1. There are stories out there
that need to be told.
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2. There's shit out there
that's just...
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3. you know, wrong.
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4. People need to know about it.
That's the job.
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5. It's not a complicated job,
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6. other than how it'll mess
with your life.
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7. News used to be a bunch of guys
who look like me
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8. huddled around a desk
at a Page One meeting
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9. deciding what the news was.
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10. This little fucker changed
all of that.
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11. I've been fired
from three papers,
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12. hired back at two of them.
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13. Third got gobbled up by
Knight Ridder.
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14. So, to be clear here,
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15. I'm a goddamn reservoir
of do's and don'ts.
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16. Your sources are your Sherpas.
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17. Your editor is your priest.
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18. Honesty is not a tactic.
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19. You still want this job?
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20. It's your money.
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21. I'm Daniel Molloy.
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22. This is my—
The Russian backed
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23. separatists have been
waging guerrilla warfare
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24. - since 2014.
- Can he make his fantasy
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25. a reality?
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26. Walker at
the top of the key.
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27. Pick and roll from Jones.
Walker drives and finishes.
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28. With a tough left hand. That's
seven straight for Walker...
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29. Yeah. Hey, doc. Yeah.
Thanks for getting back to me.
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30. I, uh...
Yes, that's right. I have—
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31. I have an appointment scheduled
for later in the week,
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32. but the— the thing
I'm trying to figure out is,
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33. what's the deal
with this sub-variant business?
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34. I mean, is that more contagious?
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35. Is it...
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36. Uh-huh.
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37. Yeah, 'cause, I mean,
there's no reason to get more...
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38. Okay. So you think—
Yeah.
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39. I mean, that's what
I'm thinking.
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40. Why get any closer
to the bug than I—
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41. than I need to?
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42. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
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43. Uh-huh.
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44. I gotta call you back.
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45. Um, first question.
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46. You weren't always
a vampire, were you?
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47. No.
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48. I was a 33-year-old man
when I became a vampire.
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49. How did it come about?
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50. There's a simple
answer to that.
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51. I don't believe I wanna
give simple answers.
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52. I think I want to tell
the real stor—
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53. "Dear Mr. Molloy.
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54. I hope this letter finds
you safe and thriving,
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55. if such a thing were
a possibility
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56. in this bleak hour.
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57. I've been following your career
with some interest
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58. since our last meeting.
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59. Please allow me to congratulate
you on all your successes,
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60. those professional and those
personally redemptive.
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61. The passage of time
and the frailties
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62. that accompany it have
provided me perspective.
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63. And I suspect the same
might be for you, as well.
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64. I'm hoping health and pride
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65. won't deter you
from the following proposal.
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66. In a week's time,
in a setting of my choosing,
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67. we revisit the project
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68. boyish youth
prevented us from finishing.
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69. 49 years
and thousands of miles
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70. removed from the room
we shared in San Francisco,
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71. I offer, for your
journalistic pleasures,
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72. my full attention
and my life story.
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73. All affinities,
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74. Louis de Pointe du Lac."
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75. I told my editor I was
meeting with the, uh,
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76. most dangerous man in the world.
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77. Gave him two choices.
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78. He came back with
"Bezos. Putin."
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79. He thinks I'm in Praskovéyevka.
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80. You've grown old, Daniel.
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81. Yeah, well, mortality
beats a heavy drum.
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82. I wasn't sure
you'd remembered me.
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83. Your book makes no mention
of our prior meeting.
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84. Gritty memoir, drugs, humiliation,
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85. self-pity kind of thing.
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86. Mention vampires
in one of those,
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87. readers tend to
call bullshit.
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88. You've had some
health concerns of late.
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89. Whole planet's having
a moment, I'd say.
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90. You have
Parkinson's disease, Daniel.
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91. Yeah.
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92. And you've got your own hangar
at the airport,
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93. privileges on
the Royal Meydan Bridge,
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94. and zero presence online.
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95. Have I hit a nerve?
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96. I know the Emirates
are big on privacy,
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97. and that's probably
important to you,
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98. but I gotta ask,
what does it cost,
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99. this haven't-aged-in-
half-a-century,
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100. killer-views-in-
all-directions anonymity?
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101. Quite a lot.
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102. Only my family and my doctor
know I'm sick.
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103. I don't dig
the one-way hack.
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104. Yeah?
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105. And here's another question.
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106. That's the sun
out there.
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107. Where's your coffin?
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108. You're standing in it.
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109. I have to be very careful
whom I let in.
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110. Yeah, well, things didn't
end well the last time,
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111. so forgive me
if I'm a little nervous.
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112. This, after all I've told
you, is what you ask for, boy?
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113. Yeah, well, you don't
know what human life is like.
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114. I mean, you've forgotten, man.
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115. I mean, you don't even
understand the meaning
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116. of your own story!
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117. No! Hey, stop!
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118. You were disrespectful.
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119. I was high.
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120. You were not worthy
of my story then.
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121. Maybe your story
wasn't worth telling.
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122. You've got the tapes.
Hire a transcriber.
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123. I don't do puff
portraiture anymore.
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124. And yet,
you got on a plane,
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125. with an auto-immune disease,
in the middle of a pandemic.
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126. Alright.
