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and I taught it to you for free.
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And you take it and sell it on the street
in a cheap magazine.
:25:30
One and two and three and...
:25:33
Five and six and seven...
:25:38
Five and six and seven...
:25:41
Oh, now what?
:25:55
- What do you want, Salt?
- Can I come in for a minute?
:25:59
Salt, I've got a story
that was due day before yesterday,
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so whatever you've got to say,
make it snappy.
:26:05
The truth is I'm really not a writer.
:26:09
I just collect gossip for the papers,
for the Post & Call.
:26:14
Look, I was trying to write
a real story for once,
:26:18
about the slave racket in Chinatown,
12-, 13-year-old girls,
:26:21
coming right off the boats
and into the cribs.
:26:25
Well, I met her there.
Crystal. Look.
:26:34
- Isn't she beautiful?
- Yeah, she is beautiful.
:26:36
- She's very beautiful. So what?
- A lot of people wanna talk to her.
:26:39
I'd like to talk to her myself.
Why is everybody so interested
:26:41
- in this Chinese dame anyway?
- Tell your friend I want her back.
:26:44
Back?
What are you trying to tell me, Salt?
:26:45
Look, that's all I can say. Believe me,
I'm already out on such a limb, l...
:26:50
You tell your friend Ryan if he doesn't
watch his step, he can wind up dead.
:26:56
And you tell him I mean it.