The Bonfire of the Vanities Page #16

The guy who did this could go to jail.

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If this were your tape, it'd be legal.

1451

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But it's not.

1452

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If it were my tape?

1453

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If you recorded your own conversation...

1454

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it would be okay.

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But this tape can't be used as evidence

in a court of law.

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Then what good is it?

1457

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-It gave me an idea.

-What kind of idea?

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About what you wear to the funeral.

1459

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What funeral?

1460

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Please be seated.

1461

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In accordance with the wishes

of Mr. Ruskin...

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Manny Leerman will play a medley

of Arthur's favorite songs.

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It's me. Sherman.

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I need to talk to you.

Can you come?

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What are you doing here?

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I had to talk to you.

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Sherman, it seems like you've been doing

all your talking to the newspapers.

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I had nothing to do with it.

We didn't want your name brought up.

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I see.

1470

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Maria, you have to help me.

1471

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How can I help you?

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This may sound strange,

but you could start by...

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telling the police

what really happened that night.

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Sherman, you are the sweetest thing.

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I'm not sure anybody knows

what really happened that night.

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Not anymore.

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Oh, God! Oh, God!

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There's something about funerals

that is so stimulating.

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My panties have been wet all morning.

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Maria, stop.

1481

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What's wrong with you?

Why are you all hunched over?

1482

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What's on your back?

1483

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This lump, this piece of metal.

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-That's my belt buckle.

-You don't have a buckle in the back.

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There's subterfuge afoot!

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You're secreting something on

your body! I want to see what it is!

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A hidden microphone? A wire!

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Sherman!

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You rotten, dishonest bastard!

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I didn't want to do it!

You gave me no choice!

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Mrs. Ruskin?

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Go away, whoever you are!

1493

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I'm so sorry. I'm Jed Kramer,

of the district attorney's office.

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District attorney's office.

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My, my, my, Mr. McCoy.

1496

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I'd say your goose is just about home-fried.

1497

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I have protected you.

I have been a gentleman about this.

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I've tried to keep your name out of the

papers. Now you must do the right thing!

1499

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Never. Never! Never!

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I hope you die and hang

in the electric chair!

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Mrs. Ruskin,

I apologize for the intrusion...

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He's gone!

1503

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I know. And I'm sorry for your loss.

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He just ran out the back door!

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-Who?

-Sherman McCoy!

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Jesus!

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I'm sorry if I alarmed you,

but he was acting very strange.

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Where are my manners?

My name is Maria Ruskin.

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I'm Kramer.

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Jed Kramer.

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I'm the assistant district attorney.

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Bronx County.

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I see.

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What a handsome district attorney you are.

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We have a lot to talk about.

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Because if I'm going to testify...

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I need to know what I should

or should not say.

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You can start by telling the police...

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what really happened that night.

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Sherman,

you are the sweetest thing.

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I'm not sure anybody knows

what really happened.

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Not anymore.

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They weren't sure downstairs

if you were here.

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I usually come up the back way now.

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I see. May I?

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Yes. Yeah, sure.

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It's all gone. Everything.

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Judy's gone too?

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Yes.

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She moves quickly.

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She's got a good lawyer.

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I'm not sure I ever really liked her,

your wife.

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No, of course not.

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Or this apartment, for what you paid for it.

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Or the furniture--

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Or my car, or my job,

or my clothes, my life, my money!

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Christ! You did not come

all the way here...

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on a f***ing subway to tell me...

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I am not...

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at this late date, going to get

the ethics and morality speech!

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Not now! Not when I have to do what

I'm going to do in court tomorrow.

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If you came to give me that...

Jesus Christ!

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I don't know how to do this.

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You didn't call. We wanted to help.

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I came to say that we're here for you.

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You're our son and we love you.

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