:03:23
Jesus.
:03:48
The pearls were insured
for 100,000,
:03:50
so when the thief offered
to sell them back for 5,
:03:52
the insurance company
came to us.
:03:54
There was just one hitch.
:03:56
The thief insisted
on a woman go-between.
:03:58
The old man suggested
Sue Alabama,
:04:01
who worked for us
a few years back.
:04:02
When he asked me
what I thought, I said
:04:04
I thought she'd be perfect,
just perfect.
:04:07
That'll stop a kitten if you're lucky.
:04:11
It'll stop a tiger
if you know how to point it.
:04:17
Her name wasn't really
Sue Alabama.
:04:19
It was Sue something Greek
and unpronounceable,
:04:22
but all of us called her Alabama,
so she had it changed back in '25.
:04:26
That was just after she and I
took Nowhere Nickelton
:04:28
at the Biltmore in L.A.
:04:30
She primed him,
and I went in on the cleanup.
:04:34
Sex was nearly all
Sue Alabama ever needed,
:04:37
and she could use it the way
some guys use a blackjack.
:04:41
I still think she was probably
the best I ever worked with.