1. Give me your hand!
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2. Give me your hand.
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3. I thought you said
no more aches or pains.
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4. No, it's this darned corset. It binds.
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5. No three-way stretch?
How very un-chic.
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6. You know those police department
doctors. No sense of style.
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7. Well, anyway,
tomorrow will be the day.
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8. Why, what's tomorrow?
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9. Tomorrow? The corset
comes off tomorrow.
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10. I'll be able to scratch myself
like anybody else tomorrow.
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11. I'll throw this miserable
thing out the window.
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12. Be a free...
I'll be a free man.
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13. Midge, do you suppose
many men wear corsets?
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14. Mmm. More than you think.
Really?
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15. What, do you know that
from personal experience or...
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16. Please.
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17. What happens after tomorrow?
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18. What do you mean?
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19. Well, what are you going to do
once you've quit the police force?
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20. You sound so
disapproving, Midge.
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21. No, it's your life.
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22. But you were the bright,
young lawyer that decided
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23. he was going to be
chief of police someday.
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24. I had to quit.
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25. Why?
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26. Well, it's because of this fear
of heights I have, this acrophobia.
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27. I wake up at night seeing
that man fall from the roof,
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28. and I try to reach out
to him, and... It's just...
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29. It wasn't your fault.
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30. I know. That's what
everybody tells me.
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31. Johnny, the doctors
explained to you...
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32. I know, I know.
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33. I have acrophobia, which gives
me vertigo, and I get dizzy.
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34. Boy! What a moment
to find out I had it.
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35. Well, you've got it,
and there's no losing it.
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36. And there's no one to blame.
So why quit?
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37. You mean, and sit behind
a desk, chair-borne?
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38. Where you belong.
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39. What about my acrophobia?
What about...
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40. Now suppose I'm sitting in this chair,
behind the desk. Here's the desk.
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41. And a pencil falls from
the desk down to the floor,
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42. and I reach down to pick up the
pencil. Bingo! My acrophobia's back.
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43. Oh, Johnny-O.
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44. Well, what'll you do?
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45. Well, I'm not gonna
do anything for a while.
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46. You know, don't forget, I'm a man of
independent means, as the saying goes.
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47. Fairly independent.
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48. Mmm-hmm.
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49. Well, why don't you
go away for a while?
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50. You mean, to forget?
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51. Oh, no, Midge,
don't be so motherly.
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52. I'm not gonna crack up.
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53. Have you had any
dizzy spells this week?
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54. I'm having one right now.
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55. Midge, the music. Don't
you think it's sort of...
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56. Oh.
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57. What's this doohickey?
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58. It's a brassiere. You know about
those things. You're a big boy now.
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59. I've never run across
one like that.
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60. It's brand-new.
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61. Revolutionary uplift. No
shoulder straps, no back straps,
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62. but does everything
a brassiere should do.
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63. Works on the principle
of the cantilever bridge.
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64. It does?
Mmm-hmm.
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65. An aircraft engineer down
the peninsula designed it.
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66. He worked it out
in his spare time.
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67. Kind of a hobby.
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68. A do-it-yourself
type of thing.
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69. How's your love life, Midge?
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70. That's following
a train of thought.
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71. Well...
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72. Normal.
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73. Aren't you ever
gonna get married?
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74. You know there's only one man
in the world for me, Johnny-O.
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75. You mean me. We were engaged
once, though, weren't we?
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76. Three whole weeks.
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77. Good old college days.
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78. But you were the one that called
off the engagement, you remember?
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79. I'm still available.
Available Ferguson.
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80. Oh, Midge, do you remember a fellow
in college by the name of Gavin Elster?
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81. Gavin Elster?
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82. Yes, funny name.
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83. You think I would. No.
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84. I got a call from Gavin today. It's funny, he
sort of dropped out of sight during the war.
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85. Somebody said he went East.
I guess he's back.
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86. It's a Mission number.
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87. Well, that's skid row,
isn't it?
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88. Could be.
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89. He's probably on the bum, and wants
to touch you for the price of a drink.
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90. Well, I'm on the bum. I'll buy him a
couple drinks and tell him my troubles.
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91. But not tonight. How about you
and me going out for a beer?
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92. Mmm-mmm.
Sorry, old man. Work.
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93. Well, then,
I think I'll go home.
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94. Midge, what'd you mean,
"There's no losing it"?
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95. What?
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96. The acrophobia.
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97. I asked my doctor.
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98. He said that only another emotional
shock could do it and probably wouldn't.
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99. You're not gonna go diving off
another rooftop to find out?
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100. I think I can lick it.
Well, how?
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101. I have a theory.
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102. I have a theory. I think if I can get used
to heights, just a little bit at a time,
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103. just a little, like that,
progressively, you see?
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104. I'll show you what I mean.
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105. Here. I'll show you
what I mean.
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106. We'll start with this.
That?
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107. What do you want me to start with,
the Golden Gate Bridge? Now, watch.
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108. Watch this. Here we go.
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109. There. There.
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110. Now, I look up,
I look down.
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111. I look up.
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112. All right, there's nothing
to it. You're kidding.
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113. Wait a minute.
There's nothing to it.
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114. Here.
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115. That's a girl. I'll use
that. Put it right there.
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116. All right, here's
the first step.
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117. There.
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118. Okay, now step number two.
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119. All right.
Step number two coming up.
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120. There we are.
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121. See? I look up, I
look down, I look up...
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122. I'm going right out and buy
myself a nice tall stepladder.
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123. Take it easy now.
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124. All right, now here we go.
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125. No problem.
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126. Why, this is a cinch. Here,
I look up, I look down.
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127. I look up, I look down.
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128. Oh, Johnny, Johnny.
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129. How did you get in the
shipbuilding business, Gavin?
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130. I married into it.
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131. Very interesting business.
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132. No, to be honest,
I find it dull.
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133. Well, you don't have to
do it for a living.
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134. No, but one assumes
responsibilities.
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135. My wife's family
is all gone.
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136. Someone has to look
after her interests.
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137. Her father's partner runs the
company yard in the East, Baltimore.
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138. So I decided, as long as I had
to work at it, I'd come back here.
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139. I've always
liked it here.
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140. How long have you
been back?
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141. Almost a year.
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142. You like it, huh?
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143. Well, San Francisco's
changed.
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144. The things that spell San Francisco
to me are disappearing fast.
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145. Like all these.
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146. Yes. I should have liked to have
lived here then. Color, excitement, power.
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147. Freedom.
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148. Shouldn't you
be sitting down?
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149. No. No, I'm all right.
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150. I was sorry to read about that thing
in the paper. And you've quit the force.
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151. Is it a permanent
physical disability?
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152. No, no.
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153. It just means that I can't climb stairs
that are too steep or go to high places,
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154. like the bar at
the Top of the Mark.
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155. But, there are plenty of
street-level bars in this town.
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156. Would you like a drink now?
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157. No, I don't think so. No, it's
a little early in the day for me.
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158. Well, I guess that just about
covers everything, doesn't it?
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159. I never married. I don't see
much of the old college gang,
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160. I'm a retired detective, and
you're in the shipbuilding business.
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161. What's on your mind, Gavin?
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162. I asked you to come up here, Scottie,
knowing that you'd quit detective work.
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163. But I wondered whether you'd go back
on the job as a special favor to me.
