The Bonfire of the Vanities Page #2

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Come on, Marshall.

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Maria, hello. It's me.

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Who?

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I'm sorry.

May I speak to Maria?

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Who is this?

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Maria?

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Sherman?

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Sherman, is that you?

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Jesus!

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We're back.

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You were right. I got soaking wet

and Marshall didn't do anything.

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If you want to talk to a Maria...

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why call me?

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What do you mean?

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Please don't lie.

It makes your forehead crinkle.

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What are we talking about?

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You should see your face.

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I don't get it.

Did I miss something?

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You're going to stand there and say

you didn't call here asking for Maria?

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You think I don't know your voice?

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Judy, I was out walking the dog.

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Crinkle, crinkle.

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I am not lying. I took the dog for a walk.

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Then I came back here and wham!

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I hardly know what to say.

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You are asking me to prove

a negative proposition.

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Negative proposition?

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Oh, God, Sherman.

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Listen to the way I sound.

Listen to the stress. Hear it?

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I don't want to be this person. I don't.

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I am thin and beautiful.

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I do not deserve this.

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Here's the phone. Call her from here.

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I don't mind. I really don't mind.

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You are cheap and rotten and a liar.

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And you are dripping

on my Aubusson carpet.

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She was right.

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And Sherman knew it.

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Christ! How could he have been so stupid?

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A simple phone call.

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The next day, Judy's words still rang

in his ears.

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"Cheap, rotten and a liar."

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-Campbell, are we ready?

-I'm out of here.

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Hold on.

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Where is your mother?

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Campbell!

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She's crying on the Lifecycle.

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"Crying on the Lifecycle."

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Like so many men before him,

he was no match for a woman's tears.

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She won't kiss me because I'm all wet.

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Campbell, come and give

your mother a kiss.

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Judy?

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Why couldn't hejust say it:

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"Look, Judy, I still love you.

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"I still love our daughter,

our home, our life.

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"But I am a Master of the Universe.

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"I deserve more."

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Like the few privileged others

on Wall Street.

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How many? Two, three,

maybe 400 at most.

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For these men,

these Masters of the Universe...

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and Sherman McCoy was one of them...

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there were no limits whatsoever.

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Hi. This is 555-8771.

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Leave a message and I'll call you back.

Thank you.

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Maria, I've been calling you for days.

Call me at the office.

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Gene's on from London.

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-Let's go! Let's go!

-Calm down, Rawlie.

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Let's not get overexcited.

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Calm, cool, collated.

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Let's not lose our composure

over a few hundred million dollars.

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Christ, Sherman, you must be made of ice.

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Just remember, a frantic salesman

is a dead one.

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What the hell

will this crazy Giscard deal cost us?

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I need $600,000,000 to buy the bonds.

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You want us to sit

on $600,000,000 worth...

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of French government bonds?

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I'm confident on this.

It's a real sleeping beauty.

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-Where are you, Gene?

-At a cricket match.

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Somebody just hit the hell out of the ball.

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-Who's playing?

-Don't get technical.

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A bunch of men in white pants.

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How about it? Are we in or out?

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Gold has to hold steady.

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Bernard Sachs is already in

for $300,000,000.

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Feel better?

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You are going to make me

an old man.

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A rich old man, Gene. A rich old man.

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A $600,000,000 deal.

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Sherman's commission

would be $1.7 million.

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All in a day's work.

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He was there! At the top!

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Impervious, untouchable...

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insulated by wealth and power.

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A Master of the Universe.

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A great height

from which to view the world.

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A great height from which to fall.

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Sherman, you are an absolute angel

coming all the way out here.

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I had to talk to you.

I did a very stupid thing.

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Are we going to talk about it now?

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I'm afraid we have to.

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