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127. That's my voice,
but I don't remember it.
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128. I ask all
the wrong questions.
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129. - Yes.
- There's contradictions
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130. in your story I never
follow up on.
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131. Yes.
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132. The few good ones I do
manage to get out,
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133. you steamroll over them.
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134. It's not an interview.
It's a...
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135. It's a fever dream
told to an idiot.
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136. Yes.
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137. And you?
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138. Why again?
What's changed?
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139. The world, circumstances.
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140. Me, I've changed.
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141. And I, too,
find the tapes lacking.
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142. So...
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143. a do-over.
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144. Truth and reconciliation.
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145. I ask the questions.
You answer the questions.
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146. Anything that can't be verified,
I send to my researcher.
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147. - No third parties.
- I write it.
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148. You get to see it
before it goes to print.
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149. I get the final edit.
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150. That is not the agreement
you signed.
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151. And one more thing.
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152. I do my best work
one-on-one.
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153. Would you see to
Mr. Molloy's room?
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154. Have Chef prepare
a meal for him.
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155. I think it best we start
when our boy's had a rest.
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156. I am not your
fucking boy.
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157. I'm an old man with all
the triggers that come with it.
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158. And I'm ready.
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159. So let's do this.
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160. I'm Daniel Molloy.
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161. It is 10:08 in the morning
on June 14, 2022.
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162. I'm in the penthouse apartment
of the Al Sharaf Towers
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163. across from Mister...
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164. Louis de Pointe du Lac.
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165. So...
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166. Mr. Du Lac...
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167. how long have you
been dead?
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168. The year was 1910,
the fall of the fifth year
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169. of my father's passing
and the fall of the fifth year
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170. as the executor in charge
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family trust.
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172. The eldest son. The favored son.
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173. And a sizable trust
to oversee as a consequence.
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174. Capital accrued from
plantations of sugar
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like my great grandfather
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his standing.
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177. But then decades of Jim Crow
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of a new century
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of a free man of color.
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180. So it followed the only place
in New Orleans
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181. a gentleman of my complexion
could do a righteous business
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182. was a neighborhood
called Storyville.
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183. That was the old
red-light district. Yeah?
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184. 20 blocks of drinking, gambling,
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186. Okay, so as
the honorable executor
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187. of the family's estate,
you were in
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188. what business exactly,
Mr. Du Lac?
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189. You could say I managed
and operated
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190. a diversified portfolio
of enterprises.
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191. You were a pimp.
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192. The product was desire,
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193. and it came in as many forms
as there were ways to move it.
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194. Of the two dozen sporting
houses on Liberty Street,
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195. I owned eight of them.
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to the venues on Basin Street.
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197. What they lacked in size
and elegance,
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in efficiency and reputation.
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199. Mr. Du Lac.
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200. Finn.
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201. You hiding any bills in them
fat fucking rolls of yours?
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202. I was, admittedly,
a rougher thing then.
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204. You had to be
if you wanted to survive.
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205. You couldn't look weak
on Liberty Street.
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206. Damn, Doris,
you gon' lose your
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out like that.
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208. Mr. Du Lac, sir,
we got bad trouble.
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209. I apologize. I apologize.
I apologize.
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210. I was only tryna
show you my love.
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211. Fuck you.
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212. What happened?
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213. - The cunny hit me!
- Oh, I'm a cunny now?
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214. A minute ago,
I was his love.
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- Hmm?
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216. You hit an alderman?
God damn it, Bricks.
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217. He stuck it
in my shitbox.
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219. Gave him a chance to pull out,
and he kept on fucking,
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220. so I gave him a little squirt
of my catfish dinner
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222. Don't believe me,
check his dick.
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223. Who the fuck you talkin' to?
I ain't checkin' no man's dick.
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224. - Oh.
- Oh, goddamn.
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225. Hell, I mighta even said yes
if you would just ask.
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226. But I don't care who you is,
you put a dick in an asshole
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that's against Jesus.
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228. Fuck you.
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230. Someone go and fetch
Doc Johnson.
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231. And you, get some
clean water and a towel.
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232. Get your hands
off me, nigger!
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my support, you repeat yourself,
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235. Louis de Pointe du Lac, sir.
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237. Oh, forgive me. I...
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There's so much wine.
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We'll keep this here 'tween us.
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240. Someone got the good doc
on the way.
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241. Oh, Miss Williams.
Isn't she a vision?
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cleanin' his dick.
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243. Oh, Jesus, Mary.
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here, Finn.
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245. Yeah, well, you got another one
outside 122.
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246. Man acting the maggot,
driving away business.
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247. Ain't that what
I pay you for?
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248. It's a citizen priest.
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249. Do you not realize,
sister, your body
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Christ the Lord?
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251. - Second time this month.
- When you take that body
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252. and enjoin in harlotry
you are defiling the Lord.
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253. And I could give two moons if
he's your brother, Mr. Du Lac.
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254. I'm gonna knock his skull
in the Pontchartrain!
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your victory with Christ.
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256. He shall come again to judge
the living and the dead.
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will rise again
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into everlasting fire.
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259. Go on home.
Tell Mama not to wait up.
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260. There's blood
on your shirt.
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261. What wickedness
is it tonight?
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me here, Paul.
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to come, Louis.