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164. I want you
to follow my wife.
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165. No, it's not that.
We're very happily married.
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166. Well, then...
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167. I'm afraid some harm
may come to her.
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168. From whom?
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169. Someone dead.
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170. Scottie, do you believe
that someone out of the past,
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171. someone dead, can enter and take
possession of a living being?
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172. No.
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173. If I told you that I believe this has
happened to my wife, what would you say?
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174. Well, I'd say take her to the
nearest psychiatrist, or psychologist,
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175. or neurologist, or psycho... Or
maybe just the plain family doctor.
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176. I'd have him
check on you, too.
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177. Then you're of no use to me.
I'm sorry I wasted your time.
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178. Thanks for coming in,
Scottie.
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179. Okay.
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180. I... I didn't mean
to be that rough.
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181. No, it sounds idiotic,
I know.
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182. And you're still the
hardheaded Scot, aren't you?
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183. Always were. Do you
think I'm making it up?
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184. No.
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185. I'm not making it up.
I wouldn't know how.
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186. She'll be talking to me
about something.
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187. Suddenly, the words
fade into silence.
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188. A cloud comes into her eyes
and they go blank.
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189. She's somewhere else, away
from me, someone I don't know.
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190. I call to her,
she doesn't even hear me.
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191. Then, with a long sigh,
she's back,
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192. looks at me brightly, doesn't
even know she's been away.
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193. Can't tell me
where or when.
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194. Well, how often
does this happen?
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195. More and more
in the past few weeks.
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196. And she wanders. God
knows where she wanders.
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197. I followed her one day,
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198. watched her coming out of the
apartment, someone I didn't know.
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199. She even walked
a different way.
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200. Got into her car and drove out
to Golden Gate Park, five miles.
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201. Sat by the lake,
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pillars that stand on the far shore.
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203. You know, Portals of the Past.
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204. Sat there a long time,
without moving.
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205. I had to leave,
get back to the office.
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206. When I got home that evening, I
asked her what she'd done all day.
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207. She said she'd driven out to Golden Gate
Park and sat by the lake, that's all.
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209. The speedometer on her car
showed that she'd driven 94 miles.
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210. Where did she go?
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211. I've gotta know, Scottie,
where she goes and what she does
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212. before I get involved
with doctors.
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213. Well, have you talked to the
doctors at all, about that?
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214. Yes, but carefully.
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215. I want to know more before
committing her to that kind of care.
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216. Scottie...
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217. All right, I'll get you a firm of
private eyes to follow her for you.
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218. They're dependable,
good boys.
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219. I want you.
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220. Look, this isn't my line.
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221. Scottie, I need a friend, someone I
can trust. I'm in a panic about this.
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222. I'm supposed to be retired. I don't
want to get mixed up in this darn thing.
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223. Look, we're going to an
opening at the opera tonight.
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224. We're dining at Ernie's first.
You can see her there.
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225. Ernie's.
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226. Say, will you tell me something
about the lady sitting in there?
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227. Who's the woman in the
painting she's looking at?
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228. Oh, that's Carlotta.
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229. You'll find it in the
catalog. Portrait of Carlotta.
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230. May I have this?
Yes.
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231. Thank you.
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232. Yes?
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233. Is there something
I can do for you?
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234. Yes. You run this hotel?
Oh, yes.
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235. Would you tell me who has the room on the
second floor in the corner, that corner?
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236. Oh, I'm afraid we couldn't give
out information of that sort.
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237. Our clients are entitled
to their privacy, you know.
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238. And I do believe
it's against the law.
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239. Of course, I don't think any of them
would mind, really, but still I...
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240. Oh, dear, has she done
something wrong?
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241. Please answer my question.
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242. I can't imagine that sweet
girl with that dear face...
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244. Valdes. Miss Valdes.
Spanish, you know.
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245. Carlotta Valdes?
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246. Yeah, that's it.
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247. Sweet name, isn't it?
Foreign, but sweet.
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248. How long has she
had the room?
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249. Oh, it must be two weeks.
Her rent's due tomorrow.
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250. Does she sleep here, ever?
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251. No, she just comes to sit
two or three times a week.
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252. I don't ask questions, you know,
as long as they're well-behaved.
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253. But I must say...
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254. When she comes down, don't
say that I've been here.
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255. Oh, but she hasn't
been here today.
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256. I just saw her come in
five minutes ago.
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257. No, she hasn't
been here at all.
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258. Well, I would have
seen her, you know.
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259. I've been right here all the time, putting
olive oil on my rubber plant leaves.
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260. And there. There, you see?
Her key is on the rack.
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261. Well, would you
please go up and look?
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262. To her room?
That's right.
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263. Yes, of course,
if you ask.
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264. But it does seem silly.
Thank you.
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265. Oh, Mr. Detective?
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266. Would you like
to come and look?
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267. Her car's gone.
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268. What car?
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269. Midge, who do you know that's an
authority on San Francisco history?
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270. That's the kind of
greeting a girl likes.
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271. None of this, "Hello,
you look wonderful," stuff.
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272. Just a good straight, "Who do you know
that's an authority on San Francisco..."
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273. Want a drink?
No, thanks.
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274. Well, who do you?
You know everybody.
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275. Professor Saunders,
over in Berkeley.
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276. No, no, I don't mean
that kind of history.
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277. I mean the small stuff, you
know, people you never heard of.
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278. Oh.
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279. Well, you mean the gay old bohemian
days of gay old San Francisco.
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280. Juicy stories, like who shot who
in the Embarcadero in August, 1879.
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281. Yeah, that's right.
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282. Pop Leibel.
Who?
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283. Pop Leibel. He owns
the Argosy Book Shop.
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284. Why, what do you
want to know?
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285. I want to know who shot who in
the Embarcadero in August, 1879.
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286. Hey, wait a minute.
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287. You're not a detective
anymore. What's going on?
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288. You know him well?
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289. Who?
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290. Pop Leibel.
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291. Oh, sure.
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292. Well, come on, let's go. I want
you to introduce me. Get your hat.
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293. I don't need a hat.
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294. Hey, Johnny,
what's it all about?
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295. Hey.
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296. Wait a minute.
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297. Hello. Yes,
I remember. Carlotta.
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299. The sad Carlotta.
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300. What does an old wooden house at
the corner of Eddy and Gough Street
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301. have to do with
Carlotta Valdes?
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302. Well, it was hers. It was
built for her many years ago.
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By...
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I do not remember.
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306. A rich man,
a powerful man.
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307. Cigarette?
No, thank you.
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308. Cigarette, miss?
No, thanks.
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to the south of the city.
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a mission settlement.
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312. Young, yes.
Very young.
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singing in a cabaret by that man.
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for her the great house
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There was a child.
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A child. A child.
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how much time passed,
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there was.
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he threw her away.
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H is wife had no children.
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322. So he kept the child
and threw her away.
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do that in those days.
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and the freedom.
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the sad Carlotta.
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walking the streets alone.
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and patched and dirty.
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in the streets to ask,
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How?
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such stories.
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You are welcome.
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338. I appreciate it.
Good-bye.
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339. Good-bye.
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340. Hey, wait a minute!
Good-bye, Pop. Thanks a lot.
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341. Now then, Johnny-O, pay me. For what?
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342. For bringing you here.
Come on, tell.
