The Bonfire of the Vanities Page #5

He goes into a coma

and now they say he'll die.

406

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Did you talk to him?

407

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He's in a coma.

408

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What else?

409

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There's a nurse busting my balls.

410

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Says the kid told his mother he was hit

by a Mercedes, which drove off.

411

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-Hit-and-run.

-The mother told you this?

412

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She's got a pile of parking tickets

and won't talk to the police.

413

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Why come to us?

414

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You've got an unconscious victim,

no witness, and no driver.

415

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You've got what we call a piece of sh*t.

Right, Kramer?

416

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What we've got is a problem.

417

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Ever hear of Reverend Bacon?

418

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No, not me, gentlemen.

419

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Kramer, this is all yours. See you later.

420

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Reverend Bacon?

421

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This is a tragedy!

422

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A fine young man has been struck down.

423

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God-fearing, church-going,

never in trouble...

424

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graduated from high school,

on his way to college.

425

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Somebody comes along,

some rich white people...

426

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in a rich white man's car and wham!

427

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They run him down and never even stop.

428

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Now what'll we do

about these parking tickets?

429

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First of all, Reverend...is it Reverend?

430

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Is, was and always will be.

431

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First of all, we have no evidence--

432

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This is your evidence!

433

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I'm sorry. I didn't see you.

434

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Mrs. Lamb is not speaking to the police.

435

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Until we have proper counsel,

I'll speak for her.

436

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Fine. That's good.

437

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I just want to get a few things straight.

The boy was hit by a car?

438

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On Bruckner Boulevard!

439

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Innocently walking along

minding his own business.

440

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A clear case of hit-and-run.

441

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But there were no witnesses.

Without a witness, you have no case.

442

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You got what he told his mother.

443

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It's hearsay.

444

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You and I may believe it,

but it's not admissible in a court of law.

445

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If this boy was born on Park Avenue...

446

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and was run down by two n*ggers

in a Pontiac...

447

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then you'd have a case, right?

448

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I work Park Avenue

and Bruckner Boulevard.

449

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There's good and bad in both places.

450

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We'll try to help this lady...

451

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but there's not much to go on.

452

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I want you to make an investment here.

453

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An investment in steam control.

454

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Steam control?

455

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Steam control.

456

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A righteous steam is building up

in the souls of my people.

457

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And that steam is ready to blow!

458

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I see.

459

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On Judgment Day, I am your safety valve.

460

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Because when it blows, and it will...

461

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how grateful you will be

that I am on your side.

462

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The one n*gger who can control

the steam and save your white ass...

463

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from being burned

off the face of the earth.

464

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So to speak.

465

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Thank you. We'll see what we can do.

466

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Excuse me.

467

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Thank you.

468

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He said...

469

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He said it started with an "R."

470

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The second letter was an "E"...

471

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or a "P."

472

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Those were the first two letters

of the license plate.

473

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We should move up here.

474

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Have you ever thought about moving out

of New York?

475

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Keep a small place in town.

Save loads of money. What do you think?

476

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About what?

477

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Do you think we could leave New York?

478

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No.

479

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My father did it.

480

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You are not your father.

481

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She knew how to hurt a guy.

482

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No, he was nothing like his father.

483

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His father, "The Lion of Dunning,

Sponget and Leach."

484

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His father, who took the subway

to work every day of his life.

485

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His father, who believed

in principles and ethics...

486

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whose lessons about duty and debt

had whistled through his son's head.

487

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Sherman McCoy was

nothing like his father.

488

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What're you looking for

in that paper?

489

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Nothing. Nothing special.

490

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What's a bond?

491

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Sherman, do explain it.

492

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Yes, your mother and I really want

to hear this.

493

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A bond is a way of lending people money.

494

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Say you want to build a road or a hospital,

and you need a lot of money.

495

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What you do is issue a bond.

496

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Do you build roads?

497

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No, I don't actually build them.

498

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You're in over your head.

499

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Let me try.

500

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Darling, Daddy doesn't build roads

or hospitals or anything, really.

501

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Daddy handles bonds for the people

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