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Hello, Candy Mattson.
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I understand you've been hired to find out who knocked
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off Donna Dunham.
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Abrupt and right to the point. That's my business, old
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man who talks like a ghost.
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Take care of your health, little lady. Donna Dunham is dead.
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Let her stay like that.
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You take care of your cues and I'll show my peas, understood?
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Not quite.
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Listen to this.
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Oh, goody, goody. Bullet's now delivered by phone. Thanks for
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the slug. I'll have it identified later.
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Maybe you'll be identified later. Remember what I said, Candy Mattson.
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Forget about Donna Dunham.
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The End My name is Candy Mattson. I like money.
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Lots of it. That's why I became a private eye. And, too,
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you meet such interesting people. Mostly dead. But getting back
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to the cash angle, that's why I took on the
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Donna Dunham case. I knew it was full of dynamite.
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But a girl has to eat now and then, maintain
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a penthouse on Telegraph Hill, and keep the moors out
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of a few mink coats. Doesn't she? Sure is. And
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a shot fired into your room from across the street
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at three in the morning is just one of those
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occupational hazards. So I took the job, and the 500,
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and went to work. Like to hear how the whole
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thing started? Well, leave us proceed to Act One. Act
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One I'd had a hard day at the office, sleeping
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all day. And I needed a bit of a tonic
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to pick me up. So the natural thing to do
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was to ground loop into the marigold room and see
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what could be done. As I sank down onto one
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of the padded stools the dispenser approached. Make it a martini,
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my good man, very dry. So dry it comes out
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like a blotter.
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Look, lady, nothing would give me more pleasure, but I
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can't serve you here unless you have an escort.
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What? Oh, I'm waiting for someone.
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That's what they all say.
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But he'll be here very soon.
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I know, I know. It never fails.
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Why, you low-minded crock. For two cents, I'd knock your.
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I see I arrived just in time. Save your two cents,
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my dear.
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Huh?
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You heard what the lady said.
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A martini.
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Make it two.
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Yeah, sure.
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I thought it was just another one of those... Yeah,
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two martinis.
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Well, saved from a fate worse than death. Miss Madsen.
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Who are you?
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A natural question.
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And I'd like a natural answer.
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Roberts is my name. Warren Roberts.
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Oh.
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I own a few steamships hither and yon about the world.
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Oh, yes, I know. I took a trip on one
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of your scowls once. The food was a nightmare's nightmare.
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How do you think I came to be a millionaire?
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I see your point. How did you know my name
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and what do you want?
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I have a business proposition to make to you, Miss Mattson.
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You're sure it's business, Mr.
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Roberts? Strictly business, Miss Mattson.
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Call me Candy. You tell me the details and I'll
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tell you what it'll cost you.
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Fair enough.
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But don't think. You can always make it back on
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your food.
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Well, I can hardly tell you here. Suppose we drop
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over to my place.
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But I want that martini.
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My man will make us a batch over there.
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The things I do to make a living... Okay, let's go.
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Hey, how about these drinks?
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Here you are, my man, and save the martinis for
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some poor wayward soul who hasn't the wherewithal to make
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the purchase.
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Oh, good evening, Mr. Roberts. I didn't know you were
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expecting company. So soon after... Take Miss Mattson's things, Montgomery,
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and bring us some martinis. They're all made, sir.
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Let's go into the drawing room, shall we?
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Mm-hmm.
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Modest little mousetrap, isn't it? And I'll bet it's had
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a good path beaten to its.
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Door, too.
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Quite a sense of humor you have, Candy.
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Well, it helps now and then.
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Here, sit down here. That's it. I, uh.
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I can't quite see you. It's like being behind a
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retaining wall. Oh, well, I'll just listen. What's the topic
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of conversation?
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A young lady named... Donna Dunham.
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Aha, the female element. What is your connection?
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Much strictly that of a patron.
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Oh?
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Miss Dunham was a hat-check girl over at the Scarlet Dawn.
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I heard her sing one night. I decided right then
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and there that I was going to sponsor her career.
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Was?
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Yes. Donna Dunham was murdered early this morning.
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By you?
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What?
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Are you out of your head?