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344. You'll tell or you'll be back in
that corset. Come on, Johnny, please.
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I'll take you home.
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No, I've told you enough.
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348. Who's the guy
and who's the wife?
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349. Out. I've got things to do.
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350. I know. The one that phoned,
your old college chum, Elster.
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And the idea is
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has come back from the dead
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353. and taken possession
of Elster's wife.
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354. Now, Johnny, really.
Come on.
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think. I'm telling you what he thinks.
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Carlotta?
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359. No, not Carlotta.
Elster's wife.
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360. Yes.
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that she would be...
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at that portrait. Good-bye.
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364. Good-bye.
Midge, you...
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365. You've done well, Scottie.
You're good at your job.
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Yes.
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you didn't tell me.
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you. But you knew about this.
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369. Oh, yeah.
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she does her hair?
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there's something else.
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372. My wife, Madeleine, has several pieces
of jewelry that belonged to Carlotta.
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374. Never wore them.
They were too old-fashioned.
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376. Now, when she's alone, she
takes them out and looks at them,
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curiously.
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at herself in the mirror.
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world, is someone else again.
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380. Now, Carlotta Valdes
was what?
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382. Great-grandmother.
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383. Now, the child
who was taken from her,
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her death, was Madeleine's grandmother.
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385. And the McKittrick Hotel
is the old Valdes home.
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386. Well, I think
that explains it.
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387. Anyone could become obsessed with
the past with a background like that.
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388. She never heard
of Carlotta Valdes.
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389. She knows nothing of a grave
out at the Mission Dolores?
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390. Or that old house
on Eddy Street? The...
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of the Legion of... Nothing.
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to these places...
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these things she doesn't?
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of them before she died.
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for myself here.
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she tell her daughter?
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took her own life.
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401. Boy, I need this.
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402. Madeleine.
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403. Madeleine!
Copy !req
404. Yes?
Copy !req
405. No, it's all right.
Copy !req
406. Yeah, I'll call you back.
Copy !req
407. Yes.
Copy !req
408. Are you all right?
Copy !req
409. Oh. Oh, your...
Copy !req
410. You'll want this.
Copy !req
411. You'd better come over here
by the fire where it's warm.
Copy !req
412. What am I doing here?
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413. What happened?
Copy !req
414. Well, you fell
into San Francisco Bay.
Copy !req
415. And I tried to dry your
hair as best I could.
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416. Your things are
in the kitchen.
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417. They'll be dry
in a few minutes.
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418. Come on over by the fire.
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419. Here, I'll get you
some cushions.
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420. There you are.
Copy !req
421. Would you like
to have some coffee?
Copy !req
422. Here, you'd better have some.
Or perhaps you'd like a drink.
Copy !req
423. I fell into the Bay
and you fished me out?
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424. That's right.
Copy !req
425. Thank you.
Copy !req
426. You don't remember?
Copy !req
427. No, I...
Copy !req
428. You remember
where you were?
Copy !req
429. Why, yes. Yes, of course
I remember that.
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430. But then I must have had
a dizzy spell and fainted.
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431. Where were you?
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432. At old Fort Point,
out at the Presidio.
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433. Of course, I remember.
I often go there.
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434. Why? Why do you go there?
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435. Because I love it so.
It's beautiful there,
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436. especially at sunset.
Copy !req
437. Thank you for the fire.
Copy !req
438. Where were you before?
Copy !req
439. When?
This afternoon, I mean.
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440. Wandering about.
Copy !req
441. I know, but where?
Where were you just before?
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442. Downtown, shopping.
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443. Here, you'd better have some
coffee. I think it's still warm.
Copy !req
444. You're terribly direct
in your questions.
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445. Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to be rude.
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446. You're not.
You're merely direct.
Copy !req
447. And what were you doing there,
at old Fort Point?
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448. Oh, just wandering about.
Copy !req
449. Oh, you like it too?
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450. Yes.
Copy !req
451. And where had you been
just before?
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452. I'd been to the Palace of the
Legion of Honor, the art gallery.
Copy !req
453. Oh, yes, that's
a lovely spot, isn't it?
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454. I've never been inside, but it
looks so lovely driving past.
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455. It's lucky for me
you were wandering about.
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456. Thank you.
Copy !req
457. I've been a terrible
bother to you.
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458. No, you haven't.
Copy !req
459. Oh, when you...
Copy !req
460. There were some pins
in my hair.
Copy !req
461. Oh, the pins, yes. Right in
here. I'll get them for you.
Copy !req
462. And my purse, please.
Copy !req
463. Here you are.
Copy !req
464. Thank you.
Copy !req
465. You shouldn't have
brought me here, you know.
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466. Well, I didn't know
where you lived.
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467. You could have
looked in my car.
Copy !req
468. Oh, but then, you didn't
know my car, did you?
Copy !req
469. No, I knew which one it was.
It's right outside here now.
Copy !req
470. But I didn't think you wanted
to be taken home that way.
Copy !req
471. No, you're right.
Copy !req
472. I'm glad you didn't take me
home. I wouldn't have known you.
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473. Thank you. But I don't know
you, and you don't know me.
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474. My name is
Madeleine Elster.
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475. My name's John Ferguson.
Copy !req
476. Good, strong name. Do your
friends call you John or Jack?
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477. Oh, John, mostly.
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478. Old friends call me John.
Acquaintances call me Scottie.
Copy !req
479. I shall call you
Mr. Ferguson.
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480. Oh, gee whiz, I wouldn't
like that. Oh, no.
Copy !req
481. And after what happened this afternoon, I
should think maybe you'd call me Scottie.
Copy !req
482. Maybe even John.
Copy !req
483. I prefer John.
Copy !req
484. There, that's done.
And what do you do, John?
Copy !req
485. Wander about.
Copy !req
486. That's a good occupation.
And you live here, alone?
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487. One shouldn't live alone.
Copy !req
488. Some people prefer it.
Copy !req
489. No, it's wrong.
Copy !req
490. I'm married, you know.
Copy !req
491. Will you tell me something?
Copy !req
492. Has this ever happened
to you before?
Copy !req
493. What?
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494. Falling into
San Francisco Bay.
Copy !req
495. Oh.
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496. No. No, it's never
happened before.
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497. Oh, I've fallen into lakes out of
rowboats when I was a little girl.
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498. I even fell into the river once, trying
to leap from one stone to another.
Copy !req
499. But I've never fallen
into San Francisco Bay.
Copy !req
500. Have you ever before?
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501. No, it's the first time
for me, too.
Copy !req
502. Here, I'll get you
some more coffee.
Copy !req
503. Hello?
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504. Scottie, what
happened? She's not home yet.
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505. No, she's all right. She's still
here. I'll bring her home soon.
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506. Oh, what happened?
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507. She went into the Bay.
Copy !req
508. Hello? Hello?
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509. Did she hurt herself?
Copy !req
510. No, she's going to be in fine shape.
There's nothing to worry about.
Copy !req
511. But she doesn't know.
Now, do you understand that?
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512. She doesn't know
what happened.
Copy !req
513. Scottie, Madeleine is 26.
Copy !req
514. Carlotta Valdes committed
suicide when she was 26.
Copy !req
515. Just hold on a minute, Gavin.
Copy !req
516. Well now, Johnny-O.
Was it a ghost?