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267. Saying it
a second time.
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a fucking night, okay?
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you foo—
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ya like a kochon, bruh.
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272. Did I want to pull
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who was watching.
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on me, Mamaw.
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mother's business interests.
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279. D'you hear that, Mother?
He's made you a madam.
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280. Oh, Paul.
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281. Profiting from
the damnation of souls.
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282. Let's not fuss
on the particulars.
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283. Mornings with my family
followed a pattern that year.
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284. My mother consumed herself
with preparations
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285. for my sister's wedding,
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286. while Paul confused
the dining table
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287. with a pulpit none of us
would recognize.
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288. We should tithe that o'er
to St. Augustine's
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falls in on us.
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290. This is just a temporary situation
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291. until Louis can find us
a more respectable business.
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292. Daddy was here,
we'd still be in sugar cane.
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you'd still be locked up
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hospital in Jackson.
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295. Louis, let's not
have that talk.
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and what do I dream about?
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297. Dancing in
my husband's arms?
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in the yard? No.
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299. I dream of what a quiet
breakfast might look like.
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300. Your man Levi's a Baptist,
no respect for the Holy Mother.
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301. Paul!
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jump a broom.
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303. - I'm sitting right here.
- Plenty of brooms
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the Mayfair sisters' home.
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305. He's calling me
a witch, Mamaw.
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306. Paul de Pointe du Lac,
you walk that back.
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307. Your brother sounds
like a pain in the ass.
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308. Fragile,
stubborn, indulged.
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on his death bed
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he was no burden.
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312. Point of fact, I loved him
more than anyone on earth.
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to St. Augustine
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of a good day started.
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315. - Good morning, Paul.
- Good for you maybe.
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317. Pew's got a good shine.
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318. If it wasn't beneath you,
I'd send shoes your way.
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beneath me, son.
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320. I'm ready, Father.
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321. I wanted to thank the family for
last Sunday's donation.
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322. Baby-sitting money.
Church calms him down some.
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323. Well, we're always
here for him.
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324. And the money goes a good way
towards the renovation.
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325. I want Father Matthias.
Thank you.
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to confess to anyhow.
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a good man's time.
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confession of late, Louis.
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here if you're in need, son.
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religion were at odds,
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I beat those back
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about myself—
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335. that I was a red-blooded son
of the South,
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336. seeking ass before absolution.
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337. And you maintained
this delusion how exactly?
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worked for the competition.
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were a competition
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Fairplay Saloon.
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341. Ah, Louis du Lac.
The night begins.
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342. Miss Carroll, Miss Lily
working tonight?
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on the terrace.
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and splendor.
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Mr. Du Lac?
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Miss Carroll.
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an almost exclusively
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separate the locals
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from other southern states.
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351. Shakin' the money tree
tonight I see,
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for the dollars fallin'.
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if your datebook is free, Louis.
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355. Can do, Mr. Anderson.
Can do.
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what you're saying.
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can do the impossible."
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Do you speak French?
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in New Orleans.
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How'd you manage it?
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through the front door?
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as a compliment,
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to have privileges here.
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of his own down the street.
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about that?
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your name, fella.
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buy a townhouse in the quarter.
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Please, join us.
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men of my race,
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to you people.
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no townhouse.
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the New World, I am.
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the clothes.
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at heart, yes,
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384. making his, uh, trans-Atlantic
journey by ship,
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on settling myself upriver.
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thank you.
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musicians, whatever they want.
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floating past your village,
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dancing by the water's edge.
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397. I disembarked for the music,
but then there was the food.
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this year, Mr. Lioncourt?
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Mm.
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to my head.
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of Miss Lily's dress.
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of my cane
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with it.
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with weakness.
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around my lungs,
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myself immobilized.
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all shades of skin—
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sampling, I must say.
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a few nights later...
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418. You're home."
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say just now?
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420. A little more
than he should of.
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for myself in St. Louis.
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is not a city,
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a most agreeable disposition.
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427. Destined to be
very good friends.
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428. The Orient room is available
for the next few hours,
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429. Miss Lily.
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430. The gentlemen
are swappin'
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431. andouille sausage recipes,
Miss Carroll.
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432. Hmm.
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433. The Orient room
is yours, monsieur.
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434. Please get my friend
here anything he wants.
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435. Wonderful to meet you.
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436. I do hope I run into
you again, Louis.
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437. Emasculation and
admiration in equal measure.
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438. I wanted to murder the man,
and I wanted to be the man.
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439. I had come there for Lily.
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440. But I left thinking of only him.
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441. Come now.
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442. Who the devil...
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443. Our friends in
the police tell me there's
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444. an outbreak of fever in town.
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445. It's unfortunates
living near the wharf, mostly.
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446. If you find yourself
riverside of Decatur...
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447. you have only yourself
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448. to blame, I say.
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449. Agreed.
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450. Still, very peculiar,
they say.
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451. Each one the same—
small wounds to the body,
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452. and upon examination,
entirely devoid of blood.
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453. It is their theory
some new kind of rat
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454. has come ashore.
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455. Of the six-foot variety.
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456. We call those bureaucrats
in France.
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457. Gentlemen, well, you all know
Louis du Lac.
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458. Louis, let me introduce
you to Mr. Lestat de Lioncourt.