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Yes, when I think of the fee I'm going to
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get from you.
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I beg your pardon, sir.
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The martinis.
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Oh, yes.
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Put them down there, Montgomery. Very good, Montgomery. I won't
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need anything else tonight. Thank you, sir.
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Good night, miss. Good night. Don't sleep too tight.
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May I?
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You certainly may. I've been waiting far too long for
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one of these.
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There you are.
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Well, as a sponsor, you didn't pick a protege with
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great lasting qualities, did you?
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No, I didn't. She was so young, so very lovely.
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Will you take the case, Miss Mattson?
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What do I have to go on?
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Oh, very little.
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My suspicions point to a musician who worked at the
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Scarlet Dawn. He seemed to resent very strongly my stepping.
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Into the picture.
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Were they going together?
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Off and on. until I started to back Donna's career.
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A very interesting triangle. What do the police have to say?
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The police, Miss Mattson, have not yet been notified.
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What?
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I went over there this morning, and I discovered the
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body lying on the floor.
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I became confused. I locked the door and called the
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Scarlet Dawn.
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I told the manager that Miss Dunham was quite ill
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and wouldn't be able to appear tonight.
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Extremely ill, I'd say. Well, this is fine now. You
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realize you're in trouble, don't you?
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Yes, I do.
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And that if I take this case, I'm sticking my
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neck out too?
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Exactly.
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My fee is 500.
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That's a fair price.
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In advance.
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Well, I'll make out a check immediately. Oh, won't you
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have another martini? I, uh, I don't think so. You know,
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you are very beautiful.
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Thank you. But I already have a sponsor.
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And your lips are very, very kissable.
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The best you can buy from Max Factor's.
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Are you sure you don't want another martini?
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Look, Roberts, let's get this straight. You're in the middle
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of a jackpot. Make that check out right now so
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I can join you. Then it's up to me to
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spring the both of us. In the meantime, get that
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glint out of your eye. The one that's wired for
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wolf calls. Understood?
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Very well.
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I'll get started right away. Where does the late Miss
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Dunham live?
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Just on the edge of Chinatown, 27B Gresham Alley. It's
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the only three-flat house.
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On the block.
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I'll find it. And you, you just stick right here
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and don't poke your face out of the door. Now, the, uh, check,
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if you will. Now, listen, you. If you think you're
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going to get... Well, send me back to the
last
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line in the course. If it isn't old Hawkshaw himself.
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Yeah, that's right.
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Hiya, Candy.
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Mallard, how you ever got to be a police detective,
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I'll never know. I heard you trailing me for the
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last two blocks.
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Maybe I wanted you to hear me.
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What are you doing over in Chinatown, Candy?
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I like tomato chow yuck.
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Uh-huh. Something up?
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Not with you around, there isn't.
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Look, Candy, just a little word of caution. We're laying
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for you.
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Oh.
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The chief isn't very happy about you busting up that
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Newton case last month.
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Somebody had to. The score was still tied in the
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27th inning.
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Stop gagging, Candy.
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What are you doing around here?
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You don't like tomato chow yuck that much?
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Well, maybe that oriental music sends me. By the way,
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where's the Scarlet Dawn, Mallard? Right down there on the corner.
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Come on. I'll buy you a double Mickey.
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No, thanks.
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I just had one.
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And listen, Candy, take a tip. Don't interfere with the
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work of the police.
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Don't worry about me, Mallard. And you take a tip, too.
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Next time you trail somebody, get yourself a pair of
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tennis shoes.
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Yes, miss.
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Would you like a table? No, thanks.
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No.
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Something I can do?
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Hmm? Oh.
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Oh, yes, I'm... I'm a friend of Donna Dunham's. She
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wanted me to come over and tell you that she's
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feeling better. She'll be back at work tomorrow night.
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Oh, that's good. Business at the hat check stand, no
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good without her. Yes.
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Yes, yes, she's a great girl. By the way, I
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don't see her boyfriend tonight.
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Boyfriend?
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You know, the
fellow who plays in the band.
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Oh, Donnie Andrini.
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No, he got night off.
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Oh, too bad.
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She wanted me to tell him, too.
