The Maltese Falcon
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...but his contrariness kept him
from selling it to me...

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...when I made him an offer.
So I sent him some agents to get it.

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Well, sir...
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...they got it and I haven't got it...
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...but I'm going to get it.
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Your glass.
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Then, the bird doesn't really belong
to any of you, but to a General Kemidov?

:59:20
Well, sir, you might as well say
it belonged to the King of Spain.

:59:24
I don't see how you can honestly grant
anyone else a clear title to it...

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...except by right of possession.
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And now, sir...
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...before we start to talk prices,
how soon can you...

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...or how soon are you willing
to produce the falcon?

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- A couple of days.
- That is satisfactory.

:59:41
Well, sir, here's to a fair bargain!
Profits large enough for both of us!

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What's your idea of a fair bargain?
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I will give you $25,000 when you deliver
the falcon to me...

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...and another $25,000 later on.
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Or I will give you one quarter
of what I realize on the falcon.

:59:56
That would amount to a much greater sum.
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- How much greater?
- Who knows? Shall we say $100,000?

1:00:01
Will you believe me if I name
the probable minimum?

1:00:04
Why not?
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What would you say
to a quarter of a million?

1:00:10
Then you think
the dingus is worth a million?

1:00:12
In your own words, why not?
1:00:17
- That's a lot of dough.
- A lot of dough.

1:00:22
The minimum? What's the maximum?
1:00:24
The maximum, I refuse to guess.
1:00:27
You'd think me crazy.
1:00:29
I don't know.
1:00:31
There's no telling how high it could go, sir.
1:00:34
That is the one and only truth about it.
1:00:53
Wilmer!

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