]Jones turned as he heard Van Meer""s name as he saw he diplomat approaching a streetside taxi.The two shared a taxi-cab ride to the luncheon held in the Savoy Hotel.During the trip, Van Meer evaded Jones"" questions about the Polish situation, the Dutch reaty with the Belgians, and England""s response to the Nazis.Take a shot at me, right in the nose." One of his officers cautioned: "Get back in here, George.We need a corps commander, not a casualty."Before the Battle of the Bulge, Patton requested a weather-related prayer from the chaplain, and then read outloud:"Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee of Thy great goodness to restrain this immoderate weather with which we have had to contend.] He injected his wrist with the last remaining bit of Chimera culture ["using his own bloodstream as a petri dish"], and then made plans to travel from Sydney to Atlanta to deliver them safely [to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)], timing his trip so that it would take no longer than 20 hours (the time beyond which he couldn""t be saved by the cure).71st Street (code-named from Pamela Landy""s disclosure of Bourne""s birthdate) and confronted its director Dr.