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Yep, too bad. Oh, maybe you'll find him at the
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Lotus Hotel.
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He lived there.
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Oh, sure. The Lotus. Yes, I'll check there, and thank
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you very much.
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Rembrandt Watson speaking.
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Yes, I know.
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Now, look. Photographs taken at reasonable prices.
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I know, Rembrandt.
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Family groups and portraits especially. Also.
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Rembrandt, this is I, Candy Mattson.
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Fine colored pictures of.
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What?
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Candy Mattson?
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That's right.
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By all the Furies of Zeus. Why did you have
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to call just now? I was wooing the muse that
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only Bacchus can create, probing the infinitesimal heights a soul
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can reach from the tear of the grape. And you
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have to call and spoil it all.
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Look, Rembrandt, uncross your eyes and listen to me.
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I shall listen, my lily, but undoubtedly I won't like it.
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What skullduggery are you up to now?
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I'm knee-deep in something that smells as high as the
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Oakland mudflats.
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A towering comparison, please.
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What is it?
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I can't tell you now, but I want you to
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do me a favor. Get your finest camera and go
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over to 27B Gresham Alley. Get inside and take all
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the pictures you can at the place.
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Won't I be intruding?
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No. There's a very attractive young lady there.
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How delightful.
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She's dead.
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How dull.
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I dislike intensely one-sided conversations.
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All right. What do I do then?
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Go back to your place and get me some prints
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as fast as you can.
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I go, but not willingly. Only for you would I
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forsake the mood I have achieved through prodigious application.
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Bully for you, Laddie Buck. I'll see you at your
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place in about an hour. Pardon me. Are you the
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night clerk?
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I ain't sitting bull.
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Yes, we have no rooms.
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I'm not here for a room.
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Oh?
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Well, then.
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Maybe there's something I can do for you.
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Yes.
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Could you tell me if Mr. Danny Andrini is in?
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No, he isn't.
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As a matter of fact, I haven't seen him all day.
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Yes, I know. There's a reason. We had to take
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him to the hospital this morning.
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What? Yes.
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He's under observation for appendicitis.
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Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
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So, I was wondering if you'd let me have his keys. Huh?
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He wants me to bring him his portable radio.
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Oh, does he have one?
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Why, sir, did you ever know a musician who didn't
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own a portable radio? Well, I know.
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Come to think of it, I.
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Yeah, yeah, here's the key. It's room 418.
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Thank you.
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You're very kind. Not at all.
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Not at all.
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All right, candy nuts, and start making like a private eye. Letters, letters. Yes,
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over here.
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Promising.
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A whole pileup. Well, let's try this one. Dear Danny,
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I don't know how to start this, but your accusations
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last night need some sort of answerings. I'm not in
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love with Warren Roberts and never will be. He's just
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proven to be a very kind and gracious friend. You
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must realize that I have placed my singing career above
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everything else and I want to... Well, leave us confront
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the issue, Candy.
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All right.
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Hello, you.
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Hello.
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I was wondering if I could be of any assistance.
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Oh, no. It seems Mr. Andrini was out of his head.
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I mean, he doesn't seem to have a portable radio. Oh.
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I'll just be on my way.
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Oh, now, what's the rush?
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You don't have to leave right away?
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Wouldn't you like a drink or something?
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No, not right now. I am pressed for time. I'll
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tell you what, though.
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Huh?
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I'll be back later. How's that?
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Sure.
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Fine.
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When?
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Let's make it next whitsuntide, huh? Goodbye.
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On my soul, I'd like to have the popcorn concession
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here tonight. Come in, come in. Rembrandt, you're a double-crosser. I,
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a double-crosser?
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Yes.
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My dear, you're mistaken.
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Oh?
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The only time I double-crossed was out in the country.
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I passed over a bridge, then I had to double-cross back.
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Oh, no.
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I found I'd left my knapsack with some rare vintage
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in it on the other side.
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What are you doing here? You haven't had time to
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get the pictures I wanted.
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That's just the point. To elucidate, I arrived at 27B
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Gresham Alley.
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And found it to be a most loathsome location.
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That's beside the point. What happened?
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I couldn't get in.
