:08:10
I looked at this while I was waiting.
:08:13
Except her name wasn't Sue Alabama,
it was Betty Philadelphia,
:08:16
and I did marry her, worse luck.
:08:19
- You ever hear from her?
- You ever hear from yours?
:08:27
- Let me ask you a literary question.
- Sure.
:08:30
I'll be sitting around
with nothing to do
:08:32
and I'll pick up one of those pulp rags
just to see if you got a story in it.
:08:36
When you do,
it's usually about this tough old bird
:08:38
who's about two and a half hops
ahead of everybody else.
:08:42
How come he hasn't got a name?
:08:44
Are names hard to write?
:08:47
Shoot, I can write names.
:08:49
Foxfire McCabe,
:08:51
Bitsy Glass, Joe Pickles.
:08:54
- You think he's you, right?
- I know he is.
:08:57
He goes around
doing everything I used to do.
:09:00
Half the time I don't know whether
to be flattered or embarrassed as hell.
:09:08
What brings you to town?
:09:11
That's what I wanna talk to you about.
I got an MP thing going.
:09:14
- Who's missing?
- Little Chink girl.
:09:17
About 16 to 17, pretty.
:09:20
Her name's Crystal, Crystal Ling.
:09:23
I need some help, Sam.
:09:24
- You know this burg and I don't.
- I'm out of it.
:09:29
Once in, never out.
Hell, I bet you're still half snoop.
:09:35
I taught you good.
:09:37
I bet you read other people's mail,
:09:39
poke around their medicine cabinets,
eavesdrop.
:09:42
When I walk down the street,
you know what I still look at?
:09:44
Earlobes, noses, eyebrows.
Scars, if there are any.
:09:48
See what I mean?
:09:50
Yeah, but you're trying
to put them in jail,
:09:51
I'm just trying to put them
in a magazine.
:09:54
Like I say, I need some help, Sam.
Especially in Chinatown.
:09:58
- I want you for my tin mittens.
- No chance.