Copy !req
517. Was it fun?
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518. That letter for me?
Copy !req
519. Yes. Hello.
Copy !req
520. Hello.
Copy !req
521. I worried about you last night.
You shouldn't have run off that way.
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522. Well, I suddenly
felt such a fool.
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523. I wanted to drive you home.
Are you all right?
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524. Oh, yes. Yes, I'm fine.
No aftereffects.
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525. But as I remember now, the
water was cold, wasn't it?
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526. It sure was.
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527. What a terrible thing
for me to do.
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528. You were so kind.
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529. It's a formal thank-you note
and a great big apology.
Copy !req
530. Oh, you've nothing
to apologize for.
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531. Oh, yes, I do.
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532. The whole thing must have
been so embarrassing for you.
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533. Not at all. I enjoyed
Copy !req
534. talking to you.
Copy !req
535. Well, I enjoyed
talking to you.
Copy !req
536. Well, I'll get my mail.
Copy !req
537. Would you like to have
a cup of coffee?
Copy !req
538. No. No, thank you.
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539. Well, I couldn't mail it. I didn't
know your address, but I had a landmark.
Copy !req
540. I remembered Coit Tower.
It led me straight to you.
Copy !req
541. Well, that's the first time I've
been grateful for Coit Tower.
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542. I hope we will, too.
Copy !req
543. What?
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544. Meet again sometime.
Copy !req
545. We have.
Copy !req
546. Good-bye.
Copy !req
547. Where are you going?
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548. Oh, I don't know.
Shopping?
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549. No.
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550. Well, anywhere
in particular?
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551. No, I just thought
that I'd wander.
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552. Oh, that's what
I was going to do.
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553. Oh, yes, that's right. I forgot.
It's your occupation, isn't it?
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554. Yeah, well, don't you think it's
kind of a waste for the two of us...
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555. To wander separately?
U h-huh.
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556. But only one is a wanderer.
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557. Two together are
always going somewhere.
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558. No, I don't think
that's necessarily true.
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559. You left your door open.
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560. Be right back.
Copy !req
561. How old?
Copy !req
562. Oh, some
2, 000 years or more.
Copy !req
563. The oldest
living things.
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564. Yes.
Copy !req
565. You've never
been here before?
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566. No.
Copy !req
567. What are
you thinking?
Copy !req
568. Of all the people
who've been born and have died,
Copy !req
569. while the trees
went on living.
Copy !req
570. Their true name is Sequoia
sempervirens. "Always green, ever living. "
Copy !req
571. I don't like them.
Why?
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572. Knowing
I have to die.
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573. Here's a cross section of one
of the old trees that's been cut down.
Copy !req
574. Somewhere in here,
I was born,
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575. and there I died.
Copy !req
576. It was only a moment for you.
You took no notice.
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577. Madeleine.
Copy !req
578. Madeleine,
where are you now?
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579. Here with you.
Where?
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580. Tall trees...
Copy !req
581. Have you
been here before?
Copy !req
582. Yes.
When?
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583. When were you born?
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584. Long ago.
Where?
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585. When? Tell me.
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586. Madeleine, tell me.
No!
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587. Madeleine, tell me what
it is. Where do you go?
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588. What takes you away?
No, I can't tell you.
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589. When you jumped into the bay,
you didn't know where you were.
Copy !req
590. You guessed, but you
didn't know. I didn't jump.
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591. I didn't jump. I fell. You told
me I fell. Why did you jump?
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592. Why did you jump?
I can't tell you.
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593. Why did you jump?
What was there inside
Copy !req
594. that told you to jump?
No, please. Please.
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595. What? What?
Copy !req
596. Please don't ask me. Please don't
ask me. Take me away from here.
Copy !req
597. Shall I take you home?
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598. Somewhere in the light.
Copy !req
599. Promise me something. Promise
you won't ask me again.
Copy !req
600. Please promise me that.
Copy !req
601. Why did you run?
Copy !req
602. I'm responsible
for you now.
Copy !req
603. You know, the Chinese say that
once you've saved a person's life,
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604. you're responsible for it
forever, so I'm committed.
Copy !req
605. I have to know.
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606. There's so little
that I know.
Copy !req
607. It's as though I were walking
down a long corridor
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608. that once was mirrored, and fragments
of that mirror still hang there.
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609. And when I come to the end
of the corridor,
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610. there's nothing but darkness.
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611. And I know that when
I walk into the darkness,
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612. that I'll die.
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613. I've never come to the end. I've
always come back before then.
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614. Except once.
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615. Yesterday?
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616. And you didn't know. You
didn't know what happened
Copy !req
617. till you found
yourself with me.
Copy !req
618. You didn't know
where you were.
Copy !req
619. But the small scenes, the fragments
of the mirror, you remember those.
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620. Vaguely.
What do you remember?
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621. There's a room,
and I sit there alone.
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622. Always alone.
Copy !req
623. What else?
Copy !req
624. A grave.
Copy !req
625. Where?
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626. I don't know.
It's an open grave and I...
Copy !req
627. I stand by the gravestone,
looking down into it.
Copy !req
628. It's my grave.
But how do you know?
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629. I know.
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630. But is there a name
on the gravestone?
Copy !req
631. No. No, it's new
and clean and waiting.
Copy !req
632. Well, what else?
Copy !req
633. This part is a dream.
I think.
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634. There's a tower, and a bell
and a garden below.
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635. It seems to be in Spain,
a village in Spain.
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636. It clicks off and it's gone.
Copy !req
637. Well, a portrait?
Copy !req
638. Do you see a portrait?
No.
Copy !req
639. If I could just find the key, the
beginning, and put it together, I...
Copy !req
640. So, explain it away?
Copy !req
641. There's a way
to explain it, you see.
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642. If I'm mad, then that would
explain it, wouldn't it?
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643. Madeleine!
Copy !req
644. Oh, Scottie!
Copy !req
645. I'm not mad! I'm not
mad! I don't want to die.
Copy !req
646. There's someone within me,
and she says I must die.
Copy !req
647. Oh, Scottie,
don't let me go.
Copy !req
648. I'm here.
I've got you.
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649. I'm so afraid.
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650. Don't leave me.
Copy !req
651. Stay with me.
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652. All the time.
Copy !req
653. H i, Johnny.
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654. H i.
Copy !req
655. Did you get my message?
Copy !req
656. I did, indeed.
Copy !req
657. I'll get you a drink.
Copy !req
658. Okay.
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659. Since when do you go around
slipping notes under men's doors?
Copy !req
660. Since I stopped being able
to get them on the phone.
Copy !req
661. For a man who has nothing to do,
you're certainly a busy little bee.
Copy !req
662. Where do you go
these days?
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663. Just wandering.
Copy !req
664. Where?
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665. Round about.
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666. Oh.
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667. What was this...
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668. What was this desperate
urge to see me?
Copy !req
669. All I said in my note was,
"Where are you?"
Copy !req
670. Doesn't sound very
desperate to me.
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671. Yeah, I detected
a little undercurrent.
Copy !req
672. Well, I just thought that if I gave
you a drink and fed you some dinner,
Copy !req
673. you'd be so grateful,
you'd take me to a movie.
Copy !req
674. That's fair enough. What'll
we talk about at dinner?
Copy !req
675. Oh, this and that.
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676. What I've been doing?
