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It's the only reason he's here.
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Ah, well. It's my own fault.
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I talked him into coming.
It's basic public relations.
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If people see the biggest rat in the world
walk with his hat off behind a casket,
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he becomes a lovable codger.
1:10:21
Bravano practically climbed into
the coffin to be sure they took his picture.
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At that, I assure you he got as close
to Maria dead as he did to her alive.
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He and Kirk, they both got nowhere.
1:10:35
Only difference was, Kirk wouldn't quit
till he tried everything in the book.
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On the other hand,
Bravano quit like a dog
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practically the first time Maria said no.
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It seems to me he was secretly relieved.
1:10:47
The important thing to Bravano was
for people to think Maria was his girl,
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as long as he got credit for it.
1:10:54
If Bravano had to choose between
really having Maria, in secret,
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and not having her, but with
the whole world thinking he did,
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he'd want it just he way it was.
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This I cannot figure.
1:11:07
This doesn't mean it can't be figured.
1:11:09
You could fill a big, fat book with what I
haven't been able to figure since I was 12.
1:11:15
Maria, for instance, I could never
figure. But then, who could?
1:11:20
There she was, the world's
number one symbol of desirability,
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on display all over the world's
number one showroom,
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with the world's number one
customers wanting to buy,
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and nobody wrapped her up
and took her home.
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Nobody.
1:11:36
I'll swear that into my own grave.
1:11:39
Nobody.
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And while I'm on the broad
subject of what I can't figure,
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I give you that phenomenon of this day
and age called "the international set".
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Once a year, on the French Riviera,
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one of the most beautiful
seashores on God's earth,
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the international set gathers, the way an
annual fungus gathers on a beautiful tree.