The Bourne Identity

In the middle of the night, Bourne and Marie leave the inn. Bourne pays the desk clerk in cash to borrow his car. They travel to an inn closer to Paris.

Bourne finally tells Marie what he learned in his conversation with Lavier. He is adamant that he needs to leave Marie to protect her. He offers to turn himself in for everything they are accusing Marie of. However, Marie argues with him, insisting that he is not “Cain.”

The next morning, Bourne and Marie go to a payphone to try the two numbers that he found in Lavier’s office. The first, in Zurich, is disconnected. The second, in Paris, rings through to the home of General Villiers.

Marie explains that André François Villiers is a long-standing Army general. He is “very much a law-and-order army man” (382), making it difficult for Marie to believe that he would be involved with Carlos. However, there were rumors of his involvement with terrorism in Algeria as he fought to keep the country under the control of France, and his own son was assassinated for fighting against left-wing legislation.

That night, Bourne follows Villiers when he leaves his home. He travels to a restaurant, L’Arbalète, in a village outside the city.