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459. We met already,
Mr. Anderson, sir.
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460. In front of a florist,
wasn't it?
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461. We both wanted
the last bouquet of lilies.
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462. Aren't you gonna ask the
alderman how his head is, Louis?
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463. Now, why would I do that,
Mr. Anderson, sir?
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464. You see, Mr. Fenwick,
just as I told you,
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465. a most discreet Negro.
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466. Would that his doctor
had the same standards.
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467. Gentlemen,
show your cards.
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468. Hoo!
Mr. Lioncourt,
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469. your hand
is incomprehensible.
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470. Oh, yes.
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471. I'm terrible at cards.
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472. Did I not mention
that to everyone?
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473. Would you mind getting me
some more of these money chips?
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474. Louis, did you know
that Alderman Fenwick here
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475. recently purchased
both the title and deed
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476. to the Horton rooming house
on Villere Street?
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477. Yeah, Mr. Anderson believes
it could make
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478. a fine sportin' house.
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479. I recommended the alderman
find a managing partner
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480. before he commits his money.
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481. I recommended he
think of you, Louis.
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482. Very kind of you,
Mr. Anderson, sir.
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483. What do you think
of the location?
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484. It ain't Basin Street.
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485. But throw enough Edison bulbs
on the facade,
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486. get a good margin
on the alcohol,
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487. no-nonsense madam
to keep the girls clean,
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488. I reckon a man
could make a decent sum.
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489. Yes, sir,
Mr. Fenwick, sir.
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490. I said you'd do it
for 10 percent.
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491. A-all respects,
Mr. Anderson,
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492. but you proposing 10 percent
for all the work?
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493. 15%?
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494. There's capital investment,
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495. and there's labor.
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496. Both has its seat
at the table.
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497. Wouldn't you say,
Mr. Lestat?
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498. Well, I can only speak
of my experience,
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499. which is, I'm sure,
different in my country.
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500. Par exemple, you fine gentlemen
have heard of the success story
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501. that is Le Bon Marché, shopping
experience like no other.
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502. Aristide Boucicaut invests
in a new vision...
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503. These men look down on you.
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504. I have to say, I find it
appalling how men like yourself
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505. are treated
in this country of yours.
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506. It is undeniable.
I came to my wealth honestly
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507. and at great sacrifice,
I might add.
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508. However, it was not
the sacrifice of many.
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509. I had no partners
in my various...
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510. - 10 percent.
- The financial risks...
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511. 15 percent.
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512. Do you not know your value?
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513. Do you suffer these indignities
for some larger purpose?
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514. And do you think two pair
will win the hour?
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515. I believe there is great
opportunity in this city,
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516. but to seize it, I'll need
protection from the wolves.
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517. And that's all to say,
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518. forgive me,
Mr. De Pointe du Lac,
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519. for my bias, but where
is the business
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520. if there is no capital?
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521. - It does not exist. No?
- Alright, boys.
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522. Show 'em.
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523. Ooh.
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524. Full boat, Mr. Du Lac.
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525. Got you beat, Tom.
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526. He wouldn't tell me
how he did it,
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527. his trick to make
the world stop.
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528. "In time, Louis.
Patience, Louis.
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529. Ask me next week, Louis."
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530. You started hanging out?
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531. He was
in love with my city
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532. and wanted to know
everything he could about it.
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533. So you played docent
to the gentleman vampire?
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534. He had not revealed
his vampire nature yet.
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535. I'm assuming you
only met at night.
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536. It's New Orleans.
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537. Days are for sleeping off
the previous evening's damage.
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538. Perfect cover
for a vampire.
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539. Racing ahead again,
Mr. Molloy.
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540. Let the tale seduce you.
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541. Just as I was seduced.
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542. Money would arrive,
wired from France,
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543. and the shopkeepers, who would
usually close at sunset,
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544. were very happy
to accommodate him.
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545. He ransacked the import houses
to furnish his town house,
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546. ravaged the booksellers of
their oldest volumes
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547. for a library,
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548. and, with encouragement,
updated his wardrobe
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549. to the fashion trends
of the season.
Copy !req
550. It was a cold winter that year,
and Lestat was my coal fire.
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551. And I found myself
for the very first time,
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552. to anyone other than Paul,
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553. confiding my struggles
to another man.
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554. I was being hunted.
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555. And I was completely unaware
it was happening.
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556. I'm switchin' rooms.
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557. I don't need to hear you
and your good man making noise.
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558. You'd have to
be home to hear that.
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559. - I come home nights.
- You come home some nights.
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560. Out cattin' with some
white man, I hear.
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561. He ain't white,
he French.
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562. Oh. That's a new kind
of white, is it?
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563. French white?
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564. He different.
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565. Invite him
over for dinner.
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566. Mother loves European.
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567. I'm gon' tell Levi you fishin'
for a richer man.
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568. Don't.
Don't deny your sister.
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569. I wanna meet
this French white.
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570. I'm just trying to give you
the word of the Lord.
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571. Understa— Yes. Yes. No.
That is never my—
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572. Paul crawled up
on my bed last night.
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573. Wept for good near
an hour.
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574. He ain't takin' it,
you gettin' married.
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575. Levi told me of a place
over in Gretna,
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576. takes in men like Paul.