Copy !req
677. Only if you want to.
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678. I'm sure we won't talk about
anything you don't want to talk about.
Copy !req
679. Naturally.
Copy !req
680. What have you been doing?
Copy !req
681. Wandering.
Copy !req
682. What have you been doing?
Thank you, dear.
Copy !req
683. Oh, I've been having
a wonderful time.
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684. I've gone back to my
first love, painting.
Copy !req
685. Well, good for you.
Copy !req
686. I always said you were wasting your
time in the underwear department.
Copy !req
687. You know, it's a living. But
I'm really excited about this.
Copy !req
688. What is it?
A still life?
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689. No. No, not exactly.
You wanna see?
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690. H mm. Yeah.
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691. Matter of fact, I thought
I might give it to you.
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692. Oh?
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693. Johnny!
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694. It's not funny, Midge.
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695. Johnny!
No.
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696. Johnny, I just thought...
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697. U h-uh.
Copy !req
698. No.
Copy !req
699. Let's make that movie
some other night, okay?
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700. Johnny!
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701. Oh, Marjorie Wood, you fool!
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702. Idiot!
Copy !req
703. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Copy !req
704. Madeleine! What's the
matter? What time is it?
Copy !req
705. I should have phoned you, but I
wanted to see you and be with you.
Copy !req
706. Why? What's happened?
Copy !req
707. I had the dream.
The dream came back again.
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708. Now, now, it's gonna
be all right.
Copy !req
709. It'll be all right. Here,
I'll get you some brandy.
Copy !req
710. Just drink this down.
Here, just like medicine.
Copy !req
711. There now.
Copy !req
712. It was a dream. You're
awake. You're all right now.
Copy !req
713. Now, can you tell me?
Copy !req
714. It was the tower again, and the
bell, and the old Spanish village.
Copy !req
715. Yes?
Copy !req
716. Clear, so very clear for
the first time. All of it.
Copy !req
717. Tell me.
Copy !req
718. It was a village square
and a green with trees,
Copy !req
719. and an old whitewashed
Spanish church with a cloister.
Copy !req
720. Across the green, there was
a big, gray, wooden house,
Copy !req
721. with a porch and shutters and
a balcony above, a small garden,
Copy !req
722. and next to it
a livery stable
Copy !req
723. with old carriages
lined up inside.
Copy !req
724. Go on.
Copy !req
725. At the end of the green, there
was a whitewashed stone house,
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726. with a lovely pepper tree
at the corner.
Copy !req
727. And an old wooden hotel
from the old California days?
Copy !req
728. And a saloon? Dark, low
ceilings, with hanging oil lamps?
Copy !req
729. Yes.
Copy !req
730. It's all there.
It's no dream.
Copy !req
731. You've been there before.
You've seen it.
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732. No, never.
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733. Madeleine, a hundred miles
south of San Francisco,
Copy !req
734. there's an old
Spanish mission,
Copy !req
735. San Juan Bautista it's
called, and it's been preserved
Copy !req
736. exactly as it was 100
years ago, as a museum.
Copy !req
737. Now, think hard,
darling. Think hard.
Copy !req
738. You've been there before.
You've seen it.
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739. No, no, I've never...
I've never been there.
Copy !req
740. Oh, Scottie, what is it?
I've never been there.
Copy !req
741. Think hard. Now go on
about your dream.
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742. What was it that
frightened you so?
Copy !req
743. I stood alone on the green
searching for something.
Copy !req
744. And then I started
to walk to the church.
Copy !req
745. But then the darkness closed
in and I was alone in the dark.
Copy !req
746. Being pulled into the darkness,
and I fought to wake up.
Copy !req
747. Oh, you're going to be
all right now, Madeleine.
Copy !req
748. Don't you see? You've given
me something to work on now.
Copy !req
749. I'm going to take you down there
to that mission, this afternoon.
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750. And when you see it, you'll
remember when you saw it before,
Copy !req
751. and it'll finish your dream. It'll
destroy it. I promise you. All right?
Copy !req
752. Come on now.
I'll take you home.
Copy !req
753. No. I'll be all right.
Copy !req
754. You come back here
around noon.
Copy !req
755. Madeleine,
where are you now?
Copy !req
756. Here with you.
And it's all real.
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757. It's not merely as it was
100 years ago, or a year ago,
Copy !req
758. or six months ago, or whenever
it was you were here to see it.
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759. Now, Madeleine, think
of when you were here.
Copy !req
760. There were not
so many carriages then.
Copy !req
761. There were horses
in the stalls.
Copy !req
762. A bay, two black
and a gray.
Copy !req
763. It was our favorite place.
Copy !req
764. But we were forbidden
to play here.
Copy !req
765. Sister Teresa
would scold us.
Copy !req
766. Look at this.
Well, here's your gray horse.
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767. Have a little trouble getting in and
out of the stall without being pushed,
Copy !req
768. but even so...
Copy !req
769. You see? There's an
answer for everything.
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770. Madeleine, try.
Copy !req
771. Try for me.
Copy !req
772. I love you, Madeleine.
Copy !req
773. I love you, too.
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774. Too late. Too late.
Copy !req
775. No, no, we're together.
Copy !req
776. No, it's too late. There's
something I must do.
Copy !req
777. No. There's nothing
you must do.
Copy !req
778. There's nothing
you must do.
Copy !req
779. No one possesses you.
You're safe with me.
Copy !req
780. No, it's too late.
Copy !req
781. Look. It's not fair.
It's too late.
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782. It wasn't supposed to happen this
way. It shouldn't have happened.
Copy !req
783. It had to happen. We're in
love. That's all that counts.
Copy !req
784. Look, let me go. Please let me
go! Listen to me. Listen to me.
Copy !req
785. You believe I love you?
Copy !req
786. Yes.
Copy !req
787. And if you lose me,
then you'll know I...
Copy !req
788. I loved you and I wanted
to go on loving you.
Copy !req
789. I won't lose you.
Copy !req
790. Let me go into
the church, alone.
Copy !req
791. But why?
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792. Madeleine!
Copy !req
793. Madeleine!
Copy !req
794. Ferguson.
Copy !req
795. Mr. Elster, suspecting that all was
not well with his wife's mental state,
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796. took the preliminary precaution of
having her watched by Mr. Ferguson,
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797. lest any harm befall her.
Copy !req
798. And you have heard that
Mr. Elster was prepared
Copy !req
799. to take his wife
to an institution,
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800. where her mental health would have been
in the hands of qualified specialists.
Copy !req
801. Mr. Ferguson,
being an ex-detective,
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802. would have seemed the proper choice
for the role of watchdog and protector.
Copy !req
803. As you have learned,
it was an unfortunate choice.
Copy !req
804. However, I think you'll agree that no
blame can be attached to the husband.
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805. H is delay in putting his wife
under medical care was due
Copy !req
806. only to the need for
information as to her behavior,
Copy !req
807. which he expected to
get from Mr. Ferguson.
Copy !req
808. He had taken every precaution
to protect his wife.
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809. He could not have anticipated that Mr.
Ferguson's weakness, his fear of heights,
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810. would make him powerless
when he was most needed.
Copy !req
811. As to Mr. Ferguson,
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812. you have heard his former
superior, Detective Captain Hansen,
Copy !req
813. from that great city
to the north,
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814. testify as to his
character and ability.
