:08:01
and to directyou, in writing
:08:03
to pleasevacate the premises
by the end ofthe month.
:08:06
What about Sing-Sang?
:08:09
l owe her $100.
:08:12
NARRATOR:
Royal hadlived
in the Lindbergh Palace Hotel
:08:15
for22years.
:08:17
( keyboard clacking )
:08:21
Can you pay her in cash?
:08:23
Uh-uh.
:08:24
NARRATOR:
He was aprominentlitigator
until the mid "80s
:08:29
when he was disbarred
and brieflyimprisoned.
:08:32
No onein his familyhadspoken
to himin threeyears.
:08:40
Read it back to me so far,
Pietro.
:08:49
New paragraph.
:08:50
NARRATOR:
Richie had retired
:08:52
fromprofessional tennis at26.
:08:54
Hislastmatch had been
widelydiscussedin the media.
:08:57
( tennis ball hits racquet,
bounces on court)
:09:00
( applause)
:09:01
""Yourfriend Richie.""
End ofletter.
:09:03
NARRATOR:
Forthepastyear,
he had been traveling alone
:09:06
on an ocean liner
called the Cote d"lvoire
:09:08
and hadseen both poles,
five oceans
:09:11
theAmazon and the Nile.
:09:13
""The crickets
and the rust beetles scuttled
:09:16
""among the nettles
ofthe sage thicket.
:09:18
"""Vamanos, amigos,"
hewhispered
:09:20
""and threw
the busted-leatherflint craw
:09:23
""over the looseweave
ofthe saddle cock
:09:25
and they rode on
in thefriscalating dusk light.""
:09:28
( applause)
:09:30
NARRATOR:
Eli was an assistantprofessor
:09:32
ofEnglish literature
atBrooks College.
:09:34
The recentpublication
ofhissecond novel...
:09:37
( horses galloping,
gunfire, shouting )
:09:41
...had earned him asudden,
unexpectedliterarycelebrity.
:09:44
Well, everyone knows Custer
died at Little Bighorn.
:09:48
What this book presupposes is...
maybe he didn"t.
:09:52
Let me askyou something.
:09:53
Whywould a review
make the point ofsaying
:09:55
someone"s nota genius?
:09:56
You think l"m especially
nota genius?
:09:59
l knoww...