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577. It's not some
crazy person's house like—
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578. How'd that work
last time, huh?
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579. He come out
worse than before.
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580. Gretna.
It ain't happenin'.
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581. He died on
the cross for you.
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582. Yes... you.
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583. I worry.
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584. I worry so much—Worry about your own life.
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585. Worry about
being a bride.
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586. Worry about
what you gon' wear
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587. in London, in Paris, Florence.
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588. Now, y'all gon' be in
steerage outta New York,
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589. but once you
get to Europe,
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590. it's first class on boats,
trains, and hotel rooms.
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591. What did you go and do?
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592. You should put the band
by the deck
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593. and the food
by the fountain.
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594. Mamaw!
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595. I'm goin' 'round the world!
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596. I can't thank you enough,
Mama du Lac.
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597. I never been east of Alabama,
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598. and now I'm going
to see the pyramids.
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599. Oh, I think every
young family deserves
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600. a little adventure.
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601. Wouldn't you say,
Monsieur Lioncourt?
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602. Oui, Madame.
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603. My mother, she gave me
every advantage in life
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604. as a young man.
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605. My first Mastiff,
first flintlock rifle,
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606. the means
to make my way to Paris.
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607. It was Louis that purchased
your holiday, Levi.
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608. It's Louis who controls
the money.
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609. Pay no mind, Levi.
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610. And I don't know
who gave you the right
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611. to call our mother
your mother.
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612. She's not your mother yet
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613. and will never be
your scientific mother.
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614. Paul.
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615. I do love this bouillabaisse.
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616. Wha?
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617. Down here,
we call it gumbo.
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618. We had a gumbo the other night,
didn't we, Louis?
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619. Uh, right after the opera.
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620. Oh, we've got Louis
to an opera.
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621. "Iolanta."'Bout some blind princess,
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622. didn't know
she was a princess.
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623. Stomach got grumbling,
left half way through.
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624. And what exactly is the nature
of your relationship with
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625. my brother,
Monsieur Lioncourt?
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626. Your brother and I
have been discussing
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627. a few investment opportunities.
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628. The birds asked me
to ask you.
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629. I wasn't being rude.
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630. Monsieur Freniere,
would you tell me
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631. how you came to propose
to this delightsome young woman?
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632. Oh, that's
a good yarn.
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633. Are you one with Christ,
Mr. Lioncourt?
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634. How 'bout you shut
your damn mouth?
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635. - Louis.
- That's alright,
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636. Louis, Madame,
the birds speak for him.
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637. I came to know Christ
in a monastery.
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638. I wanted
to be a priest.
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639. Just like you, Paul.
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640. And under the guidance
and discipline of the monks
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641. who lived there, I came
to memorize both the testaments,
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642. the writings of Assisi,
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643. Aquinas, Erasmus,
all the saints and scholars.
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644. My father, a vulgar man, did not
think much of this education,
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645. and so he and my brothers
conspired to pull me out,
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646. lock me away,
where, between beatings,
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647. starvations,
and the failure of Christ
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648. to intercede the beatings
and starvations,
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649. I slowly forgot all about
the testaments, Assisi,
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650. Aquinas, Erasmus, all of it.
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651. - Stop.
- And so to answer
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652. your boring question,
there is an ocean
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653. - between Christ and myself.
- Stop!
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654. Don't do that shit here!
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655. Not with my family.
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656. You understand?
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657. I am cursed with my father's
temper at times,
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658. and the rudeness is all mine.
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659. That's alright.
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660. It's the humidity.
It does that sometimes.
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661. Why don't we have
some ice wine?
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662. And Levi here can tell us
all again
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663. how he won my
joychild's heart.
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664. I fear your family has taken
a permanent offense at me.
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665. When Paul
ain't pickin' at his plate,
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666. he pickin' a fight.
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667. If I had your tricks,
I'd have done the same.
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668. You must envy him.
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669. The boy thinks God speaks to him
through birds in his head.
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670. How you figure envy?
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671. The liberty he has
with his thoughts.
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672. However misshapen
they may be,
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673. your brother has no shame
in sharing them.
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674. You sayin' I got shame?
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675. The lie you told about leaving
the opera house early.
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676. You were near weeping
when the curtain fell.
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677. Why hide that
from your family?
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678. Don't everybody need
to know what I do.
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679. Dishonesty
breeds dishonesty.
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680. They sit
in judgment.
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681. Paul is the only one
to say it to my face,
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682. but I know my ma
and Grace think it, too.
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683. My daddy ran our sugar business
into a swamp.
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684. When he passed,
we was four months—
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685. four months from going bankrupt
if I didn't do something.
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686. You don't need to defend
yourself to me, Louis.
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687. I know what you go through
to keep your family
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688. ignorant in their comfort.
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689. It ain't easy,
the work I do.
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690. Nothing but broken souls
around me,
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691. and the ones that
ain't broke are greedy.
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692. Bone-tired.
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693. Drink up, my good man.
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694. The Earth's
a savage garden.
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695. You did good gettin' off
that boat when you did.
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696. St. Louis is
dull as dishwater.
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697. Yes, I feel
quite at home here.
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698. Shall we have a nightcap?
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699. Um...
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700. Probably had
enough for tonight.