Copy !req
815. Captain Hansen was
most enthusiastic.
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816. The fact that once before,
under similar circumstances,
Copy !req
817. Mr. Ferguson allowed a police
colleague to fall to his death,
Copy !req
818. Captain Hansen dismissed
as an "unfortunate incident. "
Copy !req
819. Of course, Mr. Ferguson
is to be congratulated
Copy !req
820. on having once saved
the woman's life,
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821. when, in a previous fit of aberration,
she threw herself into the Bay.
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822. It is a pity that knowing
her suicidal tendencies,
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823. he did not make a greater
effort the second time.
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824. But we are not here
to pass judgment
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825. on Mr. Ferguson's lack of
initiative. He did nothing.
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826. And the law has little to say on
the subject of things left undone.
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827. Nor does his strange behavior
after he saw the body fall
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828. have any bearing
on your verdict.
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829. He did not remain at the
scene of the death. He left.
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830. He claims he suffered a mental
blackout and knew nothing more
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831. until he found himself back in
his own apartment in San Francisco
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832. several hours later.
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833. You may accept that, or not.
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834. Or you may believe that having
once again allowed someone to die,
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835. he could not face the tragic
result of his own weakness
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836. and ran away.
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837. That has nothing to do
with your verdict.
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838. It is a matter between him
and his own conscience.
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839. Now, from the evidence of the
state of mind of Madeleine Elster
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840. prior to her death, from
the manner of her death,
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841. and from the postmortem
examination of the body
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842. showing the actual cause
of her death,
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843. you should have no difficulty in
reaching your verdict, gentlemen.
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844. You may retire if you wish.
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845. Hold on, Mr. Jones.
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846. We've reached a verdict.
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847. Thank you.
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848. "The jury finds that Madeleine
Elster committed suicide
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849. "while of unsound mind."
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850. Your verdict will be
so recorded. Dismissed.
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851. All right, Scottie,
let's go.
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852. Mind if I speak to him
for a minute?
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853. No, go ahead.
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854. Scottie.
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855. Sorry, Scottie.
That was rough.
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856. He had no right to
speak to you like that.
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857. It was my responsibility. I
shouldn't have got you involved.
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858. No, there's nothing
you have to say to me.
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859. I'm getting out,
Scottie, for good.
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860. I can't stay here.
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861. I'm going to wind up her affairs
and mine, get away as far as I can.
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862. Europe, perhaps. And I
probably never will come back.
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863. Good-bye, Scottie.
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864. If there's anything I can
do for you before I go.
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865. There was no way
for them to understand.
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866. You and I know
who killed Madeleine.
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867. Come on, Scottie.
Let's get out of here.
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868. It's Mozart,
Wolfgang Amadeus.
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869. I had a long talk with that
lady in musical therapy, Johnny,
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870. and she says that
Mozart's the boy for you,
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871. the broom that sweeps
the cobwebs away.
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872. Well, it's what
the lady said.
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873. You know, it's wonderful how
they have it all taped now, John.
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874. I have music
for dipsomaniacs,
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875. and music for melancholiacs,
and music for hypochondriacs.
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876. I wonder what would happen if
somebody got their files mixed up.
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877. I brought a lot of other things,
and you can see what you like.
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878. It shuts off automatically.
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879. Oh, Johnny. Johnny,
please try. Try, Johnny.
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880. You're not lost.
Mother is here.
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881. Time?
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882. Okay.
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883. I'll be in again, John.
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884. You want me
to shut that off?
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885. Oh, John-O.
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886. You don't even know
I'm here, do you?
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887. But I'm here.
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888. Nurse, could I see
the doctor for a moment?
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889. Doctor, Miss Wood.
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890. Won't you go in, please?
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891. Yes, Miss Wood?
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892. Doctor, how long is it going to
take you to pull him out of this?
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893. Well, it's hard to say. At
least six months. Perhaps a year.
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894. It really could
depend on him.
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895. He won't talk.
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896. No. He's suffering
from acute melancholia,
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897. together with
a guilt complex.
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898. He blames himself for
what happened to the woman.
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899. We... We know little
of what went on before.
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900. Well, I can give you one
thing. He was in love with her.
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901. Oh, that does complicate
the problem, doesn't it?
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902. I can give you
another complication,
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903. he still is.
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904. And you want to
know something, Doctor?
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905. I don't think Mozart's
going to help at all.
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906. Where'd you get this car?
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907. I beg your pardon?
This... This car?
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908. Why, I bought it from a man who used to
live here, in this apartment building,
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909. Mr. Gavin Elster. I bought it
from him when he moved away.
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910. Oh, you knew him
and his wife.
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911. The poor thing.
I didn't know her.
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912. Tell me, is it true
that she really...
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913. I'm... I'm sorry.
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914. Good evening.
Good evening.
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915. Give me a scotch and soda,
will you.
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916. Well, what is it?
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917. Could I ask you
a couple of questions?
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918. What for? Who are you?
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919. My name is John Ferguson.
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920. Is this some kind
of Gallup poll?
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921. Oh, no.
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922. There are just couple of things I'd
like to ask. You live in this hotel?
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923. No. I happened to see you when
you came in, so I thought...
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924. Yeah, I thought so.
A pickup.
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925. Well, you've got a nerve, following me
right into the hotel and up to my room.
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926. Now, you beat it.
Go on and beat it.
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927. No, please, please. I
just want to talk to you.
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928. Listen, I'm gonna
yell in a minute.
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929. Listen, I'm not gonna hurt
you. Honest. I promise.
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930. Please. Just
let me talk to you.
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931. What about?
You.
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932. Why?
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933. Because you remind me
of somebody.
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934. I heard that one
before, too.
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935. I remind you of someone you
used to be madly in love with,
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936. but then she ditched you
for another guy,
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937. and you've been carrying
the torch ever since.
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938. Then you saw me
and something clicked.
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939. Well, you're not
far wrong.
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940. Well, it's not gonna work,
so you better go.
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941. Please, let me come in.
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942. You can leave the door open. I
just want to talk to you. Please.
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943. Well, I warn you,
I can yell awful loud.
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944. Now, you won't have to.
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945. Well, you don't look very much like Jack
the Ripper. What do you want to know?
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946. I want to know your name. Judy Barton.
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947. Who you are? I'm just a
girl. I work at Magnin's.
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948. No, but, how do you
happen to be living here?
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949. It's a place to live,
that's all.
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950. No, but you haven't
lived here long?
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951. Yeah, about three years.
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952. Well, where did
you live before?
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953. Salina, Kansas.
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954. Listen, what is this?
What do you want?
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955. I just want to know
who you are.
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956. Well, I told you.
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957. My name is Judy Barton.
I come from Salina, Kansas.
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958. I work at Magnin's,
and I live here.
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959. My gosh, do I have
to prove it?
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960. All right, mister,
my Kansas driver's license.
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961. Judy Barton,
number Z296794,
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962. 425 Maple Avenue,
Salina, Kansas.
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963. See the address on this one?
It's this place right here.
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964. A California license
issued May 25, 1954.
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965. You want to check my
thumbprints? You satisfied?
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966. And whether you're satisfied
or not, you can just beat it.
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967. Gee, you have got it bad,
haven't you?
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968. Do I really look like her?
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969. She's... She's dead,
isn't she?
