? Quoting the
    Englishman's lies, believing themJust as Devoy and the others
    believe the shining English lies of ParnellI could stay no longer,
    Rosaleen, for fear of smashing her English teacups and howling protest
    like a chained dog Rosaleen looked at the anguish in Colum's eyes
    and hardened her expressi
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    8:02 am
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    8:12 am
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    Now Dove was massaging his bony chest with a towel he had brought along"Feels wonderful to get a sweat up in the sun," he muttered, and then turned to Wakara again"I should have known that word, you know it's that diary we picked off that Jap major's corpse, fascinating document, did you have a look at it?"
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    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    change? What if you put me in some-one else, steal another life, and it goes wrong? What if that
    body pulls me after some other love, back to the souls? What if you can't trust me anymore?
    What if I betray you next time? I don't want to hurt you!”
    The first part was the pure and unadorned truth, but I was lying wildly through the secondI
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
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    @@@@@I'm as ordinary as an old shoe and I'll
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    Well, now, I'm glad to hear you say that, Jennings, because I know you mean it, and it means a lotA man works his fool ass off and he wants to have some friends, people he knows will trust him and like him, 'cause if he ain't got that what's the point to his working?
    That's exactly it
    I'm pretty fortunate, I'll say that to any man in his face, but of course I've had my troubles, who the hell hasn't, but we're not here to cry about that tonight, now, are we? I want to tell you men, I got a beautiful wife, now, that's the truth
    One of the gang guffawsBrown, I got a beautiful wife too, but I swear after you been married two years a woman might just as well look like a coon dog for all the good it does you
    I can't quite agree, Freeman, but there's a point to what you sayHe feels his words dribbling out of his mouth, lost in the babel of glasses and conversation
    Come on, let's be goin' over to Eloise's
    And the inevitable coming back
    Freeman, you said something a while ago that kinda put a stir in me, but I want to tell you I got a beautiful wife, and there's no one could improve on her a bitI think it's a goddam shame the way we go around screwing God knows what, and then goin' back to our wives, it's a helluva note I want to tell you thatWhen I think of her and then what I do I'm pretty goddam ashamed of myselfIt's a hell of a noteYou'd think we have some sense, but the damn truth of it is we just go around screwing and drinking and
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    Having a hell of a good time, Brown finishesThat's exactly what I was gonna say, Jennings, but you beat me to itHe stumbles, sits down on the pavement
    He wakes up in his bed with Beverly undressing himI know what you're gonna say, honey, he mumbles, but I got my troubles, you just keep pushing something through, trying to make ends meet, trying to produce 'cause that's what you gotta pay off on, and it takes a long time, it's, it's a hard life, as the preacher says
    And in the morning, massaging his headache, examining an estimate, he wonders what Beverly did last night
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
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    in a stolen car chosen for its nondescript appearanceShe'd walked through the streets of
    Chicago in darkness, shivering beneath her coat
    She was doing her own seekingThere were others like her here, or so she hopedNot a sister… a cousin
    The words came slower and slower, and at first I did not understand whyWas this forgotten?
    Lost in the trauma of an almost death? Was I still sluggish from unconsciousness? I struggled to
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    my mind labored unsuccessfully for the answers I wanted
    I tried another avenue of searching, hoping for clearer responsesWhat was her goal? She
    would find… Sharon–I fished out the name–and they would…
    I hit a wall
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