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701. Gotta make my rounds
back on Liberty.
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702. You must, Louis.
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703. I bought you a gift.
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704. A gift?
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705. A flower.
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706. That's a nice music box
you got there.
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707. It's one of the few things
I brought with me
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708. from the continent.
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709. What's that
lil' song playin'?
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710. Do you like it?
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711. I composed it for a young
violinist I once knew,
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712. a boy of infinite beauty
and sensitivity.
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713. I believe that is for
the lips, Miss Lily.
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714. I don't like the way mine
look plain.
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715. And Mr. Du Lac
don't mind when I do it.
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716. Mm-hmm.
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717. A pair of
misfit beauties.
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718. I can see why you both run
to the other.
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719. Miss Carroll know
you're here, Lily?
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720. I can assure you,
the Fairplay has been
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721. handsomely compensated
for the evening.
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722. Sent a two-horse carriage
to pick me up.
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723. Felt like the queen
of the quarter.
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724. I told Mr. Lioncourt,
you and me usually just talk.
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725. And why is that, Louis?
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726. What kind of a man
wastes this waist with words?
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727. A beautiful man.
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728. There's nothing to be
nervous about.
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729. The curtains are closed,
the servants sent home.
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730. Even the planets and stars
are blindfolded.
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731. That's your thing, then?
You like to watch?
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732. I've been watching you
for some time now, Louis.
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733. From river to lake,
lake back to river,
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734. looking for
my companion heart.
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735. How you do that?
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736. Do what?
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737. Do what?
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738. Get in my head
like that.
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739. Such a pretty head.
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740. That's fine, love.
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741. Ah. Ah.
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742. It bears repeating,
I did not consider myself
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743. a homosexual man at the time.
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744. I mean,
I had had experiences.
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745. Guilt, shame,
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746. floating-on-a-sea-of-vodka
type encounters.
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747. Obviously, I've come
to embrace my sexuality.
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748. Course, you know that.
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749. We met at a gay bar,
didn't we, Daniel?
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750. It was a good place
to score.
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751. I did what I had to.
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752. You've been married?
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753. Twice.
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754. But we're not here for me,
are we?
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755. When you were using drugs,
Mr. Molloy,
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756. do you remember
the best you ever had?
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757. Berkeley, 1978.
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758. Some Mexican black tar that
Carly and Pedro were slinging.
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759. So imagine that
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760. flowing inside
your veins again.
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761. Now multiply it by miles,
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762. to the rings of Saturn
and back.
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763. He had taken what
he called "un petit coup"--
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764. the little drink.
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765. Not enough to kill me,
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766. but just enough
to keep him fit.
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767. It takes an enormous amount
of restraint for us,
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768. the little drink.
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769. For a human, experiencing it
for the first time,
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770. it was...
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771. unsettling.
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772. And not for the physical toll
on my body,
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773. which was significant,
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774. but for the feelings of
intimacy it awoke within me.
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775. I had never allowed myself
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776. to feel emotionally close
to anyone,
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777. much less a man.
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778. I had no room for feelings
like these in my life.
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779. You could be a lot of things
in New Orleans,
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780. but an openly gay Negro man
was not one of 'em.
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781. I vowed never to return again.
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782. I shut that night
out of my mind
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783. and turned my attentions back
to life as it was before.
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784. One, two, three, jump!
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785. Hold still now.
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786. We are missing
my father today.
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787. He's supposed to dance with me
to start the night off.
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788. I'm trying not to cry now.
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789. And I thought
the best way to honor Daddy
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790. would be to make my brothers
do the work.
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791. Mm!
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792. Mm-hmm.
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793. Half of y'all
don't know this,
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794. but these no-good boys used to
shuffle for pennies on Sunday.
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795. Called themselves
"The ABCDEFGs".
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796. Remember that, Father Matthias?
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797. Oh, yes.
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798. "Alter Boys Come Dancing
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799. Every day For God."For God."
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800. That's right!
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801. I remember
their collection hat
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802. didn't always make it
to the collection plate.
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803. That's right.
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804. Paul, Louis?
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805. - Oh, come on, now.
- Please!
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806. Hey, now.
Come on, please!
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807. It's for me
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808. - on my wedding day.
- Come on, brother.
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809. Alright!
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810. Shoes are tight.
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811. Oh, the shoes is fine.
It's the feet that's fat.
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812. Hey, what kinda
rhythm you want, boss?
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813. Just play it loud
so they can't hear our feet.
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814. Alright.
What you remember?
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815. Um...
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816. Hey, come on.
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817. - Hey!
- Go ahead now!
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818. - Whoo!
- Hey! Hey!
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819. You still got it!
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820. Alright! Okay!
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821. They still got it!
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822. - Oh!
- Yeah, Louis!
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823. Okay. You ain't gon' do it.
You ain't gon' do it.
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824. That's right!
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825. Amazing.
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826. We gonna miss it.
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827. Quit talkin'.
I have to concentrate.
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828. It's them three pieces of
checkered cake holding you back.
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829. Five pieces of checkered cake,
the Pompano fillet,
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830. three boudins,
dirty rice,
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831. beef, green beans,
five, six wines.
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832. Eat anything else,
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833. the buttons on your vest
gon' pop off
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834. like cannon balls,
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835. take down
the neighborhood.