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Oh, Rembrandt, I've done you a grave injustice. Of course
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you couldn't get in. Warren Roberts has the key.
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Who's this Minion Roberts?
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I'll tell you later. We've got to work fast. Mallard
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sniffed something in the wrong key, and the police will
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be in on the deal before long.
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Mallard, the gumshoe?
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That's right.
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I've just got to get pictures of the layout so
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I can study them.
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In my own.
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Fumbling fashion, Candy, my love, I have given birth to
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an idea.
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Even from you, Rembrandt, I'll take it. I'm grabbing at straws.
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Straws.
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Very effective with a tall, cool column.
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Never mind now. What's your idea?
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Let us hire ourselves to a locksmith. Present ourselves as
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man and wife, and a peasant will make us a key.
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Voila!
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Entree to the murdery's apartment.
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No, Rembrandt, that'll never work. Oh, wait a minute. Three
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flats to the house. I used to live in just
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that kind of a house out on Fulton Street when
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I was a kid.
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A nauseating thought.
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Rembrandt, those flats are identical. If we can get into
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the flat above, we can get what we want.
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I think I've heard them your reasoning, Candy.
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In other words, the living room is just the same.
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That's right.
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The dining room, likewise.
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Check.
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And the same goes for the bedroom, the kitchen, and
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even the, uh.
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That's right, even in there.
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Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go slumming in
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Gresham Alley.
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Go ahead, Rembrandt.
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Ring the bell.
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Always I must do the labor.
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Oh, Pooh.
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Well, I hope we don't disturb the dead in the
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middle flat.
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You won't. From what I hear, she was done in
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sort of permanently.
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Oh, it appears there's no one at home. Come on, Candy.
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Let's return and see what Bacchus has to offer.
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No, wait.
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I thought I heard something.
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There, you see? Got all your flash bulbs?
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As they say in the old country... I lost my marbles.
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Open the door.
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Beauty before age, my dear.
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Thank you, Randy.
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It's kind of dark in here.
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The hue of your aroma definitely smacks of the Far East. Yes.
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Something you folks wanted? Choco candy, it's your cue.
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Why, yes, may we come up? What do you want? Well,
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where were the magazines? The house lovely. We want to
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take a few photographs of your place.
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At this hour?
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The working press is never shackled by the hands on
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a clock, sir. Sounds phony to me, but come on up.
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What do you want to take pictures of this beat-up
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joint for?
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Well, you see, it's comparison. The old and the new.
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We've already taken pictures of a flat similar to this,
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only it's been remodeled. This is... Well, this is perfect
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for the contrast.
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I guess it's all right.
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Go ahead.
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Start with the hall, Rembrandt.
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Roger, my pretty.
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Let's see.
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This should be just about right.
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Now the bedroom. That should be off the hall here. Oh, yes.
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Shoot from the door, Rembrandt. Did he get the entire room?
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Not quite, but most of it.
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That'll do.
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Just a moment.
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Ah.
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Ah. There we are.
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You cats work fast.
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Uh, what was that?
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I said you work fast. Yes.
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Now, in the bathroom, do you have a tub or
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a shower?
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Why, uh, why don't you see for yourself?
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No. On second thought, I think that's about all we need.
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Candy, you said that we could.
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Come along, Rembrandt. And thank you very much.
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That's okay. And don't slam the door. The lady downstairs
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is sound asleep.
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Rembrandt, I think I've got this thing licked.
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Are you referring to this case or my desire to
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return to the arms of Bacchus?
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That I could never let go. I'm talking about the case.
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But I need help, Rembrandt.
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I'm here.
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No.
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That's not
enough. I need the big, strong arm of
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the law.
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Oh, no. Candy, you traitor.
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I hate to admit it, but I need somebody like Mallard.
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Am I being paid?
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Oh, no.
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It's the wicked genie.
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Yikes, it's the gumshoe.
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Yep, in person.
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Mallard, how did you get here?
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I took your advice and bought some tennis shoes. All right, Spill,
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what goes on? Been following you around till I'm punchy.
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Start talking, Candy.
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Okay, so you heard me. I do need your help, Mallard. Badly.
