"Because weve worked together, closely and under pressure, for several weeks now. You spot a pattern."

"Im right then?"

"Yes. I had to see how youd accept what Ive just told you. The previous surgery, the hair, the contact lenses."

"Did I pass?"

"With infuriating equilibrium. Its time now; theres no point in putting it off any longer. Frankly, I havent the patience. Come with me." Washburn preceded the man through the living room to the door in the rear wall that led to the dispensary. Inside, he went to the corner and picked up an antiquated projector, the shell of its thick round lens rusted and cracked. "I had this brought in with the supplies from Marseilles," he said, placing it on the small desk and inserting the plug into the wall socket. "Its hardly the best equipment, but it serves the purpose. Pull the blinds, will you?"

The man with no name or memory went to the window and lowered the blind; the room was dark. Washburn snapped on the projectors light; a bright square appeared on the white wall. He then inserted a small piece of celluloid behind the lens.

The square was abruptly filled with magnified letters.

GEMEINSCHAFT BANK.

BAHNHOFSTRASSE. ZURICH.

ZERO-SEVEN-SEVENTEEN-TWELVE-ZERO-

FOURTEEN-TWENTY-SIX-ZERO

"What is it?" asked the nameless man.

"Look at it. Study it. Think."

"Its a bank account of some kind."

"Exactly. The printed letterhead and address is the bank, the handwritten numbers take the place of a name, but insofar as they are written out, they constitute the signature of the account holder. Standard procedure."

"Where did you get it?"

"From you. This is a very small negative, my guess would be half the size of a thirty-five millimeter film. It was implanted-surgically implanted-beneath the skin above your right hip. The numbers are in your handwriting; its your signature. With it you can open a vault in Zurich."

Also by Robert Ludlum.

THE APOCALYPSE WATCH.

THE SCORPIO ILLUSION.

THE ROAD TO OMAHA.

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM.

THE ICARUS AGENDA.

THE BOURNE SUPREMACY.

THE AQUITAINE PROGRESSION.

THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC.

THE BOURNE IDENTITY.

THE MATARESE CIRCLE.

THE GEMINI CONTENDERS.

THE CHANCELLOR MANUSCRIPT.

THE ROAD TO GANDOLFO.

THE RHINEMANN EXCHANGE.

THE CRY OF THE HALIDON.

TREVAYNE.

THE MATLOCK PAPER.

THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND.

THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE.

THE MATARESE COUNTDOWN.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

ROBERT LUDLUM was the author of twenty-one novels published in thirty-two languages and forty countries, with worldwide sales in excess of 200 million copies. His works include The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Osterman Weekend, The Matlock Paper, The Rhinemann Exchange, The Gemini Contenders, The Chancellor Manuscript, The Road to Gandolfo, The Holcroft Covenant, The Matarese Circle, The Bourne Identity, The Parsifal Mosaic, The Aquitaine Progression, The Bourne Supremacy, The Icarus Agenda, Trevayne, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Road to Omaha, The Scorpio Illusion, The Apocalypse Watch, and The Cry of the Halidon.

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