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836. 9,517.
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837. That's how many days
we've been in his house.
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838. You do that math
all by yourself?
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839. You remember the day
I got taller than you?
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840. Always bringin'
that up.
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841. Shot up like
a Nuttall oak.
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842. Daddy said I was gon' look down
on you for the rest of days.
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843. Yeah, yeah.
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844. Half an inch.
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845. That was a good month,
that month.
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846. I think you should
get married next.
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847. Do you now?
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848. And you should
marry Hazel.
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849. Hazel? Who that?
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850. The one you were dancing
too close with.
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851. You dance that close,
you ought to be married.
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852. I didn't catch her name.
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853. Well, it's Hazel.
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854. You still doing business
with that man Lestat?
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855. Nah.
Didn't work out.
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856. That's good.
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857. 'Cause he the Devil.
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858. You think everyone's
the Devil.
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859. He's here to take souls.
He told me so.
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860. He spoke to me
without moving his lips.
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861. He got tricks is all.
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862. Mortal sins must be
confessed, Louis.
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863. Ain't never gon' see him
again, Paul.
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864. You think Levi
loves her enough?
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865. You know, Grace needs
a lot of love.
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866. I do.
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867. Do you think he's givin' her
everything he's got inside him?
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868. Mm-hmm.
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869. Mother made a good party
for Grace.
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870. Mm-hmm, yeah.
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871. Yeah, they gon' talk
about this one for years.
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872. Yeah.
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873. I love you, Louis.
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874. And I love you, too,
baby brother.
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875. I ate too much
checkered cake.
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876. Paul.
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877. Paul!
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878. Paul!
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879. - Oh, my lord!
- Paul!
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880. That was the last sunrise
I ever saw.
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881. Perhaps the kindest thing
the dark gift has given me.
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882. I don't miss the sun,
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883. the reminders it carries.
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884. I have seen death
over and over
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885. and over and over again.
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886. It's boring.
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887. That'll make
a great blurb.
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888. The diagnosis
you received, Daniel,
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889. it winds your clock.
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890. This virus has turned
the world sideways.
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891. I get it.
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892. I'm gonna die.
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893. They're gonna die.
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894. But not the vampire.
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895. The vampire is bored.
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896. The human was destroyed.
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897. Utterly destroyed.
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898. I was at the funeral home.
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899. Everything is going
as it should.
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900. Good men there.
Promised me that—
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901. You musta said something
to him, Louis.
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902. You musta said
something to him
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903. to make him do that
to himself.
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904. Paul slipped and fell, Florence.
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905. I don't think this is something
you want to pursue.
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906. He was a fragile boy.
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907. He always was.
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908. And you, you always had
to have the last word,
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909. didn't you, Louis?
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910. You always had to take him
down a peg.
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911. Mamaw.
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912. What did you say
to him?
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913. Why was you
even up there?
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914. Watchin' the sun
come up, Mama.
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915. You don't get past the gates
iffen you kill yourself.
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916. Don't you know that?
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917. Paul gone down
the other way.
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918. Paul's in Hell
because of you.
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919. Storyville
lowered their hats,
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920. gave their propers,
because it was custom.
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921. But if you look past
those lined up on the sidewalk,
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922. you'd see the bars
hadn't stopped serving,
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923. the whores
hadn't stopped whoring.
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924. What was Paul's life
worth to them?
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925. What was my life worth?
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926. The big man of Liberty Street,
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927. trailing the satin-lined
evidence of his failure.
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928. Easy prey for
the discerning predator.
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929. An elegant coffin. Would you
tell me where you purchased—
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930. Move on.
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931. I wait on my balcony
every night.
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932. - You've been avoiding me.
- I have been occupied.
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933. Miss Lily proved herself
a poor substitute.
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934. And I don't take kindly
to being avoided.
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935. It's my brother's
funeral!
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936. Believe me
when I tell you,
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937. your brother longed
for that flagstone.
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938. What'd you say to me?
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939. I got it, boss.
Keep walking.
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940. Lestat's ambush
had disoriented me.
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941. The sermon that was given,
I could not hear.
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942. And when the gathering
cut loose the body,
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943. I could not join
the transformation
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944. of those in attendance.
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945. He would not let me.
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946. Come to me.
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947. Come to me.
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948. No.
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949. Walk you home, Mama?
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950. No, thank you.
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951. Levi,
do you mind?
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952. Of course,
Mama Du Lac.
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953. She didn't mean
nothin' by it.
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954. Oh, but she did now.
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955. She just needs
to put it somewhere.
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956. Don't let it inside.
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957. See you
back at the wake?
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958. Come to me.
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959. I did not go to the wake.
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960. I did not want to face
my mother's blame...
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961. my sister's pity.
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962. I wanted to grieve alone.
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963. But he would not allow it.
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964. Come to me, Louis.
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965. Come to me.
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966. Hello, handsome.
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967. Sazerac.
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968. My heart broke when I heard of
your brother's passing.
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969. Miss Lily.
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970. Oh, my dear.
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971. I don't care if she busy
with someone.
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972. I'll pay more.
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973. 'Cause I like Miss Lily,
and I need Miss Lily.
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974. Miss Lily died,
Mr. Du Lac.