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970. I'm sorry. And I'm
sorry I yelled at you.
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971. Yes, that's me
with my mother.
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972. And that's my father.
He's dead.
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973. My mother married again,
but I didn't like the guy,
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974. so I decided I'd see what
it's like in sunny California.
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975. I've been here three years.
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976. Honest.
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977. Will you have dinner with me?
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978. Why?
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979. Well, I just feel that I owe
you something after all this.
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980. You don't owe me anything.
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981. Well, then will you?
For me?
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982. Dinner and what else?
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983. Just dinner.
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984. 'Cause I remind you of her?
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985. Because I'd like
to have dinner with you.
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986. Well, I've been
on blind dates before.
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987. Matter of fact, to be honest,
I've been picked up before.
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988. Okay.
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989. All right, I'll get my car. I'll
be back for you in half an hour.
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990. Oh, no, you better give me
time to change and get fixed up.
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991. An hour?
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992. U h-huh.
Okay.
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993. Dearest Scottie.
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994. And so you found me.
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995. This is the moment that
I dreaded and hoped for.
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996. Wondering what I would say
and do if I ever saw you again.
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997. I wanted so to see you again, just once.
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998. Now I'll go, and you
can give up your search.
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999. I want you to have
peace of mind.
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1000. You've nothing
to blame yourself for.
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1001. You were the victim.
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1002. I was the tool, and you were the victim
of Gavin Elster's plan to murder his wife.
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1003. He chose me to play the part because I
looked like her. He dressed me up like her.
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1004. It was quite safe because she lived
in the country and rarely came to town.
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1005. He chose you to be the
witness to a suicide.
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1006. The Carlotta story was
part real, part invented,
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1007. to make you testify that
Madeleine wanted to kill herself.
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1008. He knew of your illness. He knew you'd
never get up the stairs to the tower.
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1009. He planned it so well.
He made no mistakes.
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1010. I made the mistake.
I fell in love.
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1011. That wasn't part of the plan.
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1012. I'm still in love with you,
and I want you so to love me.
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1013. If I had the nerve,
I'd stay and lie,
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1014. hoping that I could make
you love me again
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1015. as I am for myself.
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1016. And so forget the other
and forget the past.
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1017. But I don't know whether
I have the nerve to try.
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1018. Oh, here.
Here, I'll do it.
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1019. There you are.
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1020. Thanks again.
Good night.
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1021. Can I see you tomorrow?
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1022. Tomorrow night? Well...
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1023. No, I mean
tomorrow morning.
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1024. But I have to go to work.
I've got a job.
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1025. Don't go to your job.
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1026. And what'll I live on?
My oil wells in Texas?
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1027. Let me take care
of you, Judy.
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1028. Thanks very much,
but no thanks.
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1029. No, Judy,
you don't understand.
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1030. Oh, I understand,
all right.
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1031. I've been understanding
since I was 17.
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1032. And the next step is?
No, no. No, no.
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1033. No? Then what?
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1034. We could just see
a lot of each other.
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1035. Why?
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1036. 'Cause I remind you of her?
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1037. It's not very complimentary.
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1038. And nothing else?
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1039. No.
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1040. That's not very
complimentary, either.
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1041. I just want to be with you
as much as I can, Judy.
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1042. Well, I guess I could phone
the store in the morning
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1043. and make some excuse.
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1044. There you are.
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1045. I like that one.
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1046. Like that?
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1047. Yes.
All right.
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1048. Well, that's very nice.
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1049. It's beautiful.
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1050. There we are.
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1051. Now, we'll get this, and then
we'll buy you those clothes.
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1052. Honest? Right over there's Ransohoffs.
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1053. It's the best.
How much is that?
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1054. That'll be 50 cents.
Thank you.
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1055. Scottie,
you don't have to.
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1056. But I want to.
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1057. No, that's not it.
Nothing like it.
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1058. But you said gray, sir.
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1059. Now, look. I just want
an ordinary, simple gray suit.
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1060. But I like
that one, Scottie.
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1061. No, no.
It's not right.
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1062. Gentleman seems
to know what he wants.
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1063. All right. We'll find it.
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1064. Scottie, what
are you doing?
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1065. I'm trying
to buy you a suit.
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1066. But... But I love the
second one she wore.
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1067. And this one,
it's beautiful.
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1068. No, no. They're
none of them right.
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1069. Oh, I think I know the suit you
mean. We had it some time ago.
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1070. Let me go and see.
We may still have that model.
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1071. Thank you.
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1072. You're looking for the suit
that she wore, for me.
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1073. You want me to be
dressed like her.
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1074. Judy, I just want you
to look nice.
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1075. I know the kind of suit
that'd look well on you.
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1076. Oh, no. No, I won't do it!
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1077. Judy.
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1078. Judy, it can't make that much
difference to you. I just want to see...
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1079. No, I don't want any clothes. I don't
want anything. I want to get out of here.
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1080. Judy, do this
for me.
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1081. Here we are.
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1082. Yes, that's it.
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1083. I thought so.
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1084. I don't like it.
No, we'll take it.
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1085. Will the thing fit?
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1086. Well, yes. It might need some slight
alterations, but it's madam's size.
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1087. All right, dear. We'll have it
for you to try on in a moment.
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1088. How long will the
alterations take?
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1089. Well...
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1090. May we have it
by tonight?
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1091. Well, if it's
absolutely necessary.
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1092. Yes, it is. Now, we'd like to look
at a dinner dress, an evening dress.
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1093. Short, black, with long sleeves,
and a kind of square neck.
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1094. Scottie!
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1095. My! You certainly do know what you
want, sir. I'll see what we have.
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1096. All right. That's it.
Do you have them in brown?
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1097. Yes, we have.
Fine.
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1098. Here, Judy. Drink this straight
down, just like medicine.
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1099. Stop.
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1100. Why are you doing this?
What good will it do?
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1101. I don't know.
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1102. I don't know. No good,
I guess. I don't know.
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1103. I wish you'd leave me alone.
I want to go away.
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1104. You can, you know.
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1105. No. You wouldn't let me.
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1106. And I don't wanna go.
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1107. Oh, Judy. Judy,
I tell you this.
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1108. These past few days have been the
first happy days I've known in a year.
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1109. I know. I know because...
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1110. 'Cause I remind you of her.
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1111. And not even that very much.
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1112. No. No, Judy.
Judy, it's you, too.
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1113. There's something
in you that...
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1114. You don't even want
to touch me.
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1115. Yes. Yes, I do.
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1116. Couldn't you like me,
just me, the way I am?
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1117. When we first started out,
it was so good. We had fun.
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1118. And... And then you
started in on the clothes.
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1119. Well, I'll wear the darned
clothes if you want me to,
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1120. if you'll just like me.
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1121. The color of your hair.
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1122. Oh, no.
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1123. Judy, please.
It can't matter to you.
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1124. If...
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1125. If I let you change me,
will that do it?
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1126. If I do what you tell me,
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1127. will you love me?
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1128. Yes.
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1129. Yes.
All right.
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1130. All right, then, I'll do it.
I don't care anymore about me.
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1131. Here, come on.
We'll sit by the fire.
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1132. I'm afraid it's going
to take several hours.
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1133. The young lady thought
perhaps you'd like to go home.
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1134. And then she'll come there
as soon as she's finished.
