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Could be.
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He's probably on the bum and wants to touch you for the price of a drink.
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Well, I'm on the bum; I'll buy him a couple of drinks and tell him my troubles. But not tonight. If you won't drink with me, I'll drink alone, tonight.
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Sorry, old man. Work.
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Midge, what did you mean, there's no losing it?
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What.
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My... the acrophobia.
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I asked my doctor. He said only another emotional shock could do it, and probably wouldn't. And you're not going to go diving off another rooftop to find out.
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I think I can lick it.
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How?
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I've got a theory. Look. If I can get used to heights just a little at a time... progressively see?
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Here, I'll show you what I mean. We'll start with this.
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That!?!
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What do you want me to start with the Golden Gate Bridge?
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Now. I look up, I look down. I look up, I look down. Nothing to it.
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Stop kidding. Wait a minute.
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Step number two.
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Okay.
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Easy, now.
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This is a cinch. I look up, I look down. I look up
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Johnny!
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Oh, damn it! Damn it, damn it
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Now, that's the kind of greeting a girl likes. None of this "hello you look wonderful" stuff. Just a good straight "who do you know"
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Well, who? Come on, you know everybody.
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Professor Saunders, over in Berkeley.
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Not that kind of history. The small stuff! About people you never heard of!
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Oh! You mean Gay Old Bohemian Days of Gay Old San Francisco! The juicy stories? Like who shot who in the Embarcadero August, 1879?
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Yeah.
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Pop Leibel.
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Who?
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Pop Leibel owns the Argosy Book Shop. What do you want to know?
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Who shot who in the Embarcadero in August, 1879.
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Wait a minute! You're not a detective any more. What's going on?
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Do you know him well?
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Pop Leibel? Sure.
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All right, come on. Introduce me. Where is your hat?
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The poor thing....
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And she died...
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Now then, JohnnyO; pay me.
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For what?
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For bringing you here. Come on, tell!
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Nothing to tell.
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You'll tell, or you'll be back in that corset! Come on!
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I'll take you home.
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Here you are.
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You haven't told me everything.
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I've told you enough.
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Who's the guy, who's the wife?
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Out. I've got things to do.
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I know. The one who phoned. Your old college chum, Elster.
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Out!
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And the idea is that the Beautiful Mad Carlotta has come back from the dead, to take possession of Elster's wife? Ah, Johnny! Come on!
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I'm not telling you what I think! I'm telling you what he thinks!
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Think? Well, what do you think?
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Is she pretty?
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Carlotta?
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No, not Carlotta. Elster's wife.
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Mmm, yeah, I guess...
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Midge!
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Byebye!
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I did. Since when do you go about slipping notes under men's doors?
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Since I stopped being able to get them on the phone. For a man who has nothing to do, you're certainly a busy little bee. Where do you go, these days?
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Just wander.
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Where?
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Around.
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Oh?
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Mm. Better.
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Did you need it?
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Yeah.
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Oh?
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What was this desperate urge to see me?
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All I said in the note was: "Where are you?" That doesn't sound desperate to me.
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Well, I detected an undercurrent.
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I just thought if I gave you a drink and fed you some dinner, you'd be so grateful you'd take me to a movie.
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Fair enough. What'll we talk about at dinner?
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Oh... this and that.
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What I've been doing?
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If you want to. Naturally, we won't talk about anything you don't want to talk about.
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Naturally.
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What have you been doing?
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Wandering.
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Oh, I'm having a wonderful time! I've gone back to my first love... painting.
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Good. I've always said you were wasting your time in the underwear department.
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Well, it's a living. But I'm excited about this.
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What is it, a still life?
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No, not exactly. Want to see?
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As a matter of fact, I thought I might give it to you.
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Oh?
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Is there something I can do for you?
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Yes... you run this hotel.
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Oh, yes!
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Would you tell me, who has the room on the second floor in the corner, that corner?
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Oh, I'm afraid we couldn't give out information of that sort. Our clients are entitled to their privacy, you know. And I do believe it's against the law! Of course, I don't think any of them would mind, really, but still I would have to know who you are, and ask
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Oh, dear! Has she done something wrong?
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Please answer my question.
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I can't imagine that sweet girl with that dear face
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What is her name?
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Valdes. Miss Valdes. It's Spanish, you know.
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Carlotta Valdes?
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Yes, that's it. Sweet name, isn't it? Foreign. But sweet.
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