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kingsby: Mr. Marlowe.
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Marlowe: Yeah?
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May i speak to you?
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Why not? Everybody's
been speaking to me.
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I don't know what
your arrangement is with adrienne-
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there isn't any anymore.
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Well, uh, then i'd like
to make one with you.
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It's about my wife.
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Uh...
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perhaps about myself.
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I've made some mistakes
in my life, mr. Marlowe,
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but the one thing
i know is, i love my wife intensely.
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She's done things
she shouldn't,
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but, uh, perhaps
that's my fault, too.
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I haven't been perfect.
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No one is,
santa claus.
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I do know that,
no matter how things look,
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crystal couldn't have
killed anyone.
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And if you could
locate her for me so i could protect her,
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i'd be willing to
pay you any fee you ask.
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You, uh,
say lavery's murdered.
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I'd like to keep
my wife out of it.
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That may be tough.
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Well, that's why i'm
willing to pay you whatever you ask.
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You know the case.
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I'm imploring you.
Will you take the assignment?
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I get soft in the head
once every christmas.
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Yeah, i'll take it.
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By the way,
if we're going to keep your wife out of it,
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who are we going to pin
this murder on?
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What do either of us
know of adrienne?
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Don't you know
anything about her?
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No. She came here,
she was very efficient,
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she worked herself up
to a big position,
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but as to her past life,
her background,
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it's blank,
like lavery's was.
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As a matter of fact,
she, uh... knew lavery.
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Just how well
i couldn't say, but-
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now, wait a minute,
mr. Marlowe.
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Just when i was
beginning to like you.
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Well, you want
the facts, don't you?
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When it concerns a woman,
does anybody ever really want the facts?
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Are you working for me
or against me?
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All right.
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I'm working for you.
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I'm fired, i'm hired.
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Happy phil marlowe,
the boy detective.
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An enchanted christmas
to you, mr. Kingsby.