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There was a young girl murdered yesterday at 27B Gresham Alley.
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Is that the place you just came from?
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That's right.
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Why don't we ever hear of these things?
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Oh, I get exclusive rights. Anyway, I think I have
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a whole deal figured out. You can have full credit, Mallard,
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but you've got to take my advice.
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It hurts, but go ahead.
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Now go back to 27C, Gresham Alley. That's the top flat.
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You'll find a character there named Danny Andrini. Take him.
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Then get out to 5711 Pacific Street as fast as
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you can.
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All right, I'll do it.
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But can't he so help me if this is a foul-up?
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On you, the new look with stripes is going to
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be very fashionable.
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She knows what she's doing, Mallard. When you get back
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to Gresham Alley, just tell Mr. Andrini that you're from
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House Lovely. He'll adore you.
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This is it, Rembrandt. I just hope my man Montgomery
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hasn't retired yet.
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What are we doing out here on Pacific, Candy? This
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is out of our league.
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All of a sudden, I've become socially conscious. Come on, Montgomery,
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answer the door. Ah, right on cue.
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I beg your pardon. Did you ring?
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No, Montgomery. We crossed the moat and used a battering ram.
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I'm sorry, young lady.
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Mr.
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Roberts doesn't wish to be disturbed.
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Look, Montgomery, remember me? I was here earlier this evening. Mr.
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Roberts and I had a martini together.
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Martinis?
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Well, it was worth a safari out here after all.
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Uh-uh.
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Oh, I'm sorry, miss.
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I didn't recognize you at first.
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Yes, do come in, won't you? The light dawned.
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If you'll just wait in the drawing room, miss, I'll
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inform Mr.
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Roberts of your presence.
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Thank you very much, Montgomery.
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I used to know a chap like that in the
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British Army. By continual groveling and studied objectiveness, he worked
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his way up to the rank of a private.
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Thanks, Rembrandt.
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That's the first laugh I've had tonight.
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What's the pitch, Candy? I don't get it.
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You will in a minute.
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Shh.
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I hear the patter of little feet.
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Miss Mattson, what's the idea?
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I thought you were going to check with me by phone.
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Mr. Roberts, this thing is bigger than either of us.
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I just couldn't wait.
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Is there a martini in the house?
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I'll have Montgomery serve in just a moment.
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I don't think there'll be time, Mr.
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Roberts.
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Well, where is she?
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Upstairs.
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You really loved her, didn't you?
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Madly.
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That just about describes it, madly. And while you were,
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shall we say, sponsoring her career, you thought she was
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playing around with Danny Andrini as well. Yes, she was.
518
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You're wrong, Roberts. I have a letter from Donna Dunham
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to Danny Andrini. In effect, she told him to blow, skedaddle, vamoose.
520
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What?
521
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That's right. So it seems we have a slight case
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of mistaken murder on our hands, doesn't it?
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Yes.
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On one hand.
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On the other, I have two in mind that will
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be deliberate.
527
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You asked for it, Miss Mattson.
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Too bad you had to bring your friend along.
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I wouldn't if I were you, Robert.
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Flighter has a pistol. I thought you said he served martinis.
531
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This isn't exactly a social moment. I know how you
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privatize work, you lone wolves.
533
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You confide in no one.
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So with a pull of the finger, I erase all evidence.
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Just like this.
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He's dead. I'm really grateful to you, but where on
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earth did you come from?
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Like I say, Candy, you just can't beat these tennis shoes.
539
00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:33.890
Well, that fills everything up except for one thing. Where
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do we go now for the martinis?
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And that's how it happened. My phone rings and I'm
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into the darnedest message you ever heard of. Sure, Roberts
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killed her. He was jealous. And I knew I was
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on the right track when Rembrandt said the apartment above
545
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Donna Dunham smelled like the Far East. It was tobacco odor,
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the same Turkish aroma I had smelled in Roberts' home
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out on Pacific Street. Danny and Dreamy? Well, he was
548
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waiting for Roberts to return. He was going to kill him.
549
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He knew that Roberts had rented the flat above Dunham for, uh,
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sponsoring purposes. Donna was a nice kid. She was just
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caught in the middle. Black.