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1135. Well, no. You tell her I'll go to
her hotel and wait for her there.
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1136. Oh, and you're sure about
the color of the hair?
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1137. Oh, yes.
It's an easy color.
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1138. And all the rest of... Yes,
sir, we know what you want.
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1139. Thank you.
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1140. Well?
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1141. It should be back from your
face and pinned at the neck.
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1142. I told her that.
I told you that.
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1143. We tried it. It just
didn't seem to suit me.
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1144. Please, Judy.
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1145. Where shall
we go for dinner?
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1146. Anywhere you like.
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1147. Ernie's?
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1148. You have a thing
about Ernie's, don't you?
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1149. Well, after all,
it's our place.
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1150. Hello, my love.
Like me?
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1151. Mmm-hmm.
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1152. Is that the best
you can do?
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1153. Come here.
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1154. Oh, no. You'll muss me.
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1155. Well, that's what I had
in mind. Now, come here.
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1156. It's too late.
I got my face on.
Copy !req
1157. And I'm suddenly hungry. Would
you rather go somewhere else?
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1158. No, no. Ernie's is fine.
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1159. I'm gonna have...
Copy !req
1160. I'm gonna have one of
those big, beautiful steaks.
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1161. Let me see. To start, I think I'll...
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1162. Help me with this,
will you?
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1163. I have it.
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1164. How do you work
this thing?
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1165. Can't you see?
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1166. Oh. Now,
there you are.
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1167. Thank you.
I'm just about ready.
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1168. All I've got to do
is find my lipstick.
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1169. Where did I put it?
I had it a minute ago.
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1170. I wonder if it's here.
Here it is.
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1171. There, I'm ready.
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1172. But first,
muss me a little?
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1173. Scottie, I do
have you now, don't I?
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1174. How would you like to go
someplace out of town for dinner?
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1175. Maybe we could drive
down the peninsula.
Copy !req
1176. All right. If you'd like.
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1177. We're going awfully far.
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1178. I just feel like driving.
You terribly hungry?
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1179. No. No, it's all right.
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1180. Where're you going?
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1181. One final thing
I have to do.
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1182. And then, I'll be
free of the past.
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1183. Scottie, why are we here?
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1184. I told you.
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1185. I have to go back
into the past once more.
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1186. Just once more,
for the last time.
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1187. Why? Why here?
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1188. Madeleine died here, Judy.
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1189. I don't wanna go. I'd rather
wait here. No, I need you.
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1190. Why?
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1191. I need you to be
Madeleine for a while.
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1192. And when it's done,
we'll both be free.
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1193. I'm scared. Oh, no. I have to
tell you about Madeleine now.
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1194. Right there.
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1195. We stood there, and I
kissed her for the last time.
Copy !req
1196. And she said,
"If you lose me,
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1197. "you'll know that I
loved you..." Scottie.
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1198. "... and wanted to
keep on loving you."
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1199. And I said, "I won't
lose you." But I did.
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1200. And then she turned
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1201. and ran into the church.
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1202. And when I followed her,
it was too late.
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1203. I don't wanna go in there!
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1204. It's too late.
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1205. Scottie, I...
Copy !req
1206. I couldn't find her, and then
I heard footsteps on the stairs.
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1207. She was running
up the tower.
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1208. Right here.
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1209. Scottie... See? She was
running up the stairs,
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1210. through the trapdoor
at the top of the tower.
Copy !req
1211. And I tried to follow her,
but I couldn't get to the top.
Copy !req
1212. I tried, but I couldn't get to the top.
Copy !req
1213. One doesn't often
get a second chance.
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1214. I want to stop
being haunted.
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1215. You're my second chance, Judy.
You're my second chance.
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1216. Take me away!
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1217. You look like Madeleine
now. Go up the stairs.
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1218. No!
Go up the stairs.
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1219. Go up the stairs, Judy.
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1220. And I'll follow.
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1221. This was as far as I
could get, but you went on.
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1222. Remember?
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1223. The necklace, Madeleine.
That was the slip.
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1224. I remembered the necklace.
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1225. Let me go! No. We're going
up the tower, Madeleine.
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1226. You can't!
You're afraid!
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1227. Now, we'll see. We'll see.
This is my second chance.
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1228. Scottie, please!
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1229. But you knew that day that I wouldn't
be able to follow you, didn't you?
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1230. Who was up there when you got
up there? Elster and his wife?
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1231. Yes. Yes, and she was the one who died.
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1232. The real wife, not you.
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1233. You were the copy. You were
the counterfeit, weren't you?
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1234. Was she dead or alive when...
Dead! Dead! He'd broken her neck.
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1235. He'd broken her neck. Wasn't
taking any chances, was he?
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1236. So, when you got up there,
he pushed her off the tower,
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1237. but it was you that
screamed. Why did you scream?
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1238. I wanted to stop it, Scottie.
I ran up to stop it. I...
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1239. If you wanted to stop it,
why did you scream,
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1240. since you tricked me
so well up to then?
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1241. You played the wife very well,
Judy. He made you over, didn't he?
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1242. He made you over just like
I made you over, only better.
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1243. Not only the clothes
and the hair,
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1244. but the looks, and the
manner, and the words,
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1245. and those beautiful
phony trances.
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1246. And you jumped into
the Bay, didn't you?
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1247. I'll bet you're a wonderful
swimmer, aren't you? Aren't you?
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1248. Aren't you?
Yes!
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1249. And then what did he do? Did he
train you? Did he rehearse you?
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1250. Did he tell you exactly
what to do, what to say?
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1251. You were a very apt pupil, too,
weren't you? You were a very apt pupil.
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1252. Why did you pick on me?
Why me?
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1253. Your accident!
Your accident.
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1254. My accident...
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1255. I was the setup,
wasn't I?
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1256. I was the setup. I was a
made-to-order witness. I...
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1257. I made it.
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1258. I made it.
What are you going to do?
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1259. We're going up and look
at the scene of the crime.
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1260. Come on, Judy.
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1261. And this is
where it happened.
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1262. And the two of you hid back
there and waited for it to clear,
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1263. and then you sneaked down and
drove into town, is that it?
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1264. And then?
You were his girl?
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1265. Well, what happened to you?
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1266. What happened to you?
Did he ditch you?
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1267. Oh, Judy, with all of his wife's
money, and all that freedom,
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1268. and that power, and he
ditched you. What a shame.
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1269. But he knew he was safe. He knew you
couldn't talk. Did he give you anything?
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1270. Some money.
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1271. And the necklace,
Carlotta's necklace.
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1272. And there was where you
made your mistake, Judy.
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1273. You shouldn't keep
souvenirs of a killing.
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1274. You shouldn't have been...
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1275. You shouldn't have been
that sentimental.
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1276. I loved you so, Madeleine.
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1277. Scottie.
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1278. I was safe
when you found me.
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1279. There was nothing
that you could prove.
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1280. When I saw you again, I couldn't
run away. I loved you so.
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1281. I walked into danger and let you
change me because I loved you,
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1282. and I wanted you.
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1283. Oh, Scottie.
Oh, Scottie, please.
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1284. You loved me.
Now, keep me safe.
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1285. Please!
Too late.
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1286. It's too late. There's
no bringing her back.
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1287. Please.
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1288. No!
I heard voices.
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1289. God have mercy.
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