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975. Two weeks ago.
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976. Police found her
under the docks.
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977. Said she contracted the fevers
that's been going around.
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978. Blood went and dried up
inside her.
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979. Viens à moi.
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980. Father!
Father Matthias!
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981. Help me!
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982. Help me, please.
He's in my head, Father.
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983. The Devil
is in New Orleans.
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984. Calm down, son.
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985. Catch your breath.
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986. Bless me, Father,
f-for I have sinned.
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987. Grievously sinned.
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988. Sign of the cross, son.
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989. I'm a drunk, Lord.
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990. I'm a liar.
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991. I am a thief, Lord.
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992. I profit off the miseries
of other men,
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993. and I do it easy.
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994. Drugs, liquor, women.
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995. I-I-I-I lure them in
and grab what they got, Lord.
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996. I take daughters
with no homes
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997. and I-I put 'em out
on the street, Lord,
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998. and I lie to myself,
saying I-I'm giving them a roof
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999. and food and dollar bills
in they pocket,
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1000. but I look in the mirror,
I know what I am—
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1001. the big man
in the big house,
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1002. stuffing cotton in my ears
so I can't hear their cries.
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1003. And Lord, I dragged my family
into this mess with me.
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1004. I shame my father.
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1005. I f— I failed
my brother.
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1006. No, son.
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1007. I lost my mother
and sister,
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1008. and rather than fix it
like a man should, Lord,
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1009. I run like a coward.
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1010. I run to the bottle.
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1011. I run to the grift.
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1012. I run to bad beds.
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1013. I-I laid down
with a man.
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1014. I laid down
with the Devil.
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1015. And he has roots in me,
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1016. all his spindly roots
in me,
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1017. and I can't think
nothin' anymore
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1018. but his voice
and his words!
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1019. Please, help me!
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1020. I am weak!
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1021. I wanna die!
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1022. Oh!
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1023. No!
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1024. Do you think God
heard you, Louis,
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1025. in that tawdry box,
through this pig vessel,
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1026. this— this charlatan?
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1027. Do you not see
how unworthy he is?
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1028. How can you humiliate yourself
like this?
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1029. You killed Lily.
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1030. Cut short that magnificent
life she was living.
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1031. What a tragedy.
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1032. Ain't no fever out there.
That's you.
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1033. You bringin' the death
to town.
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1034. I give death
to those deserving.
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1035. I'm not the Devil.
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1036. You were wrong
about that.
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1037. But I can give you death.
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1038. This primitive country
has picked you clean.
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1039. It has shackled you
in permanent exile.
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1040. Every room you enter,
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1041. every hat you are forced
to wear—
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1042. the stern landlord,
the deferential businessman,
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1043. the loyal son—
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1044. all these roles
you conform to
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1045. and none of them
your true nature.
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1046. What rage you must feel
as you choke on your sorrow.
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1047. The first time
I laid eyes on you,
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1048. your beautiful face,
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1049. I saw that sorrow.
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1050. I did not know
how it got there
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1051. or why
it was so voluminous.
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1052. I can take away
that sorrow, Louis.
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1053. I can give you that death
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1054. you begged your feeble,
blind, degenerate,
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1055. nonexistent god for.
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1056. But I can do it...
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1057. joyfully.
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1058. I can swap
this life of shame,
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1059. swap it out
for a dark gift
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1060. and a power you can't
begin to imagine.
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1061. You just have to
ask me for it.
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1062. You just have to nod
your beautiful head...
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1063. and say yes.
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1064. I love you, Louis.
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1065. You are loved.
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1066. I send my love to you,
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1067. and you send it back
round to me.
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1068. And this circle,
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1069. this home we barely had
a glimpse of...
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1070. know it frightens me
as much as it does you.
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1071. It is difficult to explain
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1072. how his words disarmed me,
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1073. how efficiently succinct
and impenetrable
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1074. his argument was.
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1075. All my conceptions,
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1076. even my guilt
and my wish to die
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1077. seemed utterly unimportant,
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1078. and I completely forgot myself
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1079. and the barbaric scene
that surrounded me.
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1080. For the first time in my life,
I was seen.
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1081. Be my companion, Louis.
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1082. Be all the beautiful
things you are,
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1083. and be them
without apology.
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1084. For all eternity.
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1085. He drained me
to the very threshold of death.
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1086. Mm.
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1087. The blood, it came
as a dull roar at first.
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1088. And then a pounding,
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1089. like the pounding of a drum,
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1090. growing louder and louder,
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1091. as if some enormous creature
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1092. were coming through a dark
and alien forest.
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1093. A huge drum.
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1094. And then, there came
a pounding of another drum,
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1095. as if another giant
were coming behind him,
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1096. each giant intent
on his own drum,
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1097. giving no notice
to the rhythm of the other.
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1098. Throbbing in my lips, fingers,
and flesh of my temple.
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1099. Above all, in my veins.
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1100. Drum, and then the other drum.
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1101. I opened my eyes.
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1102. And it was then that I realized
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1103. the drum was my heart,
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1104. and the other drum
had been his.
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1105. I saw him sitting
a length away from me.
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1106. Radiant.
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1107. And we sat there
for some time.
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1108. In throes
of increasing wonder.